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.
New Standing Order After Standing Order 43 insert: 43A. Scrutiny of Delegated Powers in Bills (1) In carrying out its functions under Standing Order 33(2), the appropriate committee may, among other things, consider and report on the following— (a) whether the provisions of the Bill inappropriately delegate…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any legislation or regulation that permits NI Water to decline to provide a connection to a building that has been derelict for at least five years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether she will meet with me and representatives of the Newtownards Chamber of Commerce in Newtownards Town, to discuss the economic impact on local business arising from NI Water's lack of investment in the South Street Wastewater Treatment Works.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any dates when planned maintenance will take place on the (i) MV Strangford II ferry; and (ii) MV Portaferry II ferry, during the 2026-27 financial year.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any Departmental phone number that the public can use to report issues with flags on lampposts or any other items owned by her Department, including the time and days that phonelines are operational.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail when he intends to begin consultation with the Deaf community, in order to develop guidance for public bodies in line with the provisions of the Sign Language Bill (NIA 10/22-27), which is soon to become an Act
I thank the Member very much for giving way. During the last collapse of the Assembly, many of us who were community representatives met the then permanent secretary, who spelt out, in no uncertain terms, how very hard the Assembly and the Department were pushing to get that money into Northern Ireland so that we…
Today is a fantastic day — a fantastic day — for me and for the deaf community. Today, we will agree the Sign Language Bill. Today, Northern Ireland joins everyone else on National BSL Day in celebrating the progress of sign language. "Thank you" to all in the deaf community for your patience. It has been a hard-won…
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will provide a copy of reports compiled by the Housing Executive on the quarterly performance of groups in receipt of Small Pockets of Deprivation funding, for the period (i) 2023-2024, (ii) 2024-2025; and (iii) 2025-2026, broken down by council area.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail whether all grant-maintained integrated schools receive an offer to be included in the same insurance arrangements as provided for all controlled schools, as required under section 9 (2) (c) of the Integrated Education Act (NI) 2022.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any action he can take to ensure the Education Authority is delivering a sustainable Educational Psychology service, given that the Ards and North Down area has not had service provision since November 2025.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will provide a copy of his Department's Fair Funding Principles that underpin any grant funding arrangements with Voluntary and Community Groups funded directly by his Department, or through any arm's-length bodies that are within the responsibility of his Department.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail when the annual Joint Forum report, as outlined in the Partnership Agreement with the Community and Voluntary Sector, will be presented to the Assembly.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any proactive national programme is in place, or is planned, to examine the sensory health and well-being of people aged 50 and over, including hearing, sight and cognitive assessments.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of people, issued with health service hearing aids, who are on a waiting list for audiology reassessment to assess hearing and update hearing aid equipment, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any access to employment support available for deafblind people who wish to apply for jobs and participate in job interviews; and (ii) any organisations in receipt of funding from his Department to deliver this specific support.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any arrangements in place to support deafblind people to apply for, attend, and participate in interviews, as part of the Personal Independence Payment process.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will meet with the Minister for Infrastructure and her officials to discuss constraints on town centre regeneration arising from NI Water's designation of areas, such as Newtownards town centre, as a closed capture area, resulting in planning applications to bring…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the Fair Funding Principles adopted by his Department to ensure Voluntary and Community Sector organisations are provided with grant funding in a timely manner that does not require recipients to take out a bank loan, or use reserves outside their published Reserve Policy.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) an update on the process to recruit a new CEO of the Housing Executive; (ii) when he expects the arm's-length body to provide him with a list of candidates to consider; and (iii) whether he will produce the criteria he will be using to select a candidate.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of social housing developments which have been refused planning permission due to opposition from NI Water, in (i) 2024-2025; and (ii) 2025-2026, broken down by council area.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of identified plots of public land which have been identified for potential use for social housing located in areas where NI Water has designated a closed capture area.
Thank you very much, Minister, for giving way. I appreciate what has been said so far. Having held over 50 meetings with members of the deaf community in advance of tabling amendments and having listened throughout the Bill's Committee Stage as a member of the Communities Committee, I know that the issue had been…
Today is a good day for the deaf community. I declare an interest, as I am a Member with a hearing impairment and a member of the deaf community. Until the amendments were made, I was not going to be a member of the deaf community, so I am delighted that we did that at the previous stage. Today, from the OLC, we have…