Mrs Diane Dodds

Title: Mrs
Official Last Name: Dodds
Official First Name: Diane
Usual First Name: Diane
Party: Democratic Unionist Party
Constituency: Upper Bann

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	09/01/2020 - 27/03/2022
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	26/11/2003 - 30/01/2007

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
26/11/2003	West Belfast	Unionist, First Elected
09/01/2020	Upper Bann	Unionist, Replaced Ms C Lockhart
13/05/2022	Upper Bann	Unionist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
17/10/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for Health
03/02/2022 - 10/02/2022	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Health and Committee for Education
21/06/2021 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for The Executive Office
21/06/2021 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for Education
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
11/01/2020 - 13/06/2021	Minister	Department for the Economy

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
17/06/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Suicide Prevention
14/04/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Funerals and Bereavement
26/03/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Food to Go
09/12/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Stroke
13/09/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Terminal Illness
10/06/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Cancer
13/02/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Autism
15/11/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Skills
06/07/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on Further and Higher Education
11/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Parental Participation in Education
27/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Ageing and Older People
14/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Domestic and Sexual Violence
08/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Carers
21/06/2023 - 10/06/2024	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Cancer
22/06/2022 - 06/12/2024	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Rare Disease
16/06/2022 - 10/03/2025	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on Early Education and Childcare
12/10/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Diabetes

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

468 Questions, Page 1 of 47

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQO 2222/22-27

Mrs Diane Dodds
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the average length of time taken to bring a case relating to serious violence against women and girls to court in the last ten years.

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12/06/2025

Answered on 24/07/2025

AQW 29953/22-27

Mrs Diane Dodds
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the methodology used in selecting the limit of 150kg per hectare, per year, of livestock manure production, including imports as a metric for introducing the requirement for a phosphorus balance, contained within the consultation on the Nutrients Action Programme for 2026–2029. [Priority Written]

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04/07/2025

Answered on 18/07/2025

AQW 29952/22-27

Mrs Diane Dodds
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister of Education for a breakdown of hospitality costs for (i) his Department; and (ii) each of its arm's-length bodies, in each of the last five years.

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04/07/2025

Answered on 23/07/2025

AQW 29951/22-27

Mrs Diane Dodds
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for a breakdown of hospitality costs for (i) her Department; and (ii) each of its arm's-length bodies, in each of the last five years.

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04/07/2025

Answered on 22/07/2025

AQW 29950/22-27

Mrs Diane Dodds
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister of Health (i) whether his Department has carried out an assessment of the provision of abortion pills from international providers; (ii) whether such provision is legal in Northern Ireland; and (iii) for his assessment of whether abortion statistics for Northern Ireland account for such abortions.

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04/07/2025

Answered on 28/07/2025

AQW 29949/22-27

Mrs Diane Dodds
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the British Pregnancy Advisory Services’ online advice to women from Northern Ireland on accessing abortion pills from overseas, given its role in the provision of abortion services in Northern Ireland.

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04/07/2025

Answered on 28/07/2025

AQW 29848/22-27

Mrs Diane Dodds
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail when it was first discovered that (i) black mould was forming on plasterboard; (ii) the roof edge needed to be sealed, at the new Belfast Acute Mental Health Inpatient Centre, as well as (a) who was informed and (b) what actions were taken.

03/07/2025

To be answered by 22/07/2025

AQW 29847/22-27

Mrs Diane Dodds
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) all associates registered with the HSC Leadership Centre; and (ii) how much his Department and each of its arms-length bodies have paid to the HSC Leadership Centre, in each of the last six years.

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03/07/2025

Answered on 29/07/2025

AQW 29846/22-27

Mrs Diane Dodds
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail a breakdown of the (i) consultancy firms; and (ii) individuals, used to support projects by the Department and each of its arms-length bodies over each of the last six years, including the details of each project and the sum paid per project each year.

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03/07/2025

Answered on 30/07/2025

AQW 29845/22-27

Mrs Diane Dodds
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister for the Economy for a breakdown of hospitality costs for (i) her Department; and (ii) each of its arm's-length bodies, over each of the last five years.

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03/07/2025

Answered on 24/07/2025

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