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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.
Minister, the funding last year for special educational needs was £65 million: that is 14% less than it needs to be this year, due to inflation and increased demand. While the £170 million announced today is certainly welcome, is it enough to meet the shortfall and the diverse needs and demands of our children,…
Ms Hunter asked the Minister of Education, in light of reports that his officials advised him not to meet the Loyalist Communities Council (LCC), whether it is typical for a Minister to ignore advice from his Department and whether he does so often.
To ask the Minister of Health, in recognition that recent increases in National Insurance contributions and the minimum wage will increase the wage bill of dental practices, to detail any measures his Department is taking to ensure that (i) costs for dental appointments do not rise; and (ii) dental practices do not…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any discussions his Department has had with Northern Health and Social Care Trust to ensure that female patients in need of home care are provided with female carers, especially recognising that intimate care, including showering, can cause female patients considerable stress…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any action his Department is taking to ensure wheelchair users are able to access smear tests at their GP surgery, especially when the patient is known to have a family history of cervical cancer.
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department is undertaking any consideration of extending funding to the Buddy Bear Trust Conductive Education School.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any measures his Department is taking to ensure that all taxi firms are providing consistent services for those with disabilities, noting that many firms only provide irregular and intermittent services for those with disabilities.
To ask the Minister of Justice to outline how resources will be deployed to address the increase in violent and sexual attacks against women and girls over the last year.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on waiting lists for specialist dental care for children in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust and the Western Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Justice, following a spike in the reported incidences of dog fouling in the Causeway Coast and Glens district, to detail the number of people in Northern Ireland that have been prosecuted for the fouling of lands by dogs in 2024.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the processes in place to ensure that next of kin are informed of a patient's decision to request a do-not-resuscitate order.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) whether his Department has been in contact with Northern Ireland Electricity Networks to discuss recurring incidences of power outages in the Greysteel and Ballykelly areas; and (ii) to detail the steps being taken to prevent future occurrences.
To ask the Minister of Health, given the cost to patients and the potential risk to those unable to organise their own medicines, whether his Department plans to reconsider implementing the Nomads scheme for new elderly patients.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in relation to new rulings on inheritance tax, whether his Department plans to bring in any new measures to help ease the financial burden on farmers.
Through the SDLP's Make Change programme, we want to see a Civil Service that employs young people and people from diverse backgrounds. I am mindful that, in years to come, 70% of grade 5s in the Civil Service are due to retire. What more can we do to upskill young people in the Civil Service and retain them? What…
For too long, our children from the most deprived economic backgrounds have been failed by our education system. The reality of the divide between grammar schools and secondary schools means that those with the ability to give their children private tuition tend to do so. We already know from research at home and…
To ask the Minister of Justice whether there will be free provision of rape alarms for those in need, given the recent rise of attacks in the North West.
To ask the Minister of Health to outline why medical students, who receive funding from his Department to cover tuition fees, receive a reduced maintenance loan.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he is aware that students from Northern Ireland with chronic or lifelong health conditions, under the care of a consultant and studying in Great Britain, must be referred separately in each jurisdiction.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department is taking measures to end the requirement for students from Northern Ireland to have to deregister and re-register with a GP every time they move between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail how many learners have (i) applied for Education Maintenance Allowance payments in the last six months; and (ii) been waiting more than six weeks to receive this payment.
I cannot reiterate enough how serious this is. There have been four attacks in a short time. On the topic of prevention, in the immediate aftermath, Minister, what assurances can you give right now to women like me who live in the north-west so that we feel safe? What will that look like? Is it self-defence classes?…
Recently, at an all-party group (APG), women's groups voiced that they were saddened that they had not had the chance to meet you yet. I understand that, as a Minister, your diary is tight for time. Will you consider publishing the criteria by which you decide whether to accept a meeting?