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Ms Kellie Armstrong: Assembly records
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.
The cost to the Northern Ireland Government of increasing school meal costs is a cost to the Department of Education itself, because it is the Department of Education that pays the Education Authority for school meals. Therefore, on the one hand, we have working families who are going to be in trouble, and, on the…
I thank the Member for giving way. I was surprised when I learned through a question for written answer that the Minister of Education confirmed that nutritional standards for school meals were considered and reviewed in 2021, but, because he does not have enough money, none of those nutritional standards has been put…
As my colleague Sian Mulholland said, Alliance will support the Sinn Féin motion and the Ulster Unionist amendment. The motion highlights the stark reality that inflation in the UK stands at 3·8%, nearly double the Bank of England's target and higher than the EU average. That is not an abstract figure; it is a daily…
I appreciate that the 600 new homes to be used for temporary accommodation will go some way towards dealing with our housing crisis. Are there any plans for the Housing Executive to look at derelict properties across Northern Ireland to see whether they can be added to the total?
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the average waiting time for an update hearing test and replacement hearing aid, following an issue with the first hearing aid, in each Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on delivery of three rounds of IVF, as set out in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether he has any plans to remove the second religion question from future censuses, that asks respondents, who confirm they have no faith, to confirm what religious community background they may have come from.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) how the Fair Employment (School Teachers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, has been progressed; and (ii) where the evidence of the religious background of teachers, per school, is reported and published.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people who have not yet been transferred on to Universal Credit, broken down by type of benefit.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any processes that have been put in place by his Department to confirm which Universal Credit claimants are eligible for the Help with Health Costs scheme, once passporting is introduced from 1 December 2025; and (ii) the form that claimants, who are in receipt of…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any allocation being provided to Northern Ireland, from the UK Government’s launch of a new £27 million veterans strategy, to fund a network of support centres intended to provide veterans with advice on housing and employment.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the rational for veterans not being listed as a specific category in the Housing Executive's Homelessness Guidance Manual, Chapter Five: Priority Need.
It is lovely to be in the House today when we are hearing Members speak with one voice in agreement that this issue is something that we do need to work on across Northern Ireland. What we are talking about today is a step towards healing and progress in this place. I completely support re-imaging our communities. If…
Minister, I join you in condemning any sectarianism towards any person involved in sport who is prevented from taking part or progressing purely because of their religion or cultural background. I thank you for your statement today. You say that you are taking "direct control" of an oversight panel. That is an unusual…
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. In today's agenda, the Minister is due to speak after Question Time. As it happens, the House has moved through its business a lot quicker than scheduled. Members only received the statement at 12.30 pm, giving them very little time to review it. Could we have time to review the…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail how he will promote the changes to Help with Health Costs for claimants of Universal Credit to ensure that they are aware they can access help towards (i) dental treatment; (ii) eye sight tests; (iii) glasses; (iv) contact lenses; and (v) travel costs for health and social care…
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will introduce a health and wellbeing programme for carers, delivered through the Health and Social Care Trusts, that includes an annual carers' health assessment and advice on diet and exercise, mental health and the importance of self-care.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the rational for a blood test not being included as standard practice during annual learning disability assessments, given that this test could highlight issues such as diabetes in a cohort of people who may have difficulty communicating symptoms.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the last time school meals were reviewed to ensure they met the recommended dietary content, promoted by Diabetes UK.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail whether they will promote the changes to Help with Health costs for claimants of Universal Credit, coming into effect on 1 December 2025, through the online portal to ensure all are aware they can access help towards dental treatment, eye sight tests, glasses or contact…
I thank the Member for giving way. Having sat on the AERC in a previous mandate, I agree that that is certainly the place to review this. If we look at the name of the ministerial code of conduct, however, we can see that it is the 'Northern Ireland Executive Ministerial Code'. That is why, as set out the Northern…
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. As you know, I am Chair of the Committee on Procedures, and I am well across Standing Orders. I ask you to rule on whether it is appropriate for a Member to dictate how another Member should act in the House when that is clearly laid out in Standing Orders.
I am shaking my head because the Member perhaps does not understand what cross-community voting is. It means a majority of unionist and nationalists; it does not mean all of the House. The Good Friday Agreement includes the option of weighted majority voting, which the House has never considered. Come back to me when…