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Plenary, 15 October 2024

Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings




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Plenary, 21 October 2024

Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings




4

Plenary, 22 October 2024

Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings




4

Plenary, 04 November 2024

Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings




4

Plenary, 05 November 2024

Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings




4

Plenary, 11 November 2024

Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings




4

Plenary, 12 November 2024

Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings




4

AQW 18094/22-27

[Mr Peter Martin]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any action his Department will be taking to encourage footfall and to assist city centre retailers in Bangor whilst the Queen’s Parade development takes place.



  • Department for Communities

4

AQW 18084/22-27

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the total investment in the Affordable Warmth Scheme to date, broken down by constituency.



  • Department for Communities

4

AQW 18074/22-27

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of whether Health Trusts are adequately responding to the need for respite services and facilities.



  • Department of Health

4

AQW 18064/22-27

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister of Finance for an update on her Department’s introduction of a baby loss certificate scheme.



  • Department of Finance

4

AQW 18049/22-27

[Mr Patsy McGlone]: To ask the Minister of Finance whether she will use the Barnett consequential of the 40 per cent rates relief scheme for independent retailers and other high street businesses in England to provide appropriate rates relief for high street businesses in Northern Ireland.



  • Department of Finance

4

AQW 18047/22-27

[Mr Colin McGrath]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of incidents of non-compliance the Department has identified through the Directed Statutory Functions process in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) Health and Social Care Trust; (b) the nature of non-compliance; (c) year; and (ii) the subsequent actions taken to address these incidents.



  • Department of Health

4

AQW 18046/22-27

[Mr Colin McGrath]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the timescale by which the Children With Disability Workstream will (a) complete its work; and (b) report on its findings; and (ii) whether this will be made available to Members.



  • Department of Health

4

AQW 18045/22-27

[Mr Colin McGrath]: To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 17331/22-27 and AQW 17332/22-27, to detail (i) the stages undertaken in the Directed Statutory Functions process; and (ii) how this process will help to improve short-break and respite availability in Health and Social Care Trusts.



  • Department of Health

4

AQW 18044/22-27

[Mr Pádraig Delargy]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether the Coshquin Wastewater Treatment Works upgrades, required to connect 2,500 homes in the Cashel development in the Foyle constituency, has a confirmed site and planning permission.



  • Department for Infrastructure

4

AQW 18043/22-27

[Mr Pádraig Delargy]: To ask the Minister of Health for a progress update on the continued roll-out of the Minor Injuries Unit at Altnagelvin Hospital.



  • Department of Health

4

AQW 18042/22-27

[Mr Pádraig Delargy]: To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the development of a new Emergency Department at Altnagelvin Hospital.



  • Department of Health

4

AQW 18041/22-27

[Mr Pádraig Delargy]: To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the proposed Fort George Health Hub.



  • Department of Health

4

AQW 18040/22-27

[Miss Nicola Brogan]: To ask the Minister of Health whether (i) Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Schools will be available to schools in the academic year beginning in September 2025; and (ii) all schools will have access to this programme.



  • Department of Health

4

AQW 18034/22-27

[Ms Kate Nicholl]: To ask the Minister of Finance, in light of the decision of the Welsh Government to make the non-domestic rates relief for childcare premises permanent, (i) to provide her assessment of this decision; and (ii) to detail any consideration she has given to implementing a similar scheme in Northern Ireland.



  • Department of Finance

4

AQW 18024/22-27

[Mrs Ciara Ferguson]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any engagement his Department has had with Derry City and Strabane District Council in relation to (i) homeowners affected by defective blocks.; and (ii) homeowners suspected to be affected by defective blocks.



  • Department for Communities

4

AQW 17994/22-27

[Miss Nuala McAllister]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure how he ensures that temporary infrastructure, erected during roadworks being carried out by either his Department or contractors, accounts for the needs of pedestrians.



