To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for an update on (i) dementia; and (ii) early intervention transformation programmes under the Delivering Social Change initiative.

Progress is being made across each of the work streams in the Delivering Social Change Dementia initiative. Scoping exercises have now been completed for all of the work streams including: awareness raising , information and support; training of staff; and short breaks respite and support to carers; and the recruitment of ten dementia navigators is underway.

The Early Intervention Transformation Programme continues to make good progress as its workstreams are well established and a number of projects are now delivering services to embed early intervention approaches for the purpose of improving the lives of children in Northern Ireland.