PRIVATE NOTICE QUESTIONS

Private Notice Questions are questions which do not appear on the Order Paper but which in the opinion of the Speaker are of an urgent nature and relate to matters of public importance. Private Notice questions will be asked prior to Adjournment Debates.

NOTICE TO MEMBERS

MONDAY 07 APRIL 2008  

PRIVATE NOTICE QUESTION

To ask the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in light of the announced 6 week consultation period on proposed Post Office closures and the impact on rural and urban communities and disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, to detail what representations it will make to the Post Office and the Secretary of State.

[Mr Alex Attwood]

To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail (i) how the decision to reduce healthcare in the Mid Ulster Hospital from 11.00 pm to 5.00 pm was equality impact assessed and (ii) the measures he will implement to ensure that staff shortages are addressed as a matter of urgency.

[Mrs Michelle O’Neill]