  • Department for Infrastructure

4

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

4

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

4

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

4

AQW 17914/22-27

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



  • Department for Communities

4

AQW 17904/22-27

[Miss Nuala McAllister]: To ask the Minister of Health when respite facilities in (i) Redwood; and (ii) Greenhill will be open.



  • Department of Health

4

AQW 17894/22-27

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister for Communities to provide a breakdown of the total (i) social; and (ii) affordable housing unit output compared to (a) Britain; and (b) the Republic of Ireland, in each of the last ten years.



  • Department for Communities

4

AQW 17884/22-27

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the Minister of Health when he will answer AQW 15015/22-27.



  • Department of Health

4

AQW 17864/22-27

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure when he will make a decision on the Belfast Rapid Transit Phase 2 extending to Glengormley.



  • Department for Infrastructure

4

AQW 17848/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure how the needs of community transport service users and the wider community are considered in the work of the cross-departmental working group on community transport.



  • Department for Infrastructure

4

AQW 17847/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) his legislative proposals for sustainable urban drainage; and (ii) an indicative time frame for introducing this legislation.



  • Department for Infrastructure

4

AQW 17846/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any efforts to work with the Minister for Communities to increase investment in the arts.



  • Department of Finance

4

AQW 17845/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of Heritage at Risk buildings; (ii) any work he has undertaken to support these buildings; and (iii) any assessment that has been made of the possibility of utilising a portion of these properties for housing.



  • Department for Communities

4

AQW 17844/22-27

[Mr Gary Middleton]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail the current budget his Department has allocated to delivering on the Mental Health Strategy 2021-2031.



  • Department of Health

4

AQW 17843/22-27

[Mr Gary Middleton]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of passengers using the Londonderry to Coleraine rail service and onwards to Belfast in each of the last three years.



  • Department for Infrastructure

4

AQW 17842/22-27

[Mr Gary Middleton]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the steps his Department is taking to deliver an anti-poverty strategy.



  • Department for Communities

4

AQW 17841/22-27

[Mr Gary Middleton]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail what learning his Department can take from the Public Accounts Committee report on Child Poverty in Northern Ireland.



  • Department for Communities

4

AQW 17840/22-27

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



  • Department of Health

4

AQW 17824/22-27

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the current employment status of the Chief Executive of Sport NI; (ii) whether the Chief Executive of Sport NI is currently being paid; and (iii) when the employment status of the Chief Executive of Sport NI will be resolved.



  • Department for Communities

4

AQW 17814/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he has engaged with NI Water in relation to the possibility of borrowing capital, based on revenue generated through non-domestic charges.



  • Department for Infrastructure

4

AQW 17804/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail the average time for a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services assessment to take place in the Western Health and Social Care Trust in each of the last five years.



  • Department of Health

4

AQW 17794/22-27

[Ms Kellie Armstrong]: To ask the Minister of Finance whether she has given any consideration to support for the hospitality sector through the rating system.



  • Department of Finance

4

AQW 17784/22-27

[Ms Diane Forsythe]: To ask the Minister of Finance whether she has commissioned any research into the impacts of the recent budget announcement on specific sectors, either directly within her Department or in partnership with other bodies such as NICVA for the voluntary and community sector impact.



  • Department of Finance

4

AQO 1149/22-27

[Mr Danny Donnelly]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the development of a Climate Action Plan.



  • Department for Infrastructure

4

AQO 1148/22-27

[Ms Cara Hunter]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to provide an update on plans for the A2 Ballykelly Bypass.



  • Department for Infrastructure

4

AQO 1147/22-27

[Miss Áine Murphy]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on funding for rural roads.



  • Department for Infrastructure

4

AQO 1146/22-27

[Mr Eóin Tennyson]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the redevelopment of Lurgan Train Station.



  • Department for Infrastructure

4

AQO 1145/22-27

[Mr Andrew McMurray]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for his assessment of the impact of 163 vacancies in his Department's Water and Departmental Delivery Group.



  • Department for Infrastructure