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AQW 18154/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he can provide (i) an estimate of the amount of publicly-owned land across Northern Ireland; and (ii) a breakdown of the main agencies or departments that hold ownership.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18153/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to provide clarity on the decision to reconstitute the Living With Water Programme Board.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18152/22-27

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to her statement on 11 November 2024 in relation to the October Monitoring Round, to detail how the allocation of £24 million to the Department for Communities for new build social housing will facilitate the construction of 1,400 new houses in the 2024-25 financial year.



  • Department of Finance

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AQW 18151/22-27

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to the Minister of Finance statement on 11 November 2024 in relation to the October Monitoring Round, to detail how the allocation of £24 million to his Department for new build social housing will facilitate the construction of 1,400 new houses in the 2024-25 financial year.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 18150/22-27

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people currently living in fuel poverty, broken down by constituency.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 18149/22-27

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of children living in poverty, broken down by constituency.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 18148/22-27

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of students leaving full time education without proficiency in literacy and numeracy, broken down by constituency.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 18147/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the progress of a new Emergency Department build for Altnagelvin Hospital.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 18146/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 14656/22-27, for an update on discussions with the Westminster Government to extend the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

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AQW 18145/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the criteria that will be set by his Department to decide which projects proceed to Phase 2 of the Small Business Research Initiative.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

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AQW 18144/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister of Health whether he will bring forward legislation on assisted dying during the 2022-2027 mandate.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 18143/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister for the Economy, pursuant to AQW 16309/22-27, to detail the benefits of the decision by Ofgem to approve a new electricity link between Scotland and Northern Ireland.



  • Department for the Economy

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AQW 18142/22-27

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the number of jobs created by foreign direct investment in each of the last five years, broken down by local council area.



  • Department for the Economy

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AQW 18141/22-27

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail his Department’s engagement with NI Water in relation to the impact of potential industrial action by NI Water staff.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18140/22-27

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail his Department’s engagement with Post Office UK in relation to potential branch closures and job losses.



  • Department for the Economy

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AQW 18139/22-27

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the planned upgrades to the Kinnegar Wastewater Treatment Works.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18138/22-27

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the delivery of the Belfast Living With Water Programme.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18137/22-27

[Mr Jonathan Buckley]: To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the current status of the Community Ownership Fund as pertaining to Northern Ireland, following the Autumn Budget 2024.



  • Department of Finance

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AQW 18136/22-27

[Ms Diane Forsythe]: To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of Northern Ireland Civil Service employees were employed on a full time equivalent salary point of (i) over £124,500; and (ii) over £90,500 in 2023-24, broken down by Department.



  • Department of Finance

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AQW 18135/22-27

[Ms Diane Forsythe]: To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the tourism budget in each of the last three financial years (i) within Tourism NI spent directly on tourism in the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area; and (ii) provided to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council to distribute on tourism themselves within the area.



  • Department for the Economy

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AQW 18134/22-27

[Ms Diane Forsythe]: To ask the Minister of Finance why Northern Ireland Tourism Statistics published by NISRA and detailing a variety of tourism statistics, omit four full financial years from 2019-20 to March 2023 citing Covid.



  • Department of Finance

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AQW 18133/22-27

[Ms Diane Forsythe]: To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any discussions she has had with UK Treasury since the Labour Government has taken power.



  • Department of Finance

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AQW 18132/22-27

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) whether the position of the walking and cycling Champion in his Department still exists; and (ii) to provide an update on any work they have undertaken.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18131/22-27

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister for Communities, following his announcement of further funding for councils to provide debt advice, how he will ensure this funding is spent fairly and equitably across North Belfast.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 18130/22-27

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister for the Economy, pursuant to AQW 16996/22-27, when this change in policy was agreed by the Executive.



  • Department for the Economy

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AQW 18129/22-27

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any further considerations she has given to the introduction of legislation similar to Harper's Law in Northern Ireland.



