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AQW 17993/22-27

[Miss Nuala McAllister]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure who is responsible for the clearance of fallen leaves from footpaths and roads which have become hazardous.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17991/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Communities for a breakdown of the planned expenditure for the £17 million allocated to Winter Fuel Support.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17989/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister of Health whether he will consider introducing tobacco-style warning labels to help reduce the rate of alcohol consumption and abuse.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17988/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for a breakdown of how the October Monitoring Round allocation of £39.6 million to his Department will be spent.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17987/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) how the target of 1,400 new social homes was determined; (ii) any engagement with the Housing Executive prior to setting this figure; and (iii) whether potential costs for water and wastewater connections have been considered as part of this calculation.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17986/22-27

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any plans his Department has to review traffic calming measures on Cavanacaw Road, Armagh.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17985/22-27

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the schedule for resurfacing works on Church Road, Bessbrook.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17984/22-27

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for a breakdown of where blue-green infrastructure funding has been allocated in each of the last five years.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17983/22-27

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the funding allocated by his Department for blue-green project delivery.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17982/22-27

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the progress his Department has made on the implementation of the All-Island Strategic Rail Review recommendations.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17981/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister for Communities how he plans to spend the £17 million allocated through the October Monitoring Round to partially mitigate the impact of the cut in winter fuel payments for pensioners.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17980/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister of Health how he plans to spend the £350 million allocated through the October Monitoring Round.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17979/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure how he plans to spend the £39.6 million allocated through the October Monitoring Round towards capital pressures.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17978/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure how he plans to spend the £22.8 million allocated through the October Monitoring Round.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17977/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister for Communities how he plans to spend the general allocation of £11.3 million allocated through the October Monitoring Round.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17976/22-27

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the Minister of Health whether he will consider placing a guarantee of fair pay for health service workers into forthcoming Safe and Effective Staffing legislation, compelling pay rises to take place at the start of the financial year.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17973/22-27

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the action he is taking to ensure the arts sector in Northern Ireland has the funds to enable it to play a full part in UK arts exports.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17972/22-27

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the action he is taking to address low pay in the arts sector.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17968/22-27

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of Penalty Charge Notices that made up the £1,306,562 written-off in 2023-24 as claims waived or abandoned, broken down by constituency.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17966/22-27

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure how his Department intends to utilise the additional (i) £22.8 million in Resource Department Expenditure Limit allocations; and (ii) £39.6 million in Capital allocations, as outlined in the Minister of Finance statement on 11 November 2024.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17965/22-27

[Ms Connie Egan]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the reasons for the delay of Marine Gardens Public Realm Project, Bangor, until January 2025.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17963/22-27

[Ms Diane Forsythe]: To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the estimated increase in cost to the Northern Ireland Civil Service employers contributions following the Autumn Budget 2024.



  • Department of Finance

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AQW 17961/22-27

[Ms Cara Hunter]: To ask the Minister of Health, in recognition that recent increases in National Insurance contributions and the minimum wage will increase the wage bill of dental practices, to detail any measures his Department is taking to ensure that (i) costs for dental appointments do not rise; and (ii) dental practices do not leave the NHS.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17960/22-27

[Ms Cara Hunter]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail any discussions his Department has had with Northern Health and Social Care Trust to ensure that female patients in need of home care are provided with female carers, especially recognising that intimate care, including showering, can cause female patients considerable stress when performed by male carers.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17959/22-27

[Ms Cara Hunter]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any measures his Department is taking to ensure that all taxi firms are providing consistent services for those with disabilities, noting that many firms only provide irregular and intermittent services for those with disabilities.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17958/22-27

[Ms Cara Hunter]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail any action his Department is taking to ensure wheelchair users are able to access smear tests at their GP surgery, especially when the patient is known to have a family history of cervical cancer.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17957/22-27

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail the bid he made to the Minister of Finance during the October Monitoring Round to specifically support (i) the Northern Ireland Hospice; and (ii) the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17952/22-27

[Mr Patsy McGlone]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail the steps his Department is taking to ensure that honey sold here is genuine and not imported, adulterated honey.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17951/22-27

[Mr Patsy McGlone]: To ask the Minister of Health whether he plans to introduce legislation to provide improved labelling of country of origin on jars of honey.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17945/22-27

[Miss Nicola Brogan]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail any plans to make the Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Schools a permanent support in prevention and early intervention strategies for schools.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17944/22-27

[Miss Nicola Brogan]: To ask the Minister of Health whether he plans to make funding available beyond September 2025 for Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Schools to ensure all schools have access to the program.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17939/22-27

[Mr Alan Robinson]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether Ballykelly Primary School will be included in a future roll-out of the Safer Routes to School initiative.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17938/22-27

[Mr Alan Robinson]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the review of the Safer Routes to School initiative.



  • Department for Infrastructure

q

AQW 17937/22-27

[Ms Kate Nicholl]: To ask the Minister for Communities to provide clarification on the Child Maintenance Service’s policy of pursuing payments missed by paying parents.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17936/22-27

[Ms Kate Nicholl]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the rationale behind the policy of the Child Maintenance Service to only pursue missing payments if recipients of child maintenance use the pay and collect process.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17935/22-27

[Ms Kate Nicholl]: To ask the Minister for Communities when the policy for Child Maintenance Service to only pursue missing payments if recipients of child maintenance use the pay and collect process was introduced.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17933/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) whether construction of Grand Central Station is over-budget; and (ii) for a breakdown of costs incurred to date.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17932/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the width of (i) the new rail platforms at Belfast Grand Central Station; and (ii) the rail platforms at the now closed Great Victoria Street Station.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17931/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the reason for the delay in the implementation of the Pay Review Body's recommendation for healthcare workers; and (ii) when this will be implemented.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17930/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, given the unresolved issue of remediation of the Mobuoy site, whether his Department is considering alternative routes for the unbuilt section of the A6 between Drumahoe and Maydown.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17929/22-27

[Mr Alan Chambers]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any plans he has to reinstate the reflective central road markings on the Donaghadee Road and Gransha Road South between Newtownards and Six Road Ends.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17920/22-27

[Mr Peter Martin]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any planned capital works to libraries in North Down.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17919/22-27

[Mr Peter Martin]: To ask the Minister of Health whether he has engaged with the Chancellor following the Autumn Budget 2024 in relation to extending national insurance contributions relief to dentists, particularly NHS dentists, in order to save practices and prevent costs being passed on to patients.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17917/22-27

[Mr Peter Martin]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any actions being taken to replace lead water pipes from the water network.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17916/22-27

[Mr Peter Martin]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail his plan to adequately resource NI Water.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17915/22-27

[Mr Andrew McMurray]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of staff in his Department currently working on unadopted developments.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17914/22-27

[Ms Cheryl Brownlee]: To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the anti-poverty strategy.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17913/22-27

[Ms Cheryl Brownlee]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the extent to which he will engage with the community transport sector when developing the disability strategy.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17912/22-27

[Ms Cheryl Brownlee]: To ask the Minister for Communities whether he intends to commission a report into the social and economic benefits of marching bands in Northern Ireland.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17905/22-27

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the amount of (i) capital; and (ii) resource funding his Department or its arm’s-length bodies has provided to Glór Na Móna since 2007.



  • Department for Communities