1

AQW 17923/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 14967/22-27; and when the question will be answered.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 17922/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 14871/22-27; and when the question will be answered.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 17921/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 14779/22-27; and when the question will be answered.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 17910/22-27

[Mr Matthew O'Toole]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, pursuant to AQW 15328/22-27, for a timeline for the current review of the Together: Building a United Community Strategy.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 17882/22-27

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the appointment of a Commissioner for Public Appointments.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 17881/22-27

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the steps they have taken to progress appointments to the boards of North/South bodies since 15 September 2024.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 17880/22-27

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the amount paid by their Department for (i) staff costs; (ii) office costs to cover the Northern Ireland Bureau in Beijing in financial year (a) 2021-22; (b) 2022-23; and (c) 2023-24.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 17817/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on progress in establishing an Infrastructure Commission to advise on major capital projects, following the creation of a cross-departmental working group in early 2022.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 18096/22-27

[Mr Peter Martin]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the support provided by his Department to Ards and North Down Borough Council to meet the 70 per cent recycling target, as set out in the Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

1

AQW 18092/22-27

[Mr Matthew O'Toole]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he has attempted to bring a Climate Action Plan to the Executive for discussion in 2024.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

1

AQW 18071/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs how he plans to spend the £2 million allocated through the October Monitoring Round for Tackling Rural Poverty and Social Isolation.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

1

AQW 18048/22-27

[Mr Colin McGrath]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 17423/22-27, to detail (i) when waste licence LN/13/35 was amended to increase the maximum storage capacity from 10,000 tonnes to 20,000 tonnes; and (ii) why this variation was not noted in the Minister’s original response.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

1

AQW 18012/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of staff that are employed by his Department to work on sanitary and phytosanitary checks.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

1

AQW 17950/22-27

[Mr Colin McGrath]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any financial support available to potato farmers, impacted by flooding, where compensation is sought.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

1

AQW 17949/22-27

[Mr Colin McGrath]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the evaluation that is carried out to analyse the impact of flooding on farms, where compensation is sought.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

1

AQW 17926/22-27

[Mr Declan McAleer]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) any grants and funding support available to farmers to help address financial pressures and invest in sustainable practices; and (ii) any information on upcoming programs or changes to existing support for farmers.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

1

AQW 17868/22-27

[Ms Diane Forsythe]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether the NIEA has approved works to allow DfI Roads to commence repairs to reopen the A2 Shore Road, Rostrevor, following a landslide in 2023.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

1

AQW 17865/22-27

[Ms Diane Forsythe]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of land slippages on either side of the A2 Shore Road, Rostrevor.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

1

AQW 17859/22-27

[Mr Colin McGrath]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs how long the use of (i) Hydrodor; (ii) Refresh New Mown Grass; (iii) ONA Liquid; (iv) Hydrocor 204; and (v) Cypermethrin has taken place at the operating location of waste licence WM/13/35.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

1

AQW 17858/22-27

[Mr Colin McGrath]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of inspections of waste licence LN/13/35 that have been carried out between the hours of 8:00pm and 6:00am in each of the last five years, broken down by inspection.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

1

AQW 17857/22-27

[Mr Colin McGrath]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs why Re-Gen Waste was permitted an export of waste increase from 116,000 tonnes to 500,000 tonnes per annum at Warrenpoint Port since February 2022.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

1

AQW 17856/22-27

[Mr Colin McGrath]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the level of refuse-derived fuel waste exported from Northern Ireland since April 2024, broken down by (i) month; (ii) notifier; (iii) point or port of exit; (iv) waste; (v) point or port of entry; and (vi) destination.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

1

AQW 17855/22-27

[Mr Colin McGrath]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the process by which waste management licence LN/20/18 was sought; (ii) the purpose of this waste management licence; and (iii) whether a planning application was required for the licence to be granted.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

1

AQW 17821/22-27

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 16179/22-27, to detail the estimated costs to develop an equine strategy.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

1

AQW 17763/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether the decision to appeal the Court of Appeal’s judgment on the No Gas Caverns ruling to the Supreme Court was his decision or taken by the Executive.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

1

AQW 17757/22-27

[Mr John Blair]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 9111/22-27, for an update on the replacement of the pedestrian footbridge at Muff Glen, Eglington.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

1

AQW 18065/22-27

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on letters issued by her Department to sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses in relation to the quashing of convictions.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQW 18057/22-27

