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.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) any steps her Department is taking to ensure that investment, arising from the Causeway Coast and Glens Growth Deal, is distributed equitably across all parts of the council area, including smaller towns and rural communities; and (ii) how she will monitor and assess…
I thank the Members to my left for tabling what is a really important motion. It has been really interesting to hear from different MLAs, many of whom have been in the job a lot longer than me. There are times in this job when I think that I have seen it all. A couple of months ago, I was with a victim of coercive…
Many parents whom I speak with in my constituency say that they are burnt out, overwhelmed, exhausted and injured many days of the week. Many of them say that they feel that they are being failed. Do you think that they are being failed, Minister?
I, too, add my love and support to Katie's family, who have been so badly failed. I greatly admire their advocacy, bravery and resilience. Right now, Minister, there are families across Northern Ireland in the same horrific predicament: the murder of a loved one staged as a suicide. How many families are having the…
I wish to say a few words about two young men who make us stop, think and put everything into perspective. Jordan and Cian Adams, two young brothers, also known as the "FTD brothers", are running 32 marathons in 32 days across Ireland — last week, they ran through my constituency — to raise money for frontotemporal…
To ask the Minister of Justice, in light of the findings of the Katie Simpson review, which found evidence of institutional misogyny within the PSNI, to detail (i) any measurable indicators that she will use to define and assess the cultural shift required in policing; and (ii) how she will independently evaluate…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the number of cases, in each of the last five years, that have involved families requesting a re-examination of a death, initially recorded as suicide on the basis that they suspected third-party involvement; and (ii) the number of such requests resulted in a formal review…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) whether any assessment has been made of the adequacy of discharge planning and aftercare support for patients released from psychiatric inpatient settings; (ii) whether his Department holds data on (a) the number of individuals who have presented to Emergency Departments…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) any plans she has to introduce legislative reform to hate crime law in Northern Ireland; and (ii) whether she has made any assessment on whether the current timetable and legislative vehicle is sufficient to address any concerns about hate crime and public confidence,…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) any evidence that informed the conclusion that the current curriculum is not sufficiently knowledge-rich, including any criteria used to define knowledge-rich and the aspects of the current curriculum that do not meet this definition; and (ii) how the proposed TransformED…
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) whether the introduction of a statutory right to carer’s leave, will form part of the proposed Good Jobs Employment Rights Bill; and (ii) any assessment that has been made on the potential impact on workers with caring responsibilities.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any assessment her Department has made on the reasons for the increase in road fatalities in 2026, including any additional road safety interventions introduced, in response.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of complaints of anti-social behaviour received by the Housing Executive, broken down by Housing Executive area, in each of the last five years.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline any research their Department has carried out on the issue of sibling violence in relation to ending violence against women and girls.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he has undertaken an impact assessment of proposals to extend compulsory participation in education or training to age 18, including the potential effect on the number of young people enrolling in further education colleges, as opposed to remaining in school.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) any steps he is taking to address disparities in workload between teachers of coursework-heavy subjects, including art and design, where teachers are required to assess all candidate work for qualification purposes ahead of external moderation, and those of predominantly…
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether her Department has undertaken any modelling of the potential impact on further education college funding, given its link to student numbers, arising from proposals to extend compulsory participation in education or training to the age of 18.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) any funding allocated to suicide prevention measures involving the modification of bridges and other public infrastructure identified as high-risk locations, in each of the past five years; and (ii) any assessment that has been undertaken to identify such locations,…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any funding allocated to organisations (i) supporting victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse; and (ii) addressing violence against women and girls, in each of the past five years, broken down by (a) Assembly constituency; and (b) council district area.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any (i) urgent actions his Department is taking to address reported issues in early intervention services for children with special educational needs, including delays in access to speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and other health-led assessments; and (ii)…