AQO 2826/22-27 Oral question to the Assembly Commission
To ask the Assembly Commission for an update on the registration of Parliament Buildings' defibrillators to the network to ensure maximum effect when required.
Asked by Michelle Guy MLA on 20 November 2025
- Answered
- Oral
- Answered in the Chamber
- Tabled
- 20 November 2025
- Answer due by
- 2 December 2025
- Answered
- 2 December 202512 days after tabling
- Department
- Northern Ireland Assembly Commission
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Answered in the Assembly Chamber on 2 December 2025. Extract from the Official Report (Hansard), including any supplementary questions:
Mr Allen
The Assembly Commission currently has five defibrillators, all of which were registered with the British Heart Foundation’s national defibrillator network, The Circuit, on 19 September 2025. The devices are routinely checked and maintained to ensure that they are always ready for use.
Mrs Guy
Thank you. What first aid training is provided to staff in Parliament Buildings, and does it include training on how to use defibrillators?
Mr Allen
I do not have all the information to hand, but 52 members of staff are trained in first aid. The use of defibrillators does not require first aid training but is covered in the first aid training. The Assembly Commission will continually keep that under review. The Assembly Commission regularly — yearly, I believe — invites additional staff to undertake that training.