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.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether any assessment has been made of staffing (i) levels; (ii) capacity; and (iii) capability, within her Department's Energy Team.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any process for reviewing her Department’s evidence provided to Committees of the Northern Ireland Assembly; and (ii) whether any assessment has been made of the quality of this oral and written evidence.
To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 45966/22-27, to detail the estimated timeline for the outcomes and associated costs of the 2025-2026 legal challenges made against his Department.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether any assessment has been made of the Civil Service office estate’s ability to operate in a safe and appropriate way for staff during a heatwave.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether any assessment has been made of any (i) cost differential; and (ii) change in performance levels against targets of the planning system, before and after planning was devolved to local councils.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of road defects, identified as being caused by surfaces melting in high temperatures, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any plans her Department has for the work on the York Street Interchange project, including an associated timeline.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of people who have tested as being over the legal alcohol limit by roadside breathalyser test, compared to the number who went on to be convicted of the offence, in each of the past five years.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of (i) reports; and (ii) convictions, made under the Road Traffic Act 1988, for drivers failing to report accidents which they are legally required to, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of reports of road traffic collisions where drivers have collided with an animal, in each of the last three years, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail information on the Transformation fund, including any amount (i) initially included in budget estimates for 2025-26 and 2026-27; (ii) spent from the fund in both 2025-26 and 2026-27 to date; (iii) returned to Treasury released to the fund for 2025-26 and 2026-27.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the decision making process that led to the UK Government's allocated funding for the York Street Interchange not being used for its intended purpose.
As someone who has initiated a Member's Bill in this Assembly term, I understand and in no way underestimate the amount of work that has been undertaken by the Bill sponsor to introduce this legislation. Like my colleague Paul Frew, I congratulate Mr Blair on that. I love animals, and of course I care about animal…
In response to an earlier question, the First Minister implied that it was the DUP Minister who imposed severe climate targets on Northern Ireland when that was not the case. The Minister tabled legislation and, like the UK Climate Change Committee, warned against the targets. As a party, we warned about what would…
I thank the First Minister, the deputy First Minister and all their Executive colleagues for continuing to make the case for fair funding for Northern Ireland. Does the First Minister agree that there are simple things that the UK Government could do to help, including making changes to borrowing so that the Northern…
Today, I remember all those babies who left us too soon. They lived, were precious, were loved and were lost from this earth to heaven. Every single one of their lives mattered, and they should always be remembered and recognised by more than just the memories and hearts of their parents and families. I especially…
Ms Forsythe asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, following the signals given by the First Minister at the weekend, whether they agree that now is the time to make changes to legislation to remove the unachievable targets.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail how the data on outcomes and progress to date on tranche one projects, detailed within his announcement on the tranche two Transformation Fund, has been verified or audited.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail how the (i) £42 million for the Department of Health’s ePharmacy Primary Care Digital Reform Programme; and (ii) £29.2million for Together for Families, within his announcement on the tranche two Transformation Fund, is transformational, rather than…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail how the announcement on tranche two Transformation of £6 million to his own Department for its Digital Workplace Solution will be delivered as transformation spend, outside the current similar projects already underway by his Department.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 42671/22-27, whether he has any plans to introduce a process to capture data on those whose university fees will be funded by his Department from September 2026, to track whether they complete their course and whether they go on to work in the Northern Ireland health…
To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 45483/22-27, for an update on work to review the extension of Jade’s Law to Northern Ireland, including a timeline for work going forward.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of people that were subject to (i) internal complaints; or (ii) investigations, at the time of their retirement in her Department's arm's-length bodies, in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of people that were subject to (i) internal complaints; or (ii) investigations, at the time of their retirement in his Department's arm's-length bodies, in each of the last ten years.