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Ms Cara Hunter: Assembly records
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 any (i) mechanisms her Department uses to monitor access to university places for applicants from Northern Ireland; and (ii) data on the success rates of Northern Ireland applicants in securing places at local universities, compared with applicants from Great Britain and…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any guidance his Department provides to Health and Social Care Trusts in relation to the provision of Changing Places facilities in hospitals and other healthcare settings.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department has (i) undertaken any assessment of the need for fully compliant Changing Places facilities across the hospital estate; and (ii) any plans to develop a regional strategy or roll-out plan to ensure adequate provision across acute and community hospitals.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any assessment that has been made of whether the planned total of 354 accredited SEN-specific training places over three years is proportionate to the number of children with identified special educational needs in (i) pre-school; (ii) Primary one; and (iii) Primary 2,…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) any guidance his Department provides to Sure Start partnerships, regarding the allocation of places to children living outside designated Sure Start catchment areas; and (ii) whether children with a diagnosed special educational need may be prioritised for access to Sure…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail a breakdown of the Winter Recovery Road Fund, including the amount allocated to each DFI Roads Division.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) any steps she is taking, in conjunction with the PSNI and the Department for Infrastructure, to address concerns regarding the use of electrically assisted pedal cycles on pavements, including high-powered or modified models; and (ii) whether any assessment has been made on…
To ask the Minister of Justice (i) whether any assessment has been made of the scale of illegal use of privately owned e-scooters on roads and pavements; (ii) whether her Department has carried out an assessment on whether enforcement powers are being used effectively; and (iii) to detail any action she intends to…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any independent research or externally commissioned evidence that informed his conclusion that the proposed reforms to GCSEs and A levels will reduce stress and anxiety among pupils.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any evidence, including commissioned research or internal analysis, his Department has collected regarding the impact of generative artificial intelligence on the integrity or fairness of controlled assessment and coursework in CCEA qualifications.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) any regulatory powers, currently available to her Department, in respect of the domestic heating oil market; and (ii) whether she will consider bringing forward proposals to enhance consumer protections, in relation to excessive or rapid price increases for domestic…
To ask the Minister of Finance whether any review of Civil Service recruitment and workforce planning arrangement is planned, to ensure that long-term agency staff have clear and fair pathways to permanent roles.
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department tracks the post-education outcomes of young people with Statements of Special Educational Needs.
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of the impact of increased reliance on online homework platforms on pupils who may have limited access to digital devices, or reliable internet at home.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) any statutory and non-statutory guidance currently issued to schools regarding the use of social media platforms to publish images or video content featuring pupils, including safeguarding, consent and privacy considerations; (ii) whether guidance includes…
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any (i) sanctuary; (ii) humanitarian; and (iii) conflict-response, scholarship provision currently available across higher education institutions; including any role her Department has in supporting or coordinating such provision.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of (i) primary schools; (ii) post-primary schools; and (iii) special schools that have conducted safety a drill in each of the last five academic years, broken down by type of drill.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) the number of businesses that have successfully accessed cross-border funding streams, including the Shared Island Fund and PEACE PLUS programmes, since 2021; and (ii) the total value of funding awarded, broken down by constituency.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) any assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on freedom of religion and equality rights where individuals recently granted refugee status are issued eviction notices from asylum accommodation, during the month of Ramadan; and (ii)…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any criteria used to determine the number of funded Foundation Training Year (FTY) places for pharmacy graduates in Northern Ireland; (ii) any assessment his Department has been made of the disparity between the number of students graduating annually from Ulster University…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of teachers currently working in Specialist Provision in Mainstream (SPiMs) settings; (ii) a breakdown of those teachers by Education Authority area; and (iii) the number of teachers who hold additional specialist qualifications in special educational needs or…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) any plans his Department has to strengthen specialist training for teachers working in Specialist Provision in Mainstream (SPiMs) settings; (ii) whether he intends to introduce minimum specialist training requirements for such posts; and (iii) any funding allocated, or…
To ask the Minister of Education, given the serious and evolving nature of sextortion and online sexual exploitation affecting children and young people, (i) to detail any engagement his Department has had with the PSNI to develop a coordinated approach to prevention, early intervention and victim support; and (ii)…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any assessment he has made of the availability of linguistically appropriate assessment tools and evidence-based interventions for pupils in Irish-medium schools.