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 of Health (i) whether there are any actions he can take to accelerate Foundation Programme Allocations for 2025; and (ii) what actions will he take for future years.
To ask the Minister of Finance to outline when the Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015, Part 2 Installation of Domestic Microgeneration Equipment, C1 (b) will be reviewed and updated to provide permitted development for the installation of more than 14 square metres of stand-alone,…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of the Independent Review of Environmental Governance in Northern Ireland - Interim Report.
New Standing Order After Standing Order 18B insert: 18C. Executive Legislation Programme (1) In each calendar year, time should be allocated for a debate on the programme of Executive legislation which Ministers intend to introduce to the Assembly during that session (‘the Legislation Programme’). (2) The First…
I thank the Minister. Will he, when writing back, confirm whether any short-term measures can be prioritised to improve access to neurology services in the interim?
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I think that it is fair to say that everyone in the House knows that we are in a housing crisis, with more than 47,000 households on social housing waiting lists, more than 36,000 in housing stress, and more than 11,000 people living in temporary accommodation. As other Members have said, they…
Minister, we have been waiting for more than a year for the strategy, and I thought that more would have been included. Your strategy highlights ongoing engagement with people with lived experience and key stakeholders. How will that be meaningfully facilitated and their opinions weighted to the process? How will the…
Ms K Armstrong asked the Minister of Health to provide an update on the Department's plans for the regional review of neurology services, specifically any work ahead of the conclusion of the public consultation in August 2025.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline the quality standards adopted by their Department, in relation to how many days they take to respond to letters received by Committees of the Assembly.
To ask the Assembly Commission to confirm what plans are in place to (i) regrout or (ii) appropriately rejoint the cobblestones around Parliament Buildings.
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline if those found guilty of participation in violent disorder in early June against the Community in Ballymena, Portadown and other areas will be investigated by the Minister’s benefit fraud team, in order to ensure that any person who has been found guilty of taking part in…
To ask the Minister for Communities to clarify (i) the terms and conditions for the Housing Policy Panel; and (ii) how appointments to the panel are made.
Deputy First Minister, given that the Executive Office resources various units, including the foreign offices, whose value for money remains a mystery, how can we be assured in the House that work to tackle and end racism and xenophobia is being adequately resourced and carried out by properly qualified personnel?
Minister, I agree with you that we need to support victims. I also agree that actions need to be taken to ensure safe and appropriate accommodation. Therefore, will you now direct the Housing Executive to remove all "Locals only" posters, racist graffiti and paramilitary flags from all their developments to make sure…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail on the number of children awaiting an ADHD assessment in the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust in each of the last ten years, broken down by (i) how many have been waiting (a) less than one year; (b) more than one year; (c) two years; (d) three years; (e) four years;…
To ask the Minister of Finance, following HM Treasury's Green Book Review 2025, whether he will implement a similar update to appraisals in his Department to enable the more effective assessment of place-based interventions such as the (i) roll out of a national retrofit programme; or (ii) placement of new build…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail whether his Department has evidence of any negative impact on the (i) educational attainment; and (ii) attendance levels, of children who are on a waiting list to see Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, broken down by Health Trust area.
To ask the Minister for Communities, following HM Treasury's Green Book Review 2025, whether he will implement a similar update to appraisals in his Department to enable the more effective assessment of place-based interventions such as the (i) roll out of a national retrofit programme; or (ii) placement of new build…
To ask the Minister for Communities, following the Chancellor of the Exchequer's intention to introduce a 10-year rent settlement, to detail any plans he has to replicate these rent controls and align increases in social housing with Consumer Price Index plus 1 per cent from 2026.
To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the barriers to identifying modern slavery and human trafficking in the context of child criminal exploitation.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Housing and the Programme for Government”
Housing and the Programme for Government - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘year;’ and insert: ‘and calls on the Minister for Communities to bring forward a costed housing action plan to detail actions agreed by the Executive to reduce the social housing waiting list and meet new build targets.'
I thank the Minister for his statement. I am pleased, as others have said that they are, that Labour has done a U-turn. I am also pleased that those who are very wealthy will have their winter fuel payment reclaimed from them. In your statement, Minister, you said: "necessary subordinate legislation for Northern…