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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.
Troubles-Related Sexual Crimes and Child Sexual Abuse That this Assembly accepts that crimes of a sexual nature, including child sexual abuse, have a particularly insidious effect on society and have a long-lasting physical and psychological impact on the victim and their wider family; calls on the UK Government to…
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any assessment his Department has made of the competitiveness gap facing Northern Ireland’s hospitality sector, as a result of differing VAT rates with the Republic of Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any financial support interventions his Department is planning to introduce to support the indigenous hospitality industry, in light of the Republic of Ireland implementing a nine per cent VAT rate for hospitality, from July 2026.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any financial modelling his Department has undertaken to assess and mitigate the risk of hospitality business closures, arising from more competitive VAT rates in the Republic of Ireland, particularly in border areas.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any engagement that has taken place between his Department and the Department for the Economy, to develop a coordinated response to the impact of the Republic of Ireland’s reduced hospitality VAT rate on Northern Ireland businesses.
There can be few in the Chamber who would deny that we have seen at first hand the disastrous and deplorable effects that the Irish Sea border has inflicted on our economy. We have witnessed reduced choice on the shelves of our shops, increased bureaucratic burdens on those attempting to move goods from Great Britain…
Minister, I welcome the major progress that you have made, over recent months, on reducing waiting lists for endoscopies. What additional investment has been made to secure the additional capacity?
I thank the Minister for her statement today. Minister, you have acknowledged that Tourism Ireland's aim is to promote economic growth, greater regional spread and sustainability. Do you accept that tourism businesses in Fermanagh and the wider Hidden Heartlands already operate at a competitive disadvantage in every…
Thank you for your statement, Minister. Other Members have mentioned that your statement referred to strong activity levels by InterTradeIreland and the approval of its business plan and corporate plan for 2026. The statement provided little detail, however, on the outcomes for the Northern Ireland economy. What…
I rise to place firmly on the record the deep frustration, disappointment and growing sense of unfairness felt by many of my constituents following the announcement on Friday of the withdrawal of £6·6 million from the A4 southern bypass project. The bypass was not an optional or speculative proposal; it was…
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any plans her Department has to bring apprenticeship policy and funding criteria in line with those operating elsewhere in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any (i) assessment her Department has made of the economic impact of public-sector apprenticeships in Northern Ireland; and (ii) plans her Department has to boost uptake and availability of these.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the number of school leavers that have commenced apprenticeship training, in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail when he will be in a position to reinstate the £6.6 million in funding for the A4 Enniskillen Southern Bypass project.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether his Department has assessed the need for a dedicated financial assistance scheme for farmers whose land along rivers has been impacted by flooding.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any support schemes that are available to farmers who have experienced flood damage to agricultural land, including the deposition of debris following recent flooding events.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for her assessment of the impact the surrender of £6.6 million in funding for the A4 Enniskillen Southern Bypass Project, will have on the Mid South West Growth Deal.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for her assessment of the impact the surrender of £6.6 million in Capital DEL will have on the A4 Enniskillen Southern Bypass Project.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) to detail the costs of the most recent resurfacing works on the A46 Lough Shore Road, Enniskillen; and (ii) for her assessment of its effectiveness.
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the Minister for his comments. He has done quite a bit of my work in winding up by recapping on things that Members said. It has been a cordial exchange and conversation, so I thank everybody who contributed to the debate. I am pleased to rise in support of the motion and to build…
I welcome the Minister's coming to the Chamber this afternoon. Minister, as you said, your Department had access to the draft valuation figures from LPS and the economic projections in advance. On that basis, was it not a presumption to proceed without addressing the foreseeable impact on the hospitality sector,…
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any engagement his Department has had with (i) banks; (ii) ATM operators; or (iii) the UK Government, regarding the provision of ATMs in rural areas.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) any assessment that has been made of the impact of limited access to ATMs in rural areas, particularly on shift workers who are unable to access cash during shop opening hours; and (ii) any steps being taken to mitigate any negative effects on families. and the rural…
To ask the Minister of Finance whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of access to cash across rural constituencies, including Fermanagh and South Tyrone.