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Ms Kate Nicholl: Assembly records
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.
On the first day back in this Chamber, we all sat here, and every party leader said that childcare was a priority. Alliance has been working hard on this over the past two years. We published details of proposals to reform childcare and reduce fees for parents. In November, when the spring Budget was announced, we…
Relationships and Sexuality Education That this Assembly recognises the value of compulsory, standardised, inclusive, high-quality, evidence-based and age-appropriate Relationships and Sexuality Education as a means of empowering and preparing our children and young people for life; regrets that children and young…
I start by thanking all the Members who spoke for their considered contributions to this important debate. Before addressing some key aspects that were raised in the debate, I will focus on two issues, to do with integrated education and shared housing, that were touched on briefly by my Alliance Party colleagues. On…
Thank you, Minister, for your answer. You outlined the role of the statement in the process. Do you share my concern that, in the past 12 months, among the 138 staff who work in the statementing element of the EA, 3,042 days of sick leave have been taken? What more can the Department do to ensure that the resource,…
I thank the First Minister for her answer. Does she agree that, while housing is the responsibility of the Housing Executive, integration is very much her Department's responsibility? While the work being done in TEO is welcome, there are issues with the governance, and people are falling through the gaps,…
To ask the Minister of Health what engagement his Department has had with counterparts in the other devolved nations and the Republic of Ireland in relation to the review of Minimum Standards for Childminding and Day Care.
To ask the Minister of Education what consideration he has given to reviewing the development proposal process for schools seeking to transform to integrated status to expediate, streamline and improve the process of transformation.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the duties and responsibilities of property management firms and letting agencies towards (i) landlords; and (ii) tenants that employ their services.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) the terms of reference; (ii) membership; and (iii) a breakdown of all meetings held in the last 12 months for (a) the Strategic Planning Group (SPG); (b) SPG Sub-group: Asylum Contingency Accommodation; (c) SPG Subgroup: Task & Finish; (d) Voluntary and…
To ask the Minister of Health whether he has considered moving from annual inspections of childminders to inspections every three years, similar to Scotland and Wales, as part of the review of Minimum Standards for Childminding and Day Care.
To ask the Minister of Health what engagement he has had with the Northern Ireland Childminding Association in relation to the review of Minimum Standards for Childminding and Day Care.
To ask the Minister for the Economy what engagement he has had with businesses in relation to their support for providing the high-quality, accessible and affordable childcare to support an increase in foreign direct investment and new job opportunities.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what consideration he has given to extending the permanent cycle path on Park Road, Belfast, to the junction with Ravenhill Road.
To ask the Minister of Education what consideration has been given by his Department to assessing demand for integrated education through the balloting of all schools to assess the desire amongst parents for integrated education.
To ask the Minister of Education for a breakdown of all meetings of the (i) Integrated Education Steering Group; and (ii) Integrated Education Strategy Working Group, in the last two years.
To ask the Minister of Education for his assessment of the impact of the process of academic selection and post-primary transfer on the mental health and well-being of children and young people.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the consultation undertaken by his Department with each of the groups listed in Section 9 (2) (e) (i) of the Integrated Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 with regards to the development of the Action Plan for implementing the Act.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the number of cancellations of the 6a bus service in Belfast in the last 12 months; and (ii) the reason for each cancellation.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he will consider installing a pedestrian crossing on Stranmillis Embankment to allow for safe passage between the cycle lane and Botanic Park.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what plans he has to upgrade Adelaide train station to better serve the National Stadium at Windsor Park and reduce traffic in the area on match days.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what plans he has to upgrade Balmoral train station, to incentivise those travelling to a rebuilt Casement Park for major events to use rail as their mode of transport.
I thank the proposers for tabling such an important motion. As an Assembly, we have so many issues and priorities that we need to address, but few are as important or urgent as poverty, specifically child poverty. As Danny said, our children deserve the best. When children have a good start in life, a safe and stable…