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.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the amount of funding his Department invested in the Downpatrick district electoral area in (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; (iv) 2025-26; and (v) total since 2022.
Thanks to the Member for giving way. Will the Member agree that it is vital that SENCOs get release time to work on all of the extra pressure that they have? Will he also agree that school leaders need assurances that they will have an earmarked budget next year for SENCOs who currently have that release and that will…
I will start by thanking Michelle and Nick for bringing this really important issue to the Chamber, but I have to say that it is getting to the stage where SENCOs are coming to us and asking what the point is in raising these issues again and again if the Minister and the Education Authority are not prepared to listen…
Minister, from what I have heard this morning, you are trying to say that teachers are not leaving the profession and you have a stable workforce. That will be a slap in the face for many principals, who really struggle to fill vacancies. You said that you are "greatly encouraged" by the feedback from the teaching…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount invested in the South Down Constituency in the (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; and (iv) 2025-26, financial years; and (v) in total since 2022.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the amount invested in the South Down constituency in the (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; and (iv) 2025-26, financial years; and (v) in total since 2022.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the amount invested in the Mournes District Electoral Area in the (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; and (iv) 2025-26, financial years; and (v) in total since 2022.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the amount invested in the Slieve Croob District Electoral Area in the (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; and (iv) 2025-26, financial years; and (v) in total since 2022.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the amount invested in the Downpatrick District Electoral Area in the (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; and (iv) 2025-26, financial years; and (v) in total since 2022.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount invested in the Slieve Croob District Electoral Area in the (i) 2022-2023; (ii) 2023-2024; (iii) 2024-2025; (iv) 2025-2026, financial years; and (v) in total since 2022.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount invested in the Mournes District Electoral Area in the (i) 2022-2023; (ii) 2023-2024; (iii) 2024-2025; (iv) 2025-2026, financial years; and (v) in total since 2022.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount invested in the Downpatrick District Electoral Area in the (i) 2022-2023; (ii) 2023-2024; (iii) 2024-2025; (iv) 2025-2026, financial years; and (v) in total since 2022.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount of funding from the Childcare Subsidy Scheme that has been absorbed by childcare provider fees, since the scheme's introduction.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any percentage increase in childcare fees, since the introduction of the Childcare Subsidy Scheme in September 2024.
To ask the Minister of Education whether there have been any changes to (i) staffing levels; (ii) pay scales; (iii) contracts; or (iv) service specifications within Education Authority cleaning services that would account for recent cost increases.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any factors contributing to increases in Education Authority cleaning costs in schools, over the last three years.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the annual cost of Education Authority-provided cleaning services to schools, in each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will prioritise the delivery of the Downpatrick Living High Streets Project, given the success of the pilot scheme in 2022.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any actions his Department has taken to (i) advance the Downpatrick PSNI Station redevelopment to tender; and (ii) identify any internal or external factors contributing to the delay.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any reasons for the continued delay in progressing the redevelopment of the Downpatrick PSNI Station site to tender.
Minister, at a time when people are struggling to heat their homes and fill their cars — issues that you have been raising here today — you have been able to find hundreds of thousands of pounds for the US250 project, but you have yet to demonstrate value for money. It is OK to tell us what, you think, was good about…
I thank the Minister for that information, and I acknowledge the work that is being done in such an important area. Does he agree that the introduction of an areas with natural constraints scheme could support improved land management in the Mournes and help to reduce the risk of wildfires through better grazing…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail an annual breakdown of any churches that have received funding from the National Churches Trust via the Historic Environment Fund, since 2018.