All of Mr Jon Burrows’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Last week, I brought to the public's attention the extraordinary number of physical assaults on our teachers and classroom assistants. There have been 2,500 assaults. What is even more shocking, however, is the sexual harassment, abuse and extreme misogyny to which some young boys are subjecting our female teachers…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any engagement his Department has had with the Northern Ireland Schools and Colleges Careers Association regarding careers provision in schools, in the last 12 months.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether any assessment has been made regarding the potential for increased imports of eggs or egg products from countries with lower animal welfare standards from outside the UK and EU, should enriched colony cage systems be prohibited.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether any assessment has been made of the potential impact on egg supply, consumer prices and food security in the event that enriched colony cage systems were prohibited.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether any assessment has been made of a proposed ban on enriched colony cage systems for egg production, including any impact such a ban would have on local egg producers.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he would offer schools a fully funded substitute teacher to cover whenever a teacher volunteers for a multi-day Department of Education consultation or review.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) whether any assessment has been made of the level of investment required to restore biodiversity and improve habitat protection; and (ii) any plans he has to increase funding for nature recovery schemes.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any steps he is taking to introduce legally binding nature recovery targets.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether her Department provides any guidance or support to businesses on the safe and effective adoption of Artificial Intelligence technologies, including (i) consideration of workforce impacts; and (ii) changes to business processes.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any assessment that has been made of the potential risks associated with the adoption of Artificial Intelligence, including (i) job displacement; (ii) regional inequality; and (iii) the concentration of impacts in low-paying sectors.
Yesterday's judgement at the High Court was a withering indictment of the Office of the Police Ombudsman and of the competence, integrity and fairness of its previous officeholder, Ms Marie Anderson. The ombudsman's job is to investigate, not to adjudicate. It is to look at a complaint or allegation and send a file of…
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Violence against our teachers has been described to me by those who work in schools as a taboo issue. It is one that we do not want to talk about or to address but that happens in schools day in, day out. I asked the Education Authority how many teachers were assaulted last year: the figures were 598 teachers and…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any discussions her Department has had with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, in the last 12 months, regarding the rising prevalence of ghost broking scams, involving fake motor insurance policies sold via social media.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any benefits that are expected to arise from the planned roll-out of Integrated Neighbourhood Teams, by March 2027.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail how the new GP complaints handling arrangements, introduced in January 2026, will assist in improving patient experience and service quality.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of homes, designated for temporary accommodation, purchased by the Housing Executive to date against the target of 600 homes.
The leader of the Ulster Unionist Party said that it is a collective responsibility and included Health. Two parties collapsed the Executive, and that reduced the time that we had. We should take collective ownership of an issue that affects everybody.
Addressing the issue of special educational needs end to end is one of the greatest challenges of our time. It is the responsibility of every Member in the Chamber, just about every member of the Executive and the Economy, Health, Education and Communities Ministers in particular. It is not right that there is a cliff…