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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 qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister of Justice, pursuant of AQW 50708/22-27, to detail, for each of the last five financial years, the number of prisoners who reached their tariff expiry date or parole eligibility date with an open referral to the Northern Ireland Prison Service Psychology Service, where the prisoner subsequently…
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 36913/22-27, to detail how requiring applicants to the Curriculum Review subject working groups to adhere to the stated knowledge-rich and powerful knowledge principles, while assessing their Curriculum Vision as a selection criterion, was considered compatible with an…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any safeguards and guidance his Department has issued to ensure that the use of generative artificial intelligence by teachers does not replace professional judgement, particularly in relation to (i) marking and assessment of pupils’ work; (ii) written feedback to pupils;…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of passengers expected to be affected by each of the proposed changes to Translink fares and services, including (i) the proposed reduction in the yLink discount from 50 per cent to 33 per cent; (ii) the removal of off-peak day return fares; and (iii) the…
To ask the Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW 50708/22-27, to detail the (i) reasons for the 41 per cent reduction in the number of psychologists employed by the Northern Ireland Prison Service, since 2021-2022; (ii) reasons for the 200 per cent increase in vacant psychology posts over the same period; and (iii)…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any specific actions and resources being provided to strengthen reading and literacy development among children in the early years and Foundation Stage, including (i) support for shared reading and reading for pleasure; (ii) access to age-appropriate books and literacy…
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 50984/22-27, to detail any mechanisms his Department uses to capture the preferences of parents and guardians for the future ethos and type of school provision in their local area, including preferences relating to (i) school management type; (ii) integrated education;…
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 50707/22-27, to detail (i) the (a) estimated; or (b) allocated, expenditure to date on the development of resources to support the Northern Ireland Curriculum 2028; (ii) the projected expenditure on (a) textbooks; (b) teaching and learning materials; (c) digital…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the current levels of radon recorded in (i) Strabane North; and (iI) Strabane West, including (a) the average recorded level in each area; (b) the highest recorded level in each area; (c) the number and percentage of properties in each area…
To ask the Minister of Finance whether the introduction of (i) an additional domestic rate; or (ii) a rates premium, on second homes and holiday homes will be formally considered as part of the Strategic Review of Rating.
To ask the Minister of Education whether any consideration has been given within TransformED to ensuring that the curriculum equips young people with an appropriate understanding of (i) menstrual health; (ii) endometriosis; (iii) reproductive health and fertility, including (a) recognising symptoms; (b) understanding…
To ask the Minister of Education, in light of the 251 drug-related deaths registered in 2024, to detail any provision TransformED will make for educating children and young people on drugs and drug-related harm, including (i) harm prevention; (ii) recognising risk; and (iii) knowing where to access appropriate support.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any reason the Easter Rising of 1916 is not explicitly identified within the proposed Key Stage 3 history curriculum, given that the proposed framework explicitly identifies the Battle of the Somme and the current curriculum requires pupils to investigate the long- and…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the anticipated completion dates for (a) his Department’s research into second-home ownership; and (b) research being commissioned into the nature, scale and potential impacts of short-term holiday lets on local housing markets; and (ii) whether the final reports of…
When growing up in Northern Ireland, it can, at times, feel like quite a depressing place that is quite bleak and still very deeply divided, but the fleadh offered us an opportunity to really share each other's cultures, learn something new and move forward to the future. This Building can sometimes feel hopeless. I…
Thank you, Minister. I respect your response. The level of significant distress that the matter causes parents cannot go understated in this House. Minister, being solution-focused and working together, will you commit to a conversation with community transport to potentially find some kind of answer? Will you engage…
Minister, given that we share a constituency, you will know that many of our constituents are staff or students who feel that they are paying the price for years of underfunding in higher education. Will you expand on the urgent discussions that you have had with Ulster University to protect jobs and safeguard…
Endometriosis, polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) and adenomyosis are ongoing women's health issues in the North that are not being treated effectively. Women's health issues are being overlooked, and women feel unseen and unheard. I held an event last week on those…
Ms Hunter asked the Minister of Education, after stating that a father named Columba Mailey from Greysteel in her constituency, whose seven-year-old daughter Maisie was told, on the morning of her first day of school, that no taxis or buses were available and that therefore she did not have a way to get to school with…
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 49505/22-27, given that cancer registrations increased by 32 per cent in Derry City and Strabane and 19 per cent in Mid Ulster local council districts between 2018 and 2023, (i) to detail (a) the age-standardised cancer incidence rate; and (b) the number of registrations…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps being taken to introduce Jessie’s Law, including provision for every person presenting to health and social care services with mental health concerns to be offered access to a support person or advocate throughout assessment and treatment.
To ask the Minister of Education whether (i) any assessment has been made by his Department of the contribution of external organisations in delivering sessions on (a) periods; (b) sexual health; and (c) related matters, in schools; and (ii) he will consider ringfencing funding to ensure that all schools have the…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of schools that have participated in Period Ambassador training, broken down by school type; and (ii) whether any assessment of the uptake and effectiveness of the training has been undertaken by his Department.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in relation to the UK Government-funded Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) climate-cooling programme, to detail (i) whether there has been any discussions on the programme with the UK Government or ARIA; (ii) whether any experiments funded…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of women diagnosed with endometriosis, who had previously presented to health and social care services with symptoms subsequently attributed to the condition; and (ii) the average time between first presentation and diagnosis, in each of the last five years.