Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings

Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings

Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings

Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings

Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings

Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings

Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings

Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings

Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the cost to ratepayers of seeking to defend the call-in in Ards and North Down Borough Council in relation to the decision to fly the Union Flag from war memorials in the borough.

[Mr Peter Martin]: To ask the Minister of Finance whether she plans to use any of the Barnett consequential of the 40 per cent rate relief scheme in England, announced by the Chancellor in the Autumn Budget 2024, to provide rates relief to independent retailers.

[Mr Peter Martin]: To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the proposed new health and social care centre in Bangor.

[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.

[Ms Cheryl Brownlee]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether Larne Grammar School will be included in the Safer Routes to School initiative.

[Mr Matthew O'Toole]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 17448/22-27, to detail the advice he sought which indicated that permitting Class A and Class C taxis to use bus lanes would reduce congestion.

[Mr Matthew O'Toole]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 17385/22-27, for an estimate of the number of applications for egress or entrance onto a protected route have been granted in the last five years.

[Mr Matthew O'Toole]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he intends to take any action in relation to pavement parking.

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Assembly Commission to detail the policy under Dignity at Work in relation to the wearing of sports paraphernalia.

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) any assessment that has been made in relation to the number of blue badges which may still be in use despite the holder having died; and (ii) any steps he is taking to address this issue.

[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.

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people estimated to be living in fuel poverty (i) currently; and (ii) in each of the last five years.

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Communities when the Independent Review of Rates Support Grant will be published.

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of the National Insurance increases for employers and its impact on the homelessness sector.

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 16562/22-27, when changes to the Housing Selection Scheme to allow the allocation of intimidation points for victims of domestic and gender-based violence will be implemented.

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Communities to provide a time frame for the publication of the Housing Supply Strategy.

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department will introduce a fit and proper persons requirement for providers of standard and non-standard temporary accommodation, similar to the fitness of premises standards applied to temporary accommodation.

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the outcome of the emergency disability summit that involved his Department, the Health Trust and the Strategic Planning and Performance Group to discuss services for disabled children; and (ii) any action he has subsequently taken in relation to this.

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail the business cases that have been submitted by Health Trusts in relation to (i) respite and residential services for overnight and short stay breaks; and (ii) the expansion of residential facilities.

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the merits of the Department of Health, the Strategic Planning and Performance Group, the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority and Health Trusts convening a round table meeting to interrogate how to proceed in relation to respite services for families with children with complex needs.

[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.

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister of Health whether there has been an analysis of the number of residential beds needed to provide adequate respite provision to meet current demand.

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail his plans to sign off on 1,400 new social build homes in the next four months before the end of 2024-25 financial year.

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the amount that will be spent on the RoadWise Up anti-drink driving Christmas campaign; and (ii) the amount spent on anti-drink driving Christmas campaigns in the last five years.

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the unsuccessful departmental capital bids in the October Monitoring Round.

[Ms Kellie Armstrong]: To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on a time frame for the enactment of section 7 of the Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister of Finance how she intends to use Barnett consequentials from the rates relief for independent retailers included in the Autumn Budget 2024.

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

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on a further roll-out of the 20mph speed limit scheme for schools.

[Ms Diane Forsythe]: To ask the Minister of Finance, in relation to the findings of the National Fraud Initiative in Northern Ireland 2024 Report, to detail the value of (i) the overpayments in the 46 cases where pension remained in payment after the date of death of the pensioner; and (ii) the amount recovered since detection.

[Ms Diane Forsythe]: To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the (i) consequences; and (i) action taken by her Department in relation to the 103 cases of rates avoidance detected in The National Fraud Initiative in Northern Ireland 2024.

[Ms Diane Forsythe]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail the estimated increase in cost to the Health and Social Care Trusts and associated health arms-length bodies employers contributions following the Autumn Budget 2024.

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any bid he made to the Minister of Finance as part of the October Monitoring Round to support the extension of the Translink Nightmover service, including the value of the bid.

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any bids she received from the Department of Health during the October Monitoring Round for the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice.

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the spending by his Department on active travel in North Belfast in the 2024-25 financial year.

[Mrs Diane Dodds]: To ask the Minister of Health when he will answer (i) AQW 16680/22-27; (ii) AQW 16681/22-27; (iii) AQW 16682/22-27; (iv) AQW 16683/22-27; (v) AQW 16684/22-27; (vi) AQW 16738/22-27; (vii) AQW 16739/22-27; (viii) AQW 16740/22-27; (ix) AQW 16741/22-27; and (x) AQW 16742/22-27.

[Mrs Diane Dodds]: To ask the Minister of Health when he will answer AQW 16073/22-27.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.