All of Mr Doug Beattie MC’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 Education (i) how the policy for staying in full-time education or training up to the age of 18 will affect those who wish to join the military at 16 with training completing before their 18th birthday; (ii) whether he will engage with the Army Foundation College and other military training…
To ask the Minister for the Economy for his assessment of how the Minister of Education's policy for individuals to stay in education or training until the age of 18 will affect the number of places available in further and higher education.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will ensure any work being conducted on Knock Iveagh has archaeological supervision; and (i) whether the Historical Environment Division will investigate the work recently conducted at night at the sight of a wind turbine on Knock Iveagh.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of deaths of those in custody within the Northern Ireland Prison Service estate in the last 12 months.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) any digital solution her Department is examining that will make it easier for victims of domestic abuse to report and engage with the Police Service of Northern Ireland; and (ii) whether her Department will engage with digital service providers in the design and build phase…
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of civil servant absence days due to illness or injury in each of the last four years, broken down by department.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the new Ministerial Code, including when it will be published for debate in the Assembly.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the number of times she has met the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) in the last four years; and (ii) the steps she has taken to ensure the IMB annual report is promoted and shared with interested stakeholders.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the steps she is taking to ensure prisoners with a sentence of one year or less receive adequate rehabilitation before release.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of prisoners released from a custodial sentence without a permanent forwarding home address in the last three years.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) any action he has taken to ensure Tourism Ireland and Tourism NI promote visitor attractions in Northern Ireland; and (ii) any input his Department has in assisting both Tourism Ireland and Tourism NI in formulating their strategy for promoting tourism destinations…
That is what it is. I thank my Upper Bann colleague for bringing this to the House. It is an incredibly important issue, and she articulated the detail of it extremely well. No doubt, in the debate, we will all mention the same statistics as she mentioned. The reality is that it is not about statistics in many ways:…
It is a sad state of affairs that paramilitaries continue to exist and exert control over government and society in such a negative way. We have allowed that to continue while we inadvertently take sides, accept our own narratives and excuse our own positions. When I was leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, I never…
I thank the Minister, and I thank the Minister's team for winkling out the answer to that question, which I did not word very well. The point that I am making is that an awful lot of private houses are being built in central Craigavon. There is a real concern that, if that building continues at the rate that it is…
On Friday, I visited a fantastic tourist attraction just outside Banbridge. My colleague might talk about it as well because she also visited. I am talking about the 'Game of Thrones' studio tour, which is probably one of the largest indoor tours and tourist attractions in Ireland. It was brought about by a £48…
To ask the Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW 16196/22-27, to detail the number of witnesses and victims that have (i) taken up the opportunity to visit court before giving evidence in the last five years; (ii) been accompanied to a courtroom or live link room under Victim Support NI Witness Service and the NSPCC…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, pursuant to AQW 15589/22-27, (i) whether the establishment costs of £8.3 million is equally shared between each office; and (ii) to detail the anticipated annual running costs for each office.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 15586/22-27, and in relation to the discount given to tenants, whether this applies to those who have received housing benefit at any time during the five-year qualifying period.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether she will (i) immediately reform and reconstitute the Shadow Family Justice Board; (ii) appoint an independent chairperson to bring about change to family justice as outlined in the Gillen Review; and (iii) extend membership of the Board to include lay stakeholders with relevant…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the number of terrorist related offenders (TROs) presently being supervised by His Majesty's Prisons and Probation Board; and (i) whether there has been application to return any of these TROs to prison for breaking their licence conditions.