All of Ms Kellie Armstrong’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 for the Economy to detail any steps being taken to promote flexible and family friendly working practices, including (i) job sharing; and (ii) part-time progression opportunities.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether any consideration will be given to adopting labour market progression for low income working parents as a key outcome measure within Northern Ireland’s Child Poverty Strategy, given evidence that most children in poverty now live in working households.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether any assessment has been made on how current Universal Credit rules impact second earners in low income households, given evidence that second earners can play a critical role in lifting families out of poverty.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any immediate steps he will take to address in-work poverty, given the growing proportion of children living in working households in poverty.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any information provided to a mainstream school in advance of the placement of a child with a statement of special educational needs that included a recommendation that the child should attend a special school.
To ask the Minister of Education whether all children with special educational needs in the Strangford Constituency, who are due to start a primary or post-primary school, have been allocated and notified of their school place for the start of the school year in September 2026
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any steps his Department is taking to ensure all providers of social homes have policies and processes in place to transfer a tenancy agreement from the perpetrator of domestic violence to the victim, if they live or lived in the same home; and (ii) any legislation…
To ask the Assembly Commission when MLA pensions will be uploaded and available on the Moneyhelper Pensions Dashboard, given the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee is already on it.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of people in receipt of Universal Credit who have availed of (i) a sight test; (ii) dental treatment; (iii) a hearing test; and (iv) reimbursement of travel to hospital costs, since the Help with Health Costs in Northern Ireland Scheme was introduced on 1 December…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any service provided by (i) the Housing Executive (NIHE); or (ii) his Department, which allows members of the public to report fraudulent use or misuse of social housing operated by NIHE or another housing association, including (a) online forms; and (b) telephone numbers.
Thank you, Minister. The announcement of any new homes across Northern Ireland is welcome. You said that the programme will reduce pressure on the social housing waiting list. What modelling has your Department undertaken to demonstrate that claim? How many households do you hope or expect to move from the waiting…
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Under Standing Order 65, which is on order in the Assembly, I ask that the Speaker's Office make a ruling on the appropriateness of some comments that have undermined the credibility and ability of our Bill Office, which helps all Members to draft and table amendments. As…
I appreciate that you are new to the Assembly and do not seem to have any idea about how legislation works, but further amendments can be brought at Further Consideration Stage. Mr Frew, the Chair of the Justice Committee, has already said that he is considering amendments. Instead of standing there and not…
I wish that I were one of your favourite MLAs. You have just talked about women who could be the victims of rape, and about their being disenfranchised. In the 10 years that I have been in the House, I have been disenfranchised when cross-community voting has been called. You have disenfranchised me. You do not know…
Uncertain: weak signalSexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups
I thank the Member for giving way; I appreciate that you are giving way to a lot of Members. I appreciate that you have met a lot of groups, but I thought that it would be worthwhile to mention my experience at this point. I met a young man of 16 years of age through Include Youth. He had no faith in any adult because…
Minister, of course we absolutely want to get rid of housing fraud in any system such as this; it loses us far too much money in Northern Ireland. Mistakes can be made during investigations, however. What appeals process can be built into the Housing Executive's investigation system?