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 rationale as to why parking restrictions, in all towns and villages, were not reduced for the Christmas period.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the (i) costs to run; and (ii) income received, from parking charges, in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any additional cost to the public sector salary bill, following the announced increase in minimum wage in the Autumn Budget 2025.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail when the outworkings of the Autumn Budget 2025 will be aligned to Northern Ireland’s (i) monitoring round; and (ii) budget process.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the amount of additional payments that will be provided to families in Northern Ireland following the removal of the two-child limit.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail his assessment of (i) the changes announced in the Autumn Budget 2025, to the Motability scheme; and (ii) the impact they will have on people in Northern Ireland.
Minister, with so many things going on side by side, it is important that we get clear and accurate numbers out to the public. The Finance Committee got the latest out-turn figures in our papers, and there was reference to the December monitoring round. The Budget will be announced tomorrow, and there may be…
Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I thank the Opposition for tabling the motion. It highlights once again the importance of moving to multi-year Budgets in Northern Ireland. While the leader of the Opposition has put on his last show of 2025, it is a serious issue. The positive impact that multi-year Budgets…
I rise today, on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to share the sentiments of others on this the first day of the global 16 Days of Activism, as we join right across the globe to call for the end to violence against women and girls everywhere. Throughout the campaign, the challenge for…
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the number of people presenting to the health service requiring medical attention following cosmetic surgery they have obtained outside of Northern Ireland, in the last three years.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any work ongoing in the Civil Service to (i) highlight awareness of; (ii) reduce; and (iii) prevent, online scams involving people posing as Government Departments in their interactions with individuals.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any (i) topics covered; (ii) agreements reached; and (iii) actions agreed for her Department, following her recent meeting with the Chief Executive and Director of Economy, Regeneration and Tourism from Newry Mourne and Down District Council, the Minister for…
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the anticipated timeline for delivering the practical elements of the Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any (i) topics covered; (ii) agreements reached; and (iii) actions agreed for her Department, following her recent meeting with the Chief Executive and Director of Economy, Regeneration and Tourism from Newry Mourne and Down District Council, the Minister for the…
As an accountant, I am well used to numbers and statistics. I fully appreciate the value of interrogating and using them in order to inform analysis and to strategise to make Northern Ireland achieve the best. As a representative of South Down, I understand the importance of gathering data on the economic behaviours…
I welcome Ulster-Scots Leid Week. As a proud Mourne Ulster Scot, I live and breathe this every day, but it is brilliant to join to mark this special time together and say, "Houl yer whisht, for we're still here". Ulster-Scots Leid Week 2025 runs from today and is set to be a vibrant celebration of our Ulster-Scots…
To ask the Minister of Finance for his assessment of the need to increase the limit on advances from the Consolidated Fund from 2 per cent to 4 per cent.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for her assessment of the risk to financial governance within her Department, given her Department's accounts having been disclaimed by the Northern Ireland Audit Office, for a second financial year.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any action she will take to ensure the Warrenpoint Harbour Authority Board is adequately constituted, following the resignation of a number of elected representatives in recent months.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “The Executive’s Multi-Year Budget”
The Executive’s Multi-Year Budget - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘insufficiency of funding’ and insert: ‘; notes the overspend and delay on the delivery of major capital projects; believes that public sector transformation is required to deliver clear value for money; and calls on the Minister of Finance to bring…