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Ms Diana Armstrong: Assembly records
All of Ms Diana Armstrong’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Minister, I have engaged with the agri-food sector, particularly the meat industry in Dungannon. I am told that there is limited knowledge of the 'good jobs' Bill and its implications. What engagement have you had with that sector?
This is a solemn day. Once again, the Assembly is forced to confront the killing of not one but two women in such a short space of time: Ellie Flanagan and Amy Doherty. I will name them both because they deserve more than to be reduced to statistics, to be entries on a list or to be numbers on a growing tally. Ellie…
Ms D Armstrong asked the Minister of Education what guidance has been issued to remind school governors that female teachers have the right to request flexible working arrangements, including job sharing, and to ensure that governors do not question the character or competence of teachers for exercising that right.
Extension of Sitting on Monday 23 March 2026 under Standing Order 10(3A) That in accordance with Standing Order 10(3A), the sitting on Monday 23 March 2026 be extended to no later than 7.30pm.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, given the vacancies within DFI Roads Western Division, why her Department is not holding interview open days in each division area for the new campaign to recruit more industrial road workers.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) any plans her Department has should the Renewable Electricity Price Guarantee legislation not pass during the 2022-27 Assembly mandate, including an expected timeline for reintroduction in the next mandate; and (iii) any assessment her Department has made of the…
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the anticipated timeline, alongside the procedural stages required, for the Renewable Electricity Price Guarantee legislation to secure Royal Assent, before the end of the 2022-27 Assembly mandate.
To ask the Minister of Health, following the appointment of a new Endometriosis Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT), to detail (i) where this post is based; (ii) how the role will operate across the WHSCT; and (iii) whether any element of the service will be available in South…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of funded places available within the education system for therapeutic interventions, including but not limited to music therapy, art therapy, and play therapy; and (ii) any plans to expand or review these services.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any consideration his Department has given to the Forest Service estate remaining in public ownership, as opposed to being privatised or transferred to private or semi-private entities.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any (i) forestry land sales; (ii) transfers; (iii) leasing arrangements; and (iv) disposal considerations, made by the Department or Forest Service, in each of the last five years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the total area of woodland held in (a) private; and (b) public, ownership; and (ii) the amount of this that is managed by Forest Service.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the implementation of targets in the Forest Service Business Plan 2025-26.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail how her Department will support businesses in border areas, in advance of the lowering of the hospitality VAT rate in the Republic of Ireland from 13.5 per cent to 9 per cent, in July 2026.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any mechanisms her Department will put in place to monitor the impact of the Republic of Ireland’s reduced 9 per cent VAT rate on hospitality (i) trade flows; (ii) employment; and (iii) pricing trends in Northern Ireland’s border regions, from July 2026 onwards.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether her Department has engaged with local councils or business representative bodies in border constituencies, to develop a cross-border competitiveness strategy, ahead of the reduction of hospitality VAT in the Republic of Ireland.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any assessment her Department has made of the impact on Northern Ireland manufacturers of being excluded from the British Industry Supercharger, given that the scheme applies only to the GB electricity market.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any measures her Department is considering to prevent the relocation of high skilled industrial jobs from rural Northern Ireland to GB sites with lower energy costs.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether her Department intends to develop Northern Ireland specific relief schemes, to mirror the British Industry Supercharger.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Single Electricity Market on energy-intensive industries.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any plans her Department has to bring in additional relief measures for energy intensive industries, in line with those available in Great Britain.