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 provide details of the Financial Transactions Capital arrangements for the £50 million UK Government funding announced for the Casement Park project.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs when he expects to receive clarity on the £360 million announcement for a Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether the app showing the profile of coastal erosion in Northern Ireland will be made available to the public.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of the change in funding for agriculture from the Comprehensive Spending Review.
We have discussed the Budget (No. 2) Bill at length as it has progressed via accelerated passage, and the DUP will support it today. We are now three months into the 2025-26 financial year that started on 1 April and are operating under a Vote on Account, so it is necessary that we pass the legislation to ensure that…
I thank the Minister for her statement. As chair of the all-party group (APG) on voluntary and community sector, I was pleased to welcome the Minister to a meeting of the group a couple of weeks ago, at which she heard a lot from groups about their community-based, grassroots recognition of issues and how they build…
Will the Minister outline to the House what engagement he has had with the Minister for Communities about the other strand of funding that is required for sport, which has sat now for over a decade, namely the funding for subregional stadia?
Much has been said in the news about the UK contribution of £50 million towards Casement Park, but when I read into the detail of it, I noticed that Treasury has indicated that the Executive will receive £50 million in financial transactions capital (FTC) between 2026 and 2030 for Casement Park. My understanding of…
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department will be changing policy on cervical screening from July 2025 so that younger women aged 25 to 49 who test negative for HPV will be invited for screening every five years rather than every three years.
To ask the Assembly Commission, in light of the Supreme Court judgment in the case For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers, to outline any discussions it has had in relation to a review of the use of toilet facilities in Parliament Buildings.
I thank the Minister for bringing the statement to the House. I also thank him for his quick action to provide clarity and for his continued commitment to the winter fuel payment for our pensioners. Will he confirm that pensioners in Northern Ireland will have the payment delivered at the same time as those in the…
Last year, we all got a nasty shock when one of the first things that the new Labour Government did on taking up power was to cut the winter fuel payment to pensioners across the United Kingdom. They cited the financial black hole and the need for cuts, but why the winter fuel payment? It cut deep to the heart of our…
Ms Forsythe asked the Minister for the Economy, having reviewed the recently published business plan and year-end progress report for the Department for 2024-25 and noted that the Department for the Economy's business plan contains a commitment, number 33, to: "Work with Conradh na Gaeilge, NDPBs and Independent…
I thank the Minister for his answer. Minister, the anti-poverty strategy will obviously require commitment from all Departments. Will that set a good precedent for cross-departmental working and moving away from a silo mentality in the Executive and Assembly?
We are all well versed in the Budget circumstances here. We know that we face pressures in delivering public services and that Northern Ireland has long been underfunded. The DUP leader, Gavin Robinson MP, has led the campaign for an improved funding package for Northern Ireland for some time, and we remain committed…
Ms Forsythe asked the Minister for Communities, after welcoming the fact that he will bring forward the anti-poverty strategy next week and commending him for being the Minister who will deliver an anti-poverty strategy for Northern Ireland, whether he can confirm that there will be no actions in the strategy to…
To ask the Minister of Finance, in relation to the commitment made in the 2025 Public Procurement Policy Statement Principle 2: Efficiency and Effectiveness, that regular progress reports on Major Capital Projects will be provided to the Northern Ireland Civil Service Board, whether these reports will include details…
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the process of how the requirements of the 2025 Public Procurement Policy Statement Principle 3: Social Value will be monitored, to ensure that what is committed to during the initial bid is delivered during the contract delivery.
To ask the Minister of Finance, in relation to the 2025 Public Procurement Policy Statement Principle 1: Accessibility, whether there will be increased accessibility for local small businesses on local contracts where possible, rather than bids being set out on large regional basis.
To ask the Minister of Finance, in relation to the 2025 Public Procurement Policy Statement Principle 1: Accessibility, whether there will be increased provision of up-front funding to suppliers, rather than small businesses and charities being required to be significantly out of pocket and then recoup the funding at…
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail what is included in the Terms of Reference in the current review of arms'-length bodies across all Departments.