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 Infrastructure to detail the percentage of those using public transport who pay full ticket price for their journey, in each of the last four years.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any process in place in the Civil Service office estate to dispose of office furniture, including any receipts received by his Department for disposals, in each of the last three financial years.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the value of expenditure incurred by Tourism NI during the period in which Internal Audit assessed and issued a limited opinion audit report on Procurement and Contract Management in 2024-25.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the cost of welfare mitigation to the Northern Ireland block grant, in each financial year from 2016-2017 to date.
There seems to be a lack of understanding among some Members about the role of the delivery unit. Will the deputy First Minister provide some clarity and explain how important it is that the unit is small and is able to be agile enough to deliver as intended?
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any plans she has to introduce legislation, similar to Jade’s Law, to automatically suspend parental responsibility were a parent is convicted of murdering or committing voluntary manslaughter of the other parent, in order to protect children from undue influence.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of complaints received on how the iPad monitoring system is operating from domiciliary care workers, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust, in the last three years.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail, of the 72 people dismissed from the Northern Ireland Civil Service in 2024-25, the number who received a compensation or settlement payment on their dismissal, including the value of the payments, in the last three years.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any procurement process, applied to the Northern Ireland Civil Service and its arm's-length bodies when engaging social media influencers using public funds, including ethical guidance.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the (i) number; and (ii) percentage, of children awarded a pre-school place in Stage 1 of the admissions commencing in September 2026 , broken down by constituency.
I declare an interest as Assembly private secretary to the Education Minister and someone whose mum is employed as a classroom assistant. This past week has been an incredibly stressful time for many parents, children and school staff. I do not underestimate in any way what that has meant to so many, and there has…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Cancellation of Summer Schemes in Special Schools”
Cancellation of Summer Schemes in Special Schools - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘their parents;’ and insert: ‘welcomes the intervention of the Minister of Health and the Minister of Education in resolving this issue; notes that the Minister of Education’s Executive paper on capital funding for special educational…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the amount of unpaid court fines that the Fine Collection and Enforcement Service has collected, since its establishment, broken down by year.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the total cost of the Fine Collection and Enforcement Service to her Department, since it was established, broken down by year.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the total value of unpaid court fines that the Fine Collection and Enforcement Service has collected, since its establishment, broken down by year.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether overgrown branches and hedges can be cut by members of the public if they are overhanging a road way from (i) private; or (ii) publicly owned land.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they have asked the UK Government for additional funding for Northern Ireland to invest in the Ending Violence against Women And Girls Framework, in light of the high rates of femicide here compared with the rest of the United Kingdom and the PSNI Chief…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the amount of the first round of the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Local Change Fund, distributed through local councils, was spent on catering at events.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the cost to her Department of (i) university; and (ii) higher education, fees paid for courses undertaken by prisoners, in each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any Civil Service properties that were disposed of, in the last five years, including (i) the Land and Property Services Red Book valuations of the property; and (ii) the final sale price agreed on the property.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any action his Department is taking in its role as shared service HR to the Civil Service to (i) support staff experiencing violence against women; and (ii) raise awareness of the issue.