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.
Tackling the Impact of Online Harms on Young People (Revised Wording) That this Assembly expresses grave concern about the impact of social media and smartphones on young people; recognises that tackling online harms will require genuine cross-departmental working; calls on the Minister of Education to ban smartphones…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any additional measures being considered to support early detection of breast cancer in women with dense breast tissue.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail how his Department can better educate young people in relation to their rights under Article 42 of the UN Convention on Rights of a Child.
Recognising not only the progress that has been made towards achieving parity in university admissions across the island but the challenges that still exist, I welcome the motion and the amendment. For too long, students from the North have faced unnecessary barriers when trying to access higher education in the…
Thank you, Minister, for your important briefing. I welcome the cross-border engagement, particularly on mental health in schools. Teachers and parents across my constituency are crying out for further support for mental health in the school setting. Will you provide more detail on the conversations that you had on a…
The issue continues and, year-on-year, worsens in my constituency, in Portrush, Portstewart, Castlerock etc. Minister, will you commit to an additional meeting with the Department for Communities to talk about the issue? If we keep pushing it back to councils, we will not find any answers.
First Minister, will you confirm whether a review of the 2020-25 online safety strategy is planned? If it is, will you ensure that it includes a specific focus on ending violence against women and girls online? Have you had any recent conversations with Ofcom on those matters?
Thank you, Mr Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute a tribute to Pope Francis. I put on record my sadness and that of my constituents and those across the island following the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis. In my opinion, the late Pope Francis embodied everything that the world needs right now: the…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of nursery facilities that saw a change in their Published Admission Number for pre-school places in the last five years, broken down by location.
I welcome the opportunity to speak to this important motion on behalf of the SDLP. It is an issue that has been discussed at length at the Health Committee. The number and scale of groups that have contacted us about their concerns, and the very real impact that such a loss of funding will have on their ability to…
I thank the Minister for his response. Given the Education Authority's recent policy change on the published admission number (PAN) and the impact of the standardisation programme, what action will the Department take to ensure transparency and fairness in preschool place allocations, particularly in rural areas such…
Minister, understandably, those calls and emails caused a lot of stress and concern for parents. Does your Department feel, at the moment, that all our schools in Northern Ireland are adequately prepared for emergency situations, events or threats, and will you revisit the current protocols around that matter?
Ms Hunter asked the Minister of Education, given that, understandably, the Education Authority error in distributing letters to parents on preschool placements has caused great distress, leaving many parents devastated to learn that they had not secured a place for their child and scrambling to make alternative…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any plans in place to ensure equal access to dance and drama programmes in all primary schools, particularly in communities where parents cannot afford to fund after-school activities.
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department has assessed the mental health and educational benefits of performing arts, such as dance and drama, for primary school pupils.
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department will consider ring-fenced funding to support after-school arts programmes, especially in areas of high social or economic deprivation.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any steps being taken to integrate performing arts into the mainstream curriculum, in recognition of their contribution to speech, language, memory and confidence development.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department will support the funding and adjustments required to allow playgroups to accept children under 2 years 10 months, to ensure the financial viability of this sector and ensure all children receive the benefit of early years education.
To ask the Minister of Education for his assessment of the Pupil Allocation Number process for pre-schools in the 2025-26 academic year, in light of administrative errors and concerns from some playgroups and pre-schools in the East Derry constituency that have had to reject double the number of applications they…