All of Ms Claire Sugden’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 Education, pursuant to AQW 5593/22-27, for an update on his way forward for Happy Health Minds and School Holiday Food Grant Payments.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 10274/22-27, (i) how he is liaising with local councils in relation to animal welfare updates; and (ii) how his Department assesses whether animal welfare delivery in local council areas adheres to the legislation set by his Department.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail his plans to make funding applications simpler and more accessible for farmers and rural communities.
It is great to hear that. The biggest frustration with animal welfare is how limited councils are in approaching cases brought to their attention. Is there anything that we can do in the meantime? Unfortunately, horrific cases are happening, and the answer is that we simply cannot do anything.
Deputy First Minister, how successful have we been in tackling paramilitarism when we hear nearly weekly of incidents such as the incident at Bushmills last week and other incidents of criminality across Northern Ireland? How successful can we be in the absence of a Programme for Government that has not been fully…
Ms Sugden asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he has considered legislation to extend the powers given to local councils to improve animal welfare, given that, in a previous answer, he outlined his legislative priorities for animal welfare.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister (i) for their assessment of whether the current structures of government are conducive to an outcome-based accountability policy approach; and (ii) to detail any plans they have to review government structures.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the rationale for moving the responsibility of the Children's Services Co-Operation Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 to the Department for Education.
To ask the Minister of Justice (i) for her assessment of the cross-Executive Tackling Paramilitarism, Criminality and Organised Crime programme; (ii) to detail any engagement she has had with Executive colleagues in relation to the importance of the outcomes of the programme; (iii) how the actions being taken in this…
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for their assessment of the need for an Executive-wide strategy on tackling drugs; and (ii) to detail any plans they have to develop such a strategy.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether she has any plans to amend The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 to provide for the recommendations relating to consent outlined in the Gillen Review.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of pharmacies that closed between January 2023 and April 2024; (ii) how this figure compares to the previous ten years; (iii) how many of these where independent pharmacies; (iv) how many were located in rural areas; and (v) whether community pharmacy underfunding…
To ask the Minister of Education (i) for an update on the cross-departmental task and finish group which aims to bring forward recommendations to the Executive in relation to childcare provision; and (ii) when he expects these recommendations to be made to the Executive.
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department provides any materials or guidance to support those who choose to educate on consent and healthy relationships.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) what area of his budget the £8.5 million compensation paid out in 2022-23 to the public for damage caused by defects in the public road network is allocated from; and (ii) to detail his plans to fix the road network to prevent damage and save compensation costs.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the support available for women who have suffered a prolapse post-birth; and (ii) any issues which cause support or treatment to be delayed.
To ask the Minister of Education (i) for his assessment of the impact misogynistic social media influencers and online content has on children and young people; (ii) for his assessment of how this impacts their behaviour towards school peers, particularly girls and young women; and (iii) what plans he has to (a)…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) whether he is aware that some drivers from Northern Ireland are being told by their insurance companies that they cannot drive in the Republic of Ireland due to their MOT being out of date, despite having a Temporary Exemption Certificate; and (ii) how he has engaged with (a)…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of social houses with four or more bedrooms available in the Causeway Coast and Glens area; (ii) his assessment of whether this is adequate to meet the current need; and (iii) his plans to increase this number.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) for his assessment of the provision of temporary housing in the Causeway Coast and Glens area; (ii) to detail the impact on those who are temporarily housed a great distance away from their current area; and (iii) how he is supporting the Housing Executive to provide more…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister (i) to detail their plans for Good Relations; and (ii) how Good Relations will be considered in each outcome in the Programme for Government.
To ask the Minister of Health, further to the announcement on 27 March 2024 of £9.2 million investment in general dental services, to detail (i) when the business cases will be completed for this investment; and (ii) the rationale for this timescale.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) when dental practitioners will be eligible to be paid the enhanced rates for the targeted areas identified in the Dental Access Scheme; and (ii) to identify any risk to practitioners who carry out the work if business cases are not approved.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the total spend on General Dental Services in (i) 2019-20; (ii) 2020-21; (iii) 2021-22; (iv) 2022-23; and (v) 2023-24, broken down by month.