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.
Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the Members to my right for bringing forward this important motion and Gerry for his amendment. Our communities are under unprecedented strain and stress. Families are forced to pay an ever-increasing share of their income on rent. Reports show that rents in Belfast are…
Minister, I recently spoke to a domestic abuse survivor whose ex-partner repeatedly drives past her home. Sadly, that has not met the threshold for a stalking offence. In cases such as that, where behaviour is not technically deemed to be a domestic incident or a crime but could be seen as a form of psychological…
Thank you, Minister, for your answer. While that research is welcome, it sounds like a long work in progress. Right now in Northern Ireland, parents are forced to leave employment because they cannot afford childcare. Today, we have seen Melted Parents NI share helpline information on mental health and debt to support…
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to the potential that psilocybin offers as highlighted by research from Johns Hopkins, whether his Department will consider trialling the administration of psilocybin to patients for depression and addiction.
To ask the Minister of Health, given that the cost to the health service for medication for just one additional person diagnosed with HIV would core fund three years of prevention, awareness and support work, to detail the rationale for the decision taken in relation to funding for Positive Life NI from the Core Grant…
To ask the Minister of Education whether he plans to remove the mandatory registration payment of £44 for teachers in Northern Ireland paid to the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the percentage of children in care, fostered or adopted from care that have been recorded as having a severe chronic absence rate, in each academic year since 2020.
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department will consider intervening in the decision to prevent the reinstatement of a crossing patrol guard at DH Christie Memorial Primary School, Coleraine, recognising concerns of members of the public and the school community regarding the dangers of a serious accident.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant of AQW 22723/22-27, to provide a breakdown of the 12 per cent of ASD and ADHD children recorded as chronically absent in academic year 2023-24, with absence rates by decile.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Delivering a New Deal for Private Renters in Northern Ireland”
Delivering a New Deal for Private Renters in Northern Ireland - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘properties,’ and insert: ‘a review of minimum fitness standards and enforcement in the private rented sector, legislation to extend the threatened with homelessness window and the introduction of a grant to provide…
To ask the Minister for the Economy, further to reports that Invest NI has funded companies involved in manufacturing parts used by the Israeli Defence Forces, to detail any measures her Department is taking to ascertain whether public money is being used for this purpose.
To ask the Minister for Communities when his Department will publish the independent research on intimidation points, referred to in his Ministerial statement on 28 January 2025.
Does the deputy First Minister agree that there has been a total failure on the part of the Executive to fund Foras na Gaeilge? Will she please update the House on the last time that she and the First Minister spoke about the Irish Language Commissioner post?
The urgent need to address respite care shortages in the North is a significant concern, which is shared by many families in my community and across the North. Recent reports from the 'Belfast Telegraph’ and 'The Irish News' painted a distressing picture of waiting times for respite care that have increased by as much…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any measures her Department is taking in 2025 to ensure that vulnerable adults are not homeless when released from prison.
To ask the Minister of Education when his Department will allocate the funding required to allow two days a week release time for nursery school principals that teach in order to focus on planning, administrative and leadership duties, as is afforded to their colleagues in the primary school sector.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of types of systematic phonic systems taught in schools; and (ii) the percentage breakdown each of these systems represent.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 21649/22-27, given that an estimated 60 per cent of septic discharge is reaching Lough Neagh, whether he will commit to advancing measures to merge water discharge consent applications with the planning process.
Minister, you will be aware that the Good Friday Agreement states that we have to facilitate and encourage the growth of the Irish language. In your term, in this mandate, on a scale of one to 10, how well would you say that you are serving the Irish-medium sector and the Irish language?
Minister, on the topic of addiction, will you please detail what your Department is doing to educate our young people on alcoholism and drug addiction? I note that drug deaths have doubled in the past 10 years, so this is very important.
Last Friday, I had an event that was attended by over 50 families and young people on the issue of school refusal, also known as anxiety-based avoidance or emotional-based avoidance. Many of the parents and young people with whom I spoke on the call voiced that they have never really heard us as elective…