  • Department of Justice

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AQW 18128/22-27

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 16604/22-27, when he will be requesting a meeting with the Ulster-Scots sector.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18127/22-27

[Mr Patsy McGlone]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of people that have (i) applied; (ii) been interviewed; and (iii) been accepted for positions as Soil Sampling Technicians in the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme during the current recruitment process.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

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AQW 18126/22-27

[Mr David Honeyford]: To ask the Minister for the Economy whether his Department has plans to review the current ApprenticeshipsNI programme to extend the support it provides to other forms of apprenticeship such as workplace or training provider-led schemes.



  • Department for the Economy

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AQW 18125/22-27

[Mr David Honeyford]: To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the current figure available from his Department for the Casement Park project, given the £62.5 million figure originally set aside in 2011.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 18124/22-27

[Mr David Honeyford]: To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any work his Department has carried out on the likely impact on trade, particularly in packaged goods, of the General Product Safety Regulation in Northern Ireland.



  • Department for the Economy

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AQW 18123/22-27

[Mr David Honeyford]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any plans his Department has to extend the on-street residents only parking zones, with particular reference to Lagan Valley.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18122/22-27

[Mr David Honeyford]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the average response time from each Roads Division to reports received from elected representatives in the last three years.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18121/22-27

[Ms Kate Nicholl]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in light of the recent flooding in the area, to detail NI Water's plans to replace and upgrade the storm drains in (i) Ravenhill Park; and (ii) Onslow Parade, South Belfast.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18120/22-27

[Ms Kate Nicholl]: To ask the Minister for the Economy, pursuant to AQW 14548/22-27, to detail any work to assess the ongoing cost of not implementing an entitlement to paid carer's leave.



  • Department for the Economy

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AQW 18119/22-27

[Ms Kate Nicholl]: To ask the Minister for the Economy, pursuant to AQW 14548/22-27, to detail any progress made on further modelling and refinement of the cost of implementing an entitlement to paid carer's leave.



  • Department for the Economy

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AQW 18118/22-27

[Ms Kate Nicholl]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail any improvements that can be made to the lighting and safety features of car park 8 Broadway that is used by staff at the Royal Victoria Hospital.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 18117/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether his Department has considered developing a flood alleviation scheme for the St. James area of West Belfast.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18116/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of historic flood zones that exist in West Belfast.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18115/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount that developers have paid towards (i) roads; and (ii) other infrastructure costs in each of the last ten years.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18114/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in light of his Department’s introduction of the new Planning Portal, (i) whether the Gunning principles on public consultation apply to planning applications; and (ii) whether these principles informed the design of the new online system.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18113/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department collects data in relation to the proportion of patients or health service users in (i) primary care settings; and (ii) secondary care settings whose first language is not English.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 18112/22-27

[Mr Alan Chambers]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to confirm whether the Sydenham bypass resurfacing project is currently on schedule.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18111/22-27

[Mr Alan Chambers]: To ask the Minister of Finance whether the unadopted status of The Point, Groomsport, is taken into account when establishing the rateable value of residential properties along this roadway.



  • Department of Finance

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AQW 18110/22-27

[Mr Harry Harvey]: To ask the Minister of Finance whether her Department has any plans to mirror the 40 per cent business rates relief scheme for independent retailers announced by the UK Government for England.



  • Department of Finance

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AQW 18109/22-27

[Mr Harry Harvey]: To ask the Minister of Health when he will answer AQW 14259/22-27.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 18108/22-27

[Mrs Ciara Ferguson]: To ask the Minister for Communities whether any additional financial support will be allocated to homeless service providers from the October Monitoring Round.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 18107/22-27

[Mr John Blair]: To ask the Minister of Justice whether her Department is implementing any measures to reduce general waste in buildings used by her Department or its arm's-length bodies.



  • Department of Justice

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AQW 18106/22-27

[Mr John Blair]: To ask the Minister for the Economy whether his Department is implementing any measures to reduce general waste in buildings used by his Department or its arm's-length bodies.



  • Department for the Economy

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AQW 18105/22-27

[Mr John Blair]: To ask the Minister for the Economy whether his Department is implementing any measures to increase recycling rates in buildings used by his Department or its arm's-length bodies.



  • Department for the Economy