All of Ms Kate Nicholl’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Late Payments in the Public Sector”
Late Payments in the Public Sector - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘Executive target’ and insert: ‘, covering departments, their agencies and arm’s-length bodies, and local government, for payment of at least 90 per cent of invoices within five days for work completed; and further calls on the Minister to work with…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the criteria used by the Education Authority to assess whether a child is suitable to undergo statutory assessment; and (ii) the engagement the Education Authority has with medical professionals involved in caring for the child as part of this process.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail his plans to implement recommendation 28 of the Skills for a 10x Economy - Skills Strategy for Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 13321/22-27, for an update on the work that has been undertaken to commission a review of the Northern Ireland Curriculum.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 11244/22-27, for an update on the procurement of an Integrated Consultancy Team to undertake feasibility studies on potential sites for Mid Down Integrated College.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to provide an update on the implementation of the Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the (i) methodology; and (ii) rate of uptake used by economists in his Department to calculate the initial estimated cost of implementing paid carers leave, as outlined in the Good Jobs Employment Rights Bill consultation.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the progress that has been made on implementing the Developing a More Strategic Approach to 14 to 19 Education and Training - a Framework to Transform 14 to 19 Education and Training Provision.
Thank you, Mr Speaker. First, I thank members of the Muslim community for their presence here today, for their resilience and for their dignity. Some of what you have had to hear this afternoon will not have been easy. I acknowledge the fear that they and those from minority ethnic communities are living through. That…
I thank the Member for taking an intervention. I wonder how he can put the housing crisis at the feet of migrants, when it is, in fact, politicians who are responsible for investment.
Opposition to Racism That this Assembly condemns the criminal damage and targeting of businesses in recent days; rejects all forms of Islamophobia, xenophobia and racism; endorses the work of voluntary sector organisations combatting racism and supporting those impacted by it; recognises the work of the Police Service…
To ask the Minister of Education, in light of the recently announced interim measures, to detail the timeline for bringing the long-term Early Learning and Childcare strategy to the Executive for approval.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what plans he has to address the disparities in pricing between Irish Rail and Translink Enterprise for train services between Belfast and Dublin.
To ask the Minister of Health what additional support he can provide to the Child and Adolescent Autism Service to ensure (i) waiting lists are reduced; and (ii) children and young people can receive a more timely diagnosis.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of people currently on the Child and Adolescent Autism Service waiting list; and (ii) the average waiting time for those who have been referred to the service.
To ask the Minister of Education when his Department will publish a Frequently Asked Questions update to detail how the Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme will work.
What reassurance can you give that the Department will not only prioritise placing those children but will place them somewhere that is suitable and appropriate to their needs?
Members of the voluntary and community sector have fed back to me that they still feel that the situation is similar to last year. It strikes me that there is a lack of confidence in the sector and, in particular, among parents trying to ensure that their children will be placed. There is an inequality, in that…