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 Finance to detail his rational for proposing a 5 per cent increase to domestic rates, and a 3 per cent increase for non-domestic rates for each of the next three years, in the Proposed Draft Budget 2026-29/30.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any steps he has taken to address the cuts to the fishing quota and their impact on the fishing industry, including any engagement he has had with the Minister for the Economy.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the level of vaccination for bluetongue that was made available; and (ii) the level of vaccination uptake, in the last two months.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for her assessment of the need for support to the fishing industry, fish processing factories and the associated businesses, following the cuts to fishing quotas.
To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 36548/22-27, to detail (i) an update on the Local Growth Fund; and (ii) any steps he has taken to support the voluntary and community sector.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the (i) nature; and (ii) estimated value, of expenditure made by his Department for services described as Cash in Transit in the Construction and Procurement Delivery Collaborative Procurement Pipeline.
To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 36727/22-27, to detail the number of these roles currently being filled by staff on temporary promotion.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the level of shortage of veterinary staff; and (ii) any plans to address this.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) his assessment of the threshold for Departments to achieve Financial Transactional Capital; and (ii) how his Department is assisting Departments' attempts to achieve it.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) his role; and (ii) any actions taken, to address fees for public services which are set at a level lower than cost recovery, against the guidance of Managing Public Money NI.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of newly created substantive posts Civil Service, in each of the last three years, broken down by (i) grade; and (ii) Department.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 35321/22-27 and AQW 35322/22-27, to detail (i) how the deficits in schools' budgets are funded; and (ii) the impact of this on his departmental budget.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) for his assessment of the number of new social homes able to be built in the 2025-26 financial year (a) pre-December Monitoring Round 2025 capital funding award; and (b) following the December Monitoring Round capital funding award; and (ii) whether an assessment has been made…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any action he has taken to improve financial governance in response to the December 2025 Northern Ireland Audit Office report Comptroller and Auditor General's Report on Financial Audit Findings 2025, which highlights £329 million was awarded via Direct Award Contracts in Health…
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 35635/22-27, whether sufficient infrastructure is in place to provide free parking at hospitals once the Automatic Number Plate Recognition system is operational.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 33703/22-27 and AQW 18969/22-27, given there is no commissioned service for adult ADHD diagnoses and patients obtain their ADHD diagnosis through privately-paid healthcare professionals, for his assessment of whether the patient should be able to complete their…
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 36132/22-27, to detail the annual running cost of Kilkeel Medical Practice when it is under the management of the Southern Health and Social Care Trust compared to the annual running cost when the practice was being managed by GPs.
To ask the Minister of Education in relation to the letter sent by the Education Authority to taxi drivers on 5 December, to detail (i) whether the appropriate procurement procedure was followed in the award of the current contracts with these taxi drivers; (ii) whether it is within the Education Authority's legal…