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
03/02/2025 - Present	Minister	Department for Infrastructure
17/10/2024 - Present	Committee Deputy Chair	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health
06/02/2024 - 03/02/2025	Committee Chair	Committee for Health
06/02/2024 - 03/02/2025	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
01/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Housing
11/12/2024 - 03/02/2025	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Stroke
25/06/2024 - 27/06/2025	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on MS and Neurology
25/06/2024 - 27/05/2025	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Women's Health
10/06/2024 - 18/04/2025	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Cancer
20/05/2024 - 03/02/2025	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Disability
07/05/2024 - 03/02/2025	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on Dementia
24/04/2024 - 25/06/2025	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Carers
23/04/2024 - 10/10/2025	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Tourette's
01/07/2022 - 31/03/2025	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Suicide Prevention
30/06/2022 - 03/02/2025	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Learning Disability
29/06/2022 - 03/02/2025	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Mental Health
27/06/2022 - 03/02/2025	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Ageing and Older People
08/06/2022 - 25/06/2025	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:

49 Questions, Page 1 of 5

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQO 1517/22-27

Ms Liz Kimmins
(SF - Newry and Armagh)

To ask the Minister for the Economy for an assessment of the potential of foreign direct investment opportunities.

30/01/2025

Question Withdrawn

AQW 21390/22-27

Ms Liz Kimmins
(SF - Newry and Armagh)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail any actions his Department is taking to address waiting lists for children awaiting spinal surgery. [Priority Written]

27/01/2025

Question Withdrawn

AQW 21389/22-27

Ms Liz Kimmins
(SF - Newry and Armagh)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail any consideration he has given to expanding theatre time in hospitals to a seven-day working week to address waiting lists.

27/01/2025

Question Withdrawn

AQW 20924/22-27

Ms Liz Kimmins
(SF - Newry and Armagh)

To ask the Minister of Health whether Golimumab and Upadacitinib dual therapy medication for arthritis and ulcerative colitis are currently available on prescription on the NHS. [Priority Written]

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20/01/2025

Answered on 28/01/2025

AQW 20923/22-27

Ms Liz Kimmins
(SF - Newry and Armagh)

To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of the latest Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) guidance on the cross-border supply of medicines; and (ii) whether his Department has had any engagement with the Department of Health in Dublin and the HPRA in relation to guidance on the cross-border supply of medicines.

20/01/2025

Question Withdrawn

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.

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10/12/2024

Answered on 03/01/2025

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.

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10/12/2024

Answered on 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

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