All of Ms Diane Forsythe’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
At this Final Stage, we welcome the Bill, which, as other Members have said, covers a wide range of powers over many critical areas. There are 20 substantive clauses on the operations of seven Departments. It has been 12 years since the Executive have brought forward a Bill of this kind. A lot of work has gone into…
I thank my colleague Deborah Erskine for speaking in such a heartfelt way on the issue. We know the amazing job that healthcare workers did for Deborah and Olivia. Minister, I welcome your firm message here today and over the past week. As Deborah outlined, however, a lot of these issues happen all the time. They did…
I welcome the Minister's continued approach to tackling fraud in our welfare system as well as in social housing. Does the Minister agree that it is hypocritical of Sinn Féin to turn a blind eye to tenancy fraud yet, at the same time, demand more social housing?
At Final Stage, we in the DUP once again welcome the Bill, which gives formal legal status to the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council as an independent body scrutinising Northern Ireland's finances. The Bill delivers on a commitment made in the New Decade, New Approach agreement by providing a clear legislative framework…
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on any (i) actions; and (ii) outcomes, delivered by his Department to reduce red-flag waiting lists for breast cancer, since he took up office, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the level of direct award contracts in (i) his Department; and (ii) its arm's-length bodies, in the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether any assessment has been made of the level of direct award contracts in the Civil Service, in the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) any reason for the £20 million direct award extension to the Land and Property Services Abbacus in 2023-24, as per Direct Award Contract 109/23; (ii) any reason for the £7.3 million direct award extension to the Land and Property Services Abbacus in 2020, as per Direct…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any process by which her Department monitors individuals who are granted leave to remain in Northern Ireland and have been convicted of sex offences in their country of residence.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) how; and (ii) where, Census figures for Northern Ireland capture the number of people (a) living here without legal immigration status; and (b) applying for asylum.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the number of Translink services that were suspended, each hour, from 1pm on Wednesday 10 June 2026; and (ii) the reason why the Translink suspension notification said 5pm suspension for all.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people who sought housing from his Department and were refused due to their immigration status, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people housed by his Department, having been granted Leave to Remain, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether he has sought additional funding from the UK Government to cover costs associated with the recent public disorder and the damage it has caused.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) the number of temporary visas granted to individuals following their illegal entry into Northern Ireland; and (ii) the length of these visas.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the number of people currently waiting to be granted a temporary visa, following their illegal entry into Northern Ireland.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the number of people currently living in Northern Ireland on temporary visas, following their illegal entry to this country.
I thank my colleague Paul Frew for his leadership on the consideration of the Justice Bill. I thank my colleagues Maurice Bradley and Brian Kingston for their work on the Justice Committee, as well as other Justice Committee members and the Minister, as we work through such hugely significant and complex legislation.…
There is no doubt that our hospitality sector faces considerable challenges given the cost of doing business. Does the deputy First Minister agree with me that the UK Government should introduce a hospitality VAT pilot to reduce VAT in Northern Ireland and help revitalise that sector?
On this day last week, I spoke about the disgraceful Parades Commission decision, disregarding Scarva residents, on a contentious parade. On Saturday past, the outworkings of that decision, and the spectacular failure of the PSNI in policing the determinations, were on full display. High-level decisions put front-line…
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To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the amount spent on the Civil Service office estate’s (i) electricity; (ii) oil; (iii) gas; and (iv) other non renewable energy sources, in each of the last three years.