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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.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether his Department has an inventory of its estate, outside of Forest Service land, which can contribute to his Department’s target to annually increase the population that is within a five minute, or 400 metre, walk of a quality green/blue space…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether any measures to reduce the number of children living in poverty will be included in the final Programme for Government 2024-2027.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the recorded rate of chronic absence in (i) primary schools; and (ii) post-primary schools, in the 2023-24 academic year.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) any discussions he has had with the Minister for the Economy on uplifting the Education Maintenance Allowance payment for students in Northern Ireland; and (ii) the timeline for payments to rise.
To ask the Minister of Education (i) whether steps will be taken to end the practice of translating exam scripts from Irish into English for marking by English-medium examiners in CCEA; and (ii) whether increased monetary compensation will be considered to encourage Irish-medium practitioners to participate and to…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any communication his Department has had with counterparts in the Republic of Ireland following the reported cases of Avian Influenza in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) whether funding from the Active Travel Scheme can be used to install electric vehicle charge points at schools engaged in the Active School Travel Programme; and (ii) whether consideration has been given to integrating electric vehicle infrastructure within active travel…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any measures his Department has considered to prevent rent rises in light of reports that rent in Northern Ireland has risen 9 per cent in 2024, despite earnings increasing on average by just 1.2 per cent.
Thank you, Deputy Speaker. Mr Speaker will be delighted to know that I have just finished my can of Sprite. I am delighted to speak in this important debate. I thank Órlaithí, most importantly, for tabling the motion. I know that the issue matters very much to her and is close to her heart. In Northern Ireland, one in…
Thank you, Minister. Some of the children who spoke to me to about their reasons for staying off mentioned bullying, anxiety and awaiting ADHD and autism assessments that would help them in the classroom. What is your Department doing to address those issues, and what do you say to children who are at home today when…
Minister, many Irish-medium schools have voiced their frustration that teachers make more money in the South of Ireland. Therefore, we lose a lot of our Irish-speaking teachers to the South. Will a pay award that increases salaries be enough to keep teachers in the North? What further steps will your Department take?
Thank you very much, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I welcome the opportunity to make a winding-up speech on the amendment in this important debate. Our amendment calls for a political commitment from both the Minister for the Economy and the Minister of Education to drive forward affordable childcare. I welcomed the…
Ms Hunter asked the Minister of Education how many children his Department identified as school refusers — also known as those experiencing emotionally based school avoidance — in 2024, given that school attendance in Northern Ireland hit its worst level on record in 2023.
Minister, I know that you are conscious of the possible risk that the ETA scheme could create for the Open, which is coming to Portrush this year. We want to see our businesses prosper there. What level of risk do you see the ETA scheme posing to the success of that championship this year?
First Minister, can you detail the engagement that the Executive Office has had with the British Government on online harm that causes violence against women and girls in Northern Ireland?
School Capital Funding in Derry To ask the Minister of Education to outline why every school in Derry City was denied capital funding in the last 10 years, despite the Department finding £475 million for major capital projects elsewhere between 2014/15 and 2023/24
To ask the Minister of Education to detail why every school in Derry city was denied capital funding in the last ten years, despite the Department finding £475 million for major capital projects elsewhere between 2014-15 and 2023-24.
To ask the Minister of Health what consideration he has given to ensuring sufficient ambulance availability in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust, as part of proposals to move emergency general surgery from Causeway Hospital to Antrim Area Hospital.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps his Department is taking to ensure that all Health and Social Care Trusts are able to endow Direct Payment carers with the authority to undertake percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion procedures, recognising the current geographical inequality in this regard…
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department is considering introducing a safe consumption facility for drug users, similar to what has recently been opened in Glasgow.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether his Department has any plans to reduce the speed limit for Clooney Road, Ballykelly, from 50mph to 30mph, recognising that the current speed limit regularly leaves residents with a long wait before they can safely enter and exit the road during peak hours.