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.
I thank the Minister for his update on the North/South Ministerial Council meeting in May. What engagement does he have planned with the Irish language and Ulster-Scots communities ahead of the next North/South Ministerial Council meeting in the autumn?
Minister, when future funding is being discussed and developed with your Department, will that include collaboration with the community and voluntary sector as well as local government?
The Minister would agree that, when it comes to financial support, the affordable warmth scheme is critical, particularly for our most vulnerable people and pensioners on low incomes. Can he outline whether the scheme is unable to be continued for new applications, due to the chronic and sustained underfunding by the…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any action his Department and the Housing Executive is taking to raise awareness of the Housing Executive’s Financial Inclusion Team; and (ii) whether the Housing Executive has any plans to further expand its Financial Inclusion Team in future years.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department will fund a Christmas goodwill grant for Christmas-related activities, gifts and vouchers to households experiencing homelessness in 2024.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of (i) children; and (ii) households with children placed in B&B and hotel accommodation for more than two weeks in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the average length of time spent by households in temporary accommodation in each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the involvement (i) tenants; and (ii) voluntary and community organisations, including housing associations, will have in the Housing Executive’s strategic review of the rent scheme.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the average (i) weekly; (ii) monthly; and (iii) annual, cost of providing a unit of temporary accommodation in (a) single let; (b) voluntary sector hostel; (c) non-standard accommodation; (d) Housing Executive hostels and stock; (e) Dispersed Intensively Managed Emergency…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of homes sold under the Right to Buy scheme since its introduction, broken down by (i) constituency; (ii) local council area; and (iii) year of sale.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of (i) people; and (ii) households, (a) on the social housing waiting list; (b) in housing stress; and (c) with Full Duty Applicant Status, on 31 March and on 1 September in each of the last ten years, broken down by local council area.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail his Department's plans to review the current skills and training landscape for young people with special educational needs after they leave school, in order to provide recommendations for improvement.
Given the high levels of fuel poverty that people and families across the North continue to experience and the devastating news for pensioners that we are speaking about today, will the Minister confirm the additional actions that he will take to ensure that our pensioners are aware of and able to access their full…
Dynamic Pricing That this Assembly notes the extortionate prices charged for concert tickets as a direct result of dynamic pricing; recognises the lack of transparency around dynamic pricing and the fact that consumers may be unaware that the price of tickets can be increased by 100 per cent of the original purchase…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any plans in place to address the length of time children are awaiting percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion surgery at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of children awaiting percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion surgery at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, broken down by (i) length of wait; and (ii) constituency.