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Mrs Ciara Ferguson: Assembly records
All of Mrs Ciara Ferguson’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 of Health, further to his announcement on funding to increase short breaks capacity and expand support in the community, to outline any consultations that have been undertaken to determine the services most needed for families of children with disabilities.
I thank the Minister for his answer. In the survey, 62% of respondents said that they delayed reporting necessary repairs to the landlord or letting agent due to fear of being evicted, and 52% ultimately did not report at all. I am sure that each Member here has experience of that with constituents. Is the Minister…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail his Department's plans to increase investment in (i) Neighbourhood Renewal programmes; (ii) Areas at Risk programmes; and (iii) Small Pockets of Deprivation programmes in 2025-26.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the Neighbourhood Renewal capital funding provided by his Department to each Neighbourhood Renewal area in each of the last five years.
I thank the deputy First Minister for her answer. What will be the impact of the inclusion of the cross-cutting commitment to "Peace" in the draft Programme for Government?
Over 2,000 families here are shielded from the worst impacts of the cruel British Government austerity agenda by the current benefit cap mitigation. Our Committee for Communities, therefore, pressed the Department on Thursday past on the need to secure and extend them. I commend colleagues in Advice NI, particularly…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of pupils (i) suspended; and (ii) permanently excluded from (a) primary school; and (b) post-primary school in the Foyle constituency in the last three years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any additional road maintenance projects to be carried out in the Foyle constituency as a result of the October Monitoring Round.
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of the recently-published research by the Chartered Institute of Housing which calls for the introduction of a new letting agent regulatory framework, including mandating the registration of letting agents and establishing an enforcement mechanism to ensure…
To ask the Minister for Communities, in relation to the renewed Housing Supply Strategy, to detail any actions his Department has considered in relation to youth homelessness and addressing the increased risk of homelessness facing care-experienced young people.
I, too, very much welcome the Minister's announcement of the £17 million in funding and the one-off winter fuel payment of £100 for all pensioners who have been affected. Does the Minister plan to address any potential gaps in support for pensioners who may not meet the eligibility criteria or those who may receive…
Ms Ferguson asked the Minister for Infrastructure, given that an upgrade to the Coshquin waste water treatment works is required to connect up to 2,500 new homes in the Cashel development in the Foyle constituency, whether a site has been confirmed and, if so, whether planning permission has been granted.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the implementation of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence TA 943 as endorsed by his Department in February 2024.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether any additional financial support will be allocated to homeless service providers from the October Monitoring Round.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the development of a grant scheme to assist reservoir managers to meet their obligations under the Reservoirs Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on progressing the secondary legislation that will establish a framework for controlled reservoirs under the Reservoirs Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department's Residential Building Safety team will explore possible avenues of redress for homeowners affected by defective blocks, such as potential VAT exemptions.