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 of Health to detail the number of referrals for cancer checks that were made by dental practitioners, in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of people who have lost their NHS dentist registration, in each of the last three years, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of children who have had health issues identified and been referred into a specialist healthcare provision during their time in a Sure Start setting, in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of (i) legal cases; and (ii) judicial reviews, taken against decisions made by his Department, in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail whether (i) on the successful completion of disciplinary complaints upheld against a person who has retired and draws a Civil Service pension, who may have been dismissed form employment had they remined in employment, will result in an assessment of the value of their pension;…
To ask the Minister of Finance whether he will carry out a review of Civil Service structures to assess whether current reporting and HR structures show any indications of inherent misogyny.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any work that has been undertaken within her Department to review congestion and the need for increased parking provision in Warrenpoint, in the South Down constituency, in the last two years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any work that has been undertaken within her Department to review congestion and the need for increased parking provision in Newcastle, in the South Down constituency, in the last two years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail how accessibility to beaches has progressed over the past two years, including the work of his Department (i) in isolation; and (ii) in partnership with (a) local Councils; and (b) organisations such as the Mae Murray Foundation.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of people currently employed in each grade of the Senior Civil Service, broken down by the Department their staff costs are applied to.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the (i) number; and (ii) value, of performance related bonuses paid to Civil Service staff, in each of the past five financial years, broken down by staff grade.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any (i) engagement; and (ii) actions, her Department has undertaken during 2026 with Northern Ireland businesses in the steel industry.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline the impact of the up to 450 job losses at Ulster University, announced in April 2026, on the delivery of courses for students commencing studies in September 2026.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any assessment made of the need to increase awareness of the responsibilities to cut back tress, hedges and bushes, in the interest of road safety.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) any action their Department will take following the recommendations made in The Katie Simpson Review; and (ii) how this aligns with the Programme for Government's commitment on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the level of uptake of the early payment discount scheme in rates broken down by (i) domestic ratepayers; (ii) non-domestic, ratepayers; (iii) the number of customers; and (iv) the value of savings, in (a) 2024; (b) 2025; and (c) 2026.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any work undertaken by his Department to increase engagement and uptake of procurement opportunities by small and medium businesses.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) the timing profile of projected cash draw down by Departments; and (ii) the point at which this draw down is expected to reach the level authorised under the Vote on Account.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any support measures that will be made available to (i) farmers; and (ii) residents, adversely affected by the fires in the Mournes.
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the SDLP for tabling the motion on funding for the voluntary and community sector. As chair of the all-party group (APG) on the voluntary and community sector, I have long called for an assessment and quantification of the extent of the public services that the voluntary and…
I thank the Member for giving way. Does he not accept my point that his contributions about how the amendments will be great at critiquing the Executive and how the amendments that did not get on to the Marshalled List would have supported the position of the Opposition could seem, to others, to be political and to…
I welcome the opportunity to speak on another piece of substantive legislation from the Department of Finance, and thank the departmental officials, Finance Committee staff and all who gave evidence in Committee as we worked hard on the Bill. We welcome the Bill, which underpins the Fiscal Council's work with a…