Ms Liz Kimmins

Title: Ms
Official Last Name: Kimmins
Official First Name: Elizabeth
Usual First Name: Liz
Party: Sinn Féin
Constituency: Newry and Armagh

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Sinn Féin	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Sinn Féin	Party Member	09/01/2020 - 27/03/2022

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
09/01/2020	Newry and Armagh	Nationalist, Replaced Ms M Fearon
13/05/2022	Newry and Armagh	Nationalist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
17/10/2024 - Present	Committee Deputy Chair	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health
06/02/2024 - Present	Committee Chair	Committee for Health
06/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Chairpersons' Liaison Group
10/03/2021 - 25/03/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy, Committee for Infrastructure and Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
20/01/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for Infrastructure

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
11/12/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Stroke
25/06/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Women's Health
25/06/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on MS and Neurology
10/06/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Cancer
20/05/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Disability
07/05/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on Dementia
24/04/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Carers
23/04/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Tourette's
01/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Housing
01/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Suicide Prevention
30/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Learning Disability
29/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Mental Health
27/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Ageing and Older People
08/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Carers
07/07/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Ageing and Older People
07/12/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Carers
23/11/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Animal Welfare

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

44 Questions, Page 1 of 5

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AQW 19682/22-27

Ms Liz Kimmins
(SF - Newry and Armagh)

To ask the Minister of Health whether the permanent resolution to GP indemnity cover will be ring-fenced funding separate to GP practice funding. [Priority Written]

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10/12/2024

Answered on 18/12/2024

AQW 19681/22-27

Ms Liz Kimmins
(SF - Newry and Armagh)

To ask the Minister of Health, further to his statement to the Assembly on 10 December 2024, how his plan to invest £15 million will be used in (i) GP services and (ii) community pharmacy.

10/12/2024

To be answered by 30/12/2024

AQW 19680/22-27

Ms Liz Kimmins
(SF - Newry and Armagh)

To ask the Minister of Health for further detail on his plans to introduce a new lung screening programme.

10/12/2024

To be answered by 30/12/2024

AQO 1313/22-27

Ms Liz Kimmins
(SF - Newry and Armagh)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he has any plans to change the criteria of the Homeowner Flood Protection Grant Scheme.

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28/11/2024

Answered on 10/12/2024

AQW 18931/22-27

Ms Liz Kimmins
(SF - Newry and Armagh)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail any consideration his Department has given to having a single referral to treatment measure, to track the patient journey for those on waiting lists.

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27/11/2024

Answered on 12/12/2024

AQW 18930/22-27

Ms Liz Kimmins
(SF - Newry and Armagh)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail the provision available to people with long-term health conditions to help them manage their mental health, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.

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27/11/2024

Answered on 12/12/2024

AQW 18929/22-27

Ms Liz Kimmins
(SF - Newry and Armagh)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail the communication that orthopaedic patients can expect to receive in relation to (i) when they will have their treatment; and (ii) the support available to them, while they wait for surgery.

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27/11/2024

Answered on 12/12/2024

AQW 18928/22-27

Ms Liz Kimmins
(SF - Newry and Armagh)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail the information and support that a patient can expect to receive should their surgery or healthcare appointment be cancelled during the winter period.

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27/11/2024

Answered on 12/12/2024

AQW 18847/22-27

Ms Liz Kimmins
(SF - Newry and Armagh)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of children on the waiting list for spinal fusion surgery; and (ii) the length of time on the waiting list, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust. [Priority Written]

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26/11/2024

Answered on 19/12/2024

AQW 18846/22-27

Ms Liz Kimmins
(SF - Newry and Armagh)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail the measures that will be put in place to protect orthopaedic surgery from cancellations during the expected winter pressures, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.

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26/11/2024

Answered on 11/12/2024

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