All of Mrs Cathy Mason’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) whether he will attend the 2026 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final; and (ii) whether he received an invitation to attend.
Go raibh maith agat. As you rightly said, Minister, it is a serious issue for the sector, and I am glad to hear of the engagement with the British Government. What engagement have you had with the sector on the issue?
Mrs Mason asked the Minister for the Economy to provide an assessment of how changes to steel tariff regimes affect the North's manufacturing and construction industries.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 43033/22 27, for an update on (i) the number of GAA Hurling clubs or teams he has visited; (ii) the number of GAA hurling matches he has attended; and (iii) the number of GAA Hurling teams he has met and engaged with, since taking office, broken down by Assembly…
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 43033/22 27, for an update on (i) the number of GAA camogie clubs or teams he has visited; (ii) the number of GAA camogie matches he has attended; and (iii) the number of GAA camogie teams he has met and engaged with, since taking office, broken down by Assembly…
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 43033/22 27, for an update on (i) the number of GAA clubs he has visited; (ii) the number of GAA Handball matches he has attended; (iii) the number of meetings and engagements with GAA Handball teams or organisations; and (iv) whether those games involved men’s or…
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 43033/22 27, for an update on (i) the number of GAA clubs he has visited; (ii) the number of GAA football matches he has attended; (iii) the number of GAA football teams he has met and engaged with; and (iv) whether those engagements involved men’s or women’s teams,…
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on (i) the number of soccer clubs he has visited, since taking office, broken down by Assembly constituency; (ii) the number of soccer matches he has attended; (iii) the number of Soccer teams he has met and engaged with; and (iv) whether those engagements involved…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any funding allocated to museums, including the (i) amount allocated to each museum; (ii) purpose of funding; and (iii) breakdown by constituency.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether any assessment has been made of (i) staffing; or (ii) operational, pressures within museums that have received departmental funding.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any future funding commitments his Department has made to (i) museums; and (ii) heritage sites, including projected allocations.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any funding allocated by his Department to the Ulster Folk Park, including an itemised breakdown of this investment.
I love these South Down Adjournment debates. You are never quite sure what topic you are going to get or where the debate will go. Downpatrick is a place of regional and global significance. It is steeped in history from the Battle of Downpatrick at the Mound of Down, laid by John de Courcy, to the ancient Ballynoe…
Families across the North are stretched to breaking point. Soaring living costs continue to pile unbearable pressure on workers and families across the North. For too many households, the rising cost of childcare remains a heavy burden. Last week, the Department of Education stated that childcare fees have risen by…
I thank the Minister for her update. I will just state that our local offices are extremely helpful and engage with us regularly. Minister, you mentioned the recent recruitment campaign. Can you give us an update on its progress to recruit industrial road workers?
Increasing Childcare Fees To ask the Minister of Education, in light of childcare fees increasing by 17 per cent since the introduction of the Childcare Subsidy Scheme, to outline the work his Department has taken to introduce a cap on fees in order to deliver savings to parents.
To ask the Minister of Education, in light of childcare fees increasing by 17 per cent since the introduction of the Childcare Subsidy Scheme, to detail any work his Department has taken to introduce a cap on fees in order to deliver savings to parents.
To ask the Minister of Education whether any assessment has been made of the impact on pupils with special educational needs arising from reduced Special Educational Needs Coordinator capacity within schools.
To ask the Minister of Education whether any assessment has been made of the impact of group budget meetings on the ability of individual schools to raise specific financial concerns, and to ensure that schools with complex financial pressures receive tailored support.
To ask the Minister of Education whether the Education Authority consulted school leaders before moving from individual budget meetings to group meetings.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) whether his Department has made any assessment of the risk that reduced Special Educational Needs Coordinator release time may delay assessments and interventions for children with special educational needs; (ii) how this may affect compliance with the SEND Code of…