[Ms Diane Forsythe]: To ask the Minister of Justice whether the £2.8 million provided in the October Monitoring Round for costs incurred by the PSNI due to disturbances over the summer is to reimburse monies already spent or to build resilience for the future.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQW 18055/22-27

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister of Justice to detail each bid she submitted to the Department of Finance as part of the October Monitoring Round.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQW 17996/22-27

[Mr Maolíosa McHugh]: To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any measures she can consider introducing to reverse the scenario for some victims of domestic abuse and violence having to leave their home while the perpetrator remains.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQW 17992/22-27

[Miss Deirdre Hargey]: To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of crimes that were committed by people aged between 10 and 17 in the last 12 months.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQW 17990/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister of Justice to provide clarity on the Resource to Capital DEL switch for the NI Road Safety Partnership.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQW 17969/22-27

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister of Justice how her Department intends to utilise the additional (i) Resource Department Expenditure Limit allocations; and (ii) Capital allocations, provided to her Department as outlined in the Minister of Finance statement on 11 November 2024.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQW 17964/22-27

[Ms Connie Egan]: To ask the Minister of Justice whether the Tackling Paramilitarism, Criminality and Organised Crime programme will continue on current funding levels beyond the end of March 2025.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQW 17908/22-27

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW 17097/22-27, and further to the Department of Environment, Agriculture and Rural Affairs press release on 17 October 2024 in relation to sentencing for waste criminality, to detail the amount of legal costs and associated expenses expended by the (i) Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland; and (ii) PSNI for (a) extradition; and (b) prosecution.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQW 17907/22-27

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



  • Department of Justice

1

AQW 17827/22-27

[Mr Matthew O'Toole]: To ask the Minister of Justice whether the outstanding recommendations of the Gillen Review in relation to reform of the reasonable belief defence in sexual assault and abuse trials will be implemented during the 2022-2027 mandate.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQW 17826/22-27

[Mr Matthew O'Toole]: To ask the Minister of Justice whether the outstanding recommendations of the Gillen Review in relation to education for juries will be implemented during the 2022-2027 mandate.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQW 17825/22-27

[Mr Matthew O'Toole]: To ask the Minister of Justice whether misogyny or gender-based hate will be included as a category of hate crime in planned upcoming reform of hate crime legislation.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQW 17779/22-27

[Ms Cara Hunter]: To ask the Minister of Justice, following a spike in the reported incidences of dog fouling in the Causeway Coast and Glens district, to detail the number of people in Northern Ireland that have been prosecuted for the fouling of lands by dogs in 2024.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQO 1168/22-27

[Ms Kate Nicholl]: To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the educational and training provision for prisoners.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQO 1167/22-27

[Mr Alan Robinson]: To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on the implementation of the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service’s Estate Strategy 2023-2030 Making the Place for Justice.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQO 1166/22-27

[Mr William Irwin]: To ask the Minister of Justice to outline any additional assistance that her Department can provide to the PSNI to prevent the rise in vehicle ramming incidents against PSNI patrols.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQO 1165/22-27

[Ms Cara Hunter]: To ask the Minister of Justice to outline how resources will be deployed to address the increase in violent and sexual attacks against women and girls over the last year.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQO 1164/22-27

[Mr Patsy McGlone]: To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of the comments made by the Tánaiste at the British Irish Association conference in September 2024 that a root and branch reform of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Retrieval is needed.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQO 1163/22-27

[Ms Carál Ní Chuilín]: To ask the Minister of Justice to provide an overview of how vulnerable prisoners are cared for in custody.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQO 1162/22-27

[Mr Brian Kingston]: To ask the Minister of Justice what progress is being made, in association with Lidl, to ensure that the security gate between Hillview Retail Park and Flax Street, Belfast, can be closed remotely by the PSNI.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQO 1161/22-27

[Ms Sinéad McLaughlin]: To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of the PSNI's response to the Programme for Government outlining that policing numbers are the single most important issue the Executive needs to address this year.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQO 1160/22-27

[Mr Gary Middleton]: To ask the Minister of Justice to outline what steps her Department is taking to help eradicate violence against women and girls.



  • Department of Justice

1

AQO 1159/22-27

[Mr Maurice Bradley]: To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the number of prisoners without a permanent home address who were released from a custodial sentence in the last year.



  • Department of Justice