All of Ms Cara Hunter’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
First Minister, the well-being dashboard shows that life satisfaction among our young people is continuing to worsen. Mental health is a huge issue, as is a lack of opportunities and overall happiness. If that dashboard is meant to drive the Programme for Government, what action is it triggering, and how is it used?
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) any assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Prisoner Support Project pilot, ending on 30 June 2026, on (a) reoffending rates; (b) prison population pressures; and (c) public expenditure; and (ii) whether she will secure continuation funding, ahead of that…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) any work his Department has undertaken, in the last three months, to address the widespread use of temporary contracts for classroom assistants, given that Education Authority figures show 68 per cent, 14,930 of 21,815, of the classroom assistant workforce are on…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any work his Department has undertaken in the last three months to address the use of term-time-only contracts for classroom assistants, specifically, any consideration that has been given to moving classroom assistants onto 52-week contracts, in line with the UNISON…
To ask the Minister of Education, given that the UNISON Classroom Assistant Good Work Charter was formally launched at Parliament Buildings on 10 March 2026, to detail any direct engagement his Department has had with UNISON on (i) fair pay and contracts; (ii) accurate job descriptions; (iii) training and progression,…
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department will publish any advice received from the Public Health Agency regarding air filtration in schools.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) any assessment that has been made of individuals or groups patrolling neighbourhoods in Northern Ireland presenting themselves as neighbourhood watch or similar; and (ii) any legal powers and enforcement mechanisms that are available to ensure that such activity does not…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any methodology used to determine whether school meals provided by the Education Authority meet nutritional standards, including (i) metrics or benchmarks used to assess nutritional quality; and (ii) whether any independent nutritional audit or assessment of school meals has…
I beg to move Thank you. Mr Deputy Speaker. I propose the motion on behalf of families across the North who are watching the clock tick down to their child's nineteenth birthday with a profound fear that no parent should ever have to carry. Right now, too many families In Northern Ireland are enduring that. For their…
To ask the Minister of Education whether (i) any assessment has been made regarding variation in pupil suspension levels between different Assembly constituencies and school sectors; (ii) he will consider introducing greater regional oversight or standardisation of suspension practices, to ensure that pupils are not…
To ask the Minister of Health whether there are any plans to commission a review of the Polyendocrine Metabolic and Ovarian Syndrome and endometriosis care pathways within health and social care services, in light of evidence on the metabolic and endocrine nature of these conditions, and reports that patients are…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any engagement that has taken place between his Department, the Strategic Planning and Performance Group, GP Federations, and representative bodies in relation to pay parity for federation-employed pharmacists since February 2024.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail a timeline for any decision in relation to the alignment of pay and conditions for pharmacists employed through GP Federations.
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department will introduce guidance requiring all schools to adopt formal sun safety policies and age-appropriate skin cancer prevention education, given that skin cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, and that excessive UV exposure in childhood is a major preventable…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of classroom assistant posts approved for foundation stage settings for the 2026-2027 academic year, compared with each of the previous five academic years.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any consideration has been given to aligning the pay, terms, and conditions of pharmacists employed through GP Federations with Agenda for Change arrangements applicable to directly-employed Health and Social Care pharmacists.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the average waiting time for children to access special educational needs support under the Graduated Response Framework, compared with the previous academic year.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount spent by his Department on literature books for primary and post-primary schools as part of efforts to support reading, literacy and access to high-quality literary texts, in each of the last five financial years, broken down by sector and year.
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department has undertaken any qualitative research examining teachers’ lived experiences of changes in pupil (i) concentration; (ii) motivation; (iii) behaviour; or (iv) classroom engagement, over time.