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 of Education (i) for his assessment of the iNEQE Safeguarding Group's roll-out of the Safer Schools Northern Ireland App; and (ii) to detail in what ways this has been successfully used to prevent drugs deaths amongst young people.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to ensure that upcoming WEEE reforms will significantly expand public access to convenient and consistent collection points for electrical waste, with particular emphasis on promoting reuse in line with the waste hierarchy.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for a breakdown of the total (i) value; and (ii) volume of goods and services, (a) exported from Northern Ireland to Israel; and (b) imported from Israel to Northern Ireland, since 7 October 2023, broken down by sector, including the monetary value involved in each sector.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail what specific measures his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for respite care for parents, recognising that the current waiting times can lead to significant adverse impacts on those unable to access these services.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail his Department's assessment of the potential impact that losing Scoil Spreagtha will have on language learning goals, recognising that the Languages for the Future report stated that widening access to language learning across the school age range would be of significant…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 26846/22-27, to outline (i) what specific interventions will be introduced in the next twelve months to accelerate municipal recycling rates; and (ii) when will full data on non-household municipal waste be available to assess overall…
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether her Department will approach Ulster University to provide financial support to maintain Riverside Theatre, recognising the vital significance of the Arts in maintaining and growing Northern Ireland's film and television industry.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department will enter into urgent discussions with Ulster University to help secure the future of the Riverside Theatre, recognising that if funding is not found, Coleraine and the wider North Coast region stand to lose a vital arts hub.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail his Department's assessment of the current arrangements for scenarios where separated parents disagree on a school move, specifically where the primary carer supports the move but it is prevented by the secondary carer, with special consideration of cases where this may…
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant of AQW 27192/22-27, whether the Minister will ensure that CCEA reviews and revises its exam content to prevent questions which could be considered harmful and inappropriate from appearing in future papers.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant of AQW 25263/22-27, to detail the steps his Department is taking to ensure that children experiencing prolonged Emotionally Based School Avoidance who are unable to return to regular attendance can still access their right to an education, as outlined in Article 28 of the UN…
To ask the Minister of Education to outline whether his Department will take measures to ensure that all schools establish coordinated student health teams that adopt a systematic, multidisciplinary approach to support the emotional, mental, and physical well-being of pupils.
I welcome the opportunity to contribute to what has been an interesting and exciting debate. I wholeheartedly push back on the notion that discussing the constitutional question is inherently negative. It is being perceived today as something that, by its nature, is problematic or controversial: I could not disagree…
A number of schools in my constituency would welcome the extension of the speed limit scheme. Off the back of that, will the Minister commit to exploring the implementation of school streets schemes that would temporarily restrict traffic around schools to improve safety and encourage active travel?
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he is aware of research on the psychological consequences for children forced to witness or participate in acts of animal cruelty.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of (i) whether racing greyhounds are more likely to sustain injuries than companion greyhounds; and (ii) whether on average racing greyhounds have poorer welfare than companion greyhounds.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what measures are in place to safeguard the welfare of racing greyhounds within animal welfare legislation.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of occasions drugs have been found within each prison in Northern Ireland, for each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether she will consider introducing legislation to permit voluntary chemical castration for convicted child sex offenders.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether CCTV is operational in (i) Bann House; and (ii) Foyle House committal units in Maghaberry Prison, including within corridors and staircases.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of (i) attempted suicides; and (ii) suicides within the prison system in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of drug overdoses recorded in the prison system for each of the last five years; and (ii) how many of these have resulted in a fatality.