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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 qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to the UK Government's Planning Reform Working Paper: Development and Nature Recovery, whether her Department has given any consideration to integrating development with nature recovery, to encourage better planning outcomes and better environmental protection in…
I hope that the Member does not mind me making a few brief remarks. As he will understand, I am a strong advocate for the hospitality sector and someone who is not unfamiliar with the Belfast night-time economy. Not wishing to fall foul of your direction, Mr Deputy Speaker, I will focus my remarks on the Belfast…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any assistance she is providing to telecommunication broadband companies in obtaining permits to carry out repairs on public roads.
This critical issue further highlights the deepening housing crisis that is gripping Northern Ireland. Rising house prices, soaring rental costs and increasing mortgage pressures are making homeownership an impossible dream for too many. As a result, we are seeing greater reliance on social housing, as has been…
I welcome the Minister coming to the Chamber today. I wish you well in your new role. I thank my fellow MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone for raising the issue, as I did this morning during Members' statements. When Project Stratum was being finalised with the successful contractor, Fibrus, why were obligations not…
I note that it is 11 days since storm Éowyn occurred. With power restored to almost all the 283,000 properties affected, I commend Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) for the mammoth task that it has undertaken to restore the electricity network, repairing almost the entire network in one week. My thanks go to everyone…
To ask the Minister of Education, further to the closure of Lack Primary School, whether he has any plans to increase enrolment and admission numbers for Kesh Primary School for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on any steps he has taken to financially support the Fermanagh Classic and Pike Classic fishing competitions on Lough Erne in 2025.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether his Department has began assessing the damage caused to the Forest Service estate following Storm Éowyn, broken down by forests affected in terms of acres.
I thank the Minister for her response. She will be aware, however, that the most recent allocation of £7 million in January monitoring fell short even of the allocation needed to deliver pay parity for our health workers. Does the Minister accept that there is an inconsistency in the Executive's seemingly prioritising…
Hospitality VAT Harmonisation That this Assembly recognises the vital contribution of the hospitality sector to our local economy; notes that the December 2024 UK Budget Impact response from Hospitality Ulster highlighted that the hospitality industry generates an annual turnover of almost £1.9 billion and supports…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the number of game angling permits active in Lough Erne since 19 March 2021; and (ii) the number of applications for a game angling permit in Lough Erne since 2021, broken down per fishing season.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the number of coarse angling permits active in Lough Erne since 19 March 2021; and (ii) the number of applications for a coarse angling permit in Lough Erne since 2021, broken down per fishing season.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of (i) commercial fishing permits active in Lough Erne since 19 March 2021; and (ii) applications for a commercial fishing permit in Lough Erne since 19 March 2021, broken down by fishing season.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether his Department has sought alternative fish farms for stocking the Public Angling Estate whilst stockings from Movanagher fish farm have been suspended.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) for an update on the situation at Movanagher fish farm following the discovery of invasive zebra mussels; and (ii) when his Department expects it to be operational again.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any studies his Department has carried out to measure the economic, social and cultural benefits that angling brings to (i) Northern Ireland; and (ii) Co. Fermanagh.
I hope that the Member does not mind my adding a few brief remarks to his Adjournment debate. As he will understand, there are deep ties between Altnagelvin and the South West Acute Hospital in my constituency. Not wishing to fall foul of your direction, however, Mr Deputy Speaker, I will focus my remarks on the…
The essence of the motion is about delivery and the recognition of the fact that early childhood development and learning is the foundation stone to building a society that values and supports every child through their formative early years, subsequent development and future life chances. It is also the foundation…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any punitive measures in place for those who ignore suspended movement of animals from Great Britain to Northern Ireland and are discovered to have smuggled livestock, endangering the health status of Northern Ireland's herds.
Minister, thank you for your attempts to soften the impact of the ETA scheme. Who will implement the controls on the ETA scheme to ensure compliance, should it come into effect?
I thank the Opposition for tabling the motion. Recognition of gender-responsive budgeting is a vital tool in addressing systemic gender inequalities. Gender-responsive budgeting, as explained by the UK Women's Budget Group, is a way of analysing the Budget for its effects on gender equality. It aims to increase focus…