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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.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether Land and Property Services are sufficiently resourced to deal with, and adjudicate, the incoming case appeals from hospitality business owners requesting rates re-evaluation before 1 April 2026.
To ask the Minister for the Economy when the Ulster University Economic Policy Centre report on the economic impact of the Extended Travel Authorisation scheme will be published.
Minister, I welcome the initiative. Like others, I hope that it will reduce road deaths and injury. Can you assure the House that, should the initiative be demonstrably successful in reducing accidents and deaths on our roads, you will actively work with the motor insurance industry to reduce the high motor insurance…
The question references derelict properties: what discussions has the Minister had one step further along, when dereliction becomes dilapidation? What engagement has the Minister had with the AERA Minister on the Dilapidation Bill, which affects retail and commercial properties in towns and villages?
I thank the Minister for his statement. I had the pleasure of joining him recently on a visit to the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH), where he again had the opportunity to see at first hand the significant level of work that is under way there to tackle Northern Ireland's waiting lists. Will the Minister continue to…
I place on record my serious concerns regarding the decision by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council to establish what it calls an Irish unity working group. Let me begin by acknowledging the basic facts: yes, the decision was taken in accordance with the council's standing orders and, yes, the stated purpose of the…
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any mitigations in place for hospitality accommodation operators, where pre-booked accommodation will fall within new financial year prices, adjusted to take account of potential rates increases.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any protections the Education Authority provides for school patrol personnel enduring severe weather conditions.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any steps she intends to take to support the hospitality, pub and food to go sectors, which are facing rates hikes, to remain in business.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any assessment her Department has made of the impact that delays in Article 161 approvals are having on new housing delivery.
I begin by saying something that should unite every Member in the Chamber: Northern Ireland's prosperity matters more than any party's constitutional aspirations. Economic policy must be grounded in evidence, not in wishful thinking. On that basis, the motion falls short. The Ulster Unionist Party will not get too…
I, too, want to raise serious concerns about the impact of Reval2026 on our local economy, particularly on the hospitality, tourism and food-to-go sectors. We are seeing projected rates increases across Northern Ireland that are nothing short of staggering. As has been said, hotels are facing rises of up to 83%, with…
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any work his Department is doing to mitigate the impact from (i) current; and (ii) future, global economic shocks.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any work her Department is doing to mitigate the impact from (i) current; and (ii) future, global economic shocks.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of school meal hubs currently in operation, including the number of feeder schools supplied by each hub.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of contracts currently in place for the provision of delivered school meals, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any change in pupil uptake of school meals since the price increase on 5 January 2026, compared with data from the previous 12 months.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether her Department has had any engagement with employers, to help combat women's economic inactivity, by offering more flexible working conditions or supported working environments.
To ask the Minister for the Economy, given that women's economic inactivity rate remains high, to detail (i) any engagement her Department has had with women who have lived experience of economic inactivity; and (ii) how these experiences are being incorporated in any policy development for skill-based or lifelong…
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) to detail any current strategies her Department has in place to develop and implement a dedicated women skills-based learning programme; and (ii) for her assessment on whether such a programme will (a) offer more opportunities for women; and (b) tackle economic inactivity.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any plans Waterways Ireland has to incentivise private craft and fleet owners on Lough Erne, to transition to alternative and low emission fuel sources, in light of her Ministerial Statement on the North South Ministerial Council Inland Waterways Sectoral Meeting.