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 Education whether there has been research to consider what percentage of after-school activities in mainstream schools include children who have a statement of special educational need.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any preparatory work undertaken to support employees with disabilities, and their employer, in the event of the cessation of the Employment Support Scheme.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department will meet the redundancy costs for those in supported employment with wage subsidy through the Employment Support Scheme.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will update his Department’s communications policy to ensure all consultations and communications include accessible options such as, but not limited to, Easy Read, as common practice rather than on request.
Why would we want to deny our young people opportunities to expand their knowledge base that may not be available in Northern Ireland? Does he agree that the best way to do that is through partnership?
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I may speak quite quickly, then. I think that everyone here understands that becoming a first-time buyer is expensive. It is now possibly the most expensive that it has been over the past 70 years. There are two distinct parts to measuring the affordability of becoming a first-time buyer.…
I wish to highlight Tinnitus Week. This year's theme is the title of Tinnitus UK's report, 'Ringing the alarm: The tinnitus care crisis', and this week seeks to raise awareness of that crisis. Tinnitus is the name for the hearing of noises that are not caused by an outside source. It is common: around one in seven…
To ask the Minister for the Economy for an update on the Draft Offshore Renewable Energy Action Plan, particularly with regards to offshore wind energy.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail when Land and Property services will be available online for the public to access as part of the Open Government commitment.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will develop a data sharing agreement between the Housing Executive and the Department for Work and Pensions to ensure that when a change to benefits or pension payment occurs, the client's file is updated to reduce the number of housing benefit payments.
To ask the Minister for Communities, following the decision to remove Intimidation points from the Housing Selection Scheme, whether a review of the median housing points across each Common Landlord Area will be completed.
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on actions being taken to deliver a scheme to enable people with health conditions to try a job for thirty days without losing benefit entitlements.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail how the public will be informed of the change to how people who are deemed economically inactive are categorised.
Today is an important step in our peacebuilding process when we see that Northern Ireland has the opportunity to remove intimidation points and not give paramilitaries the opportunity to threaten people and create a society that only they control. I thank the Minister for that and for addressing some of the…
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any support packages that will be made available for businesses unable to trade due to a lack of power caused by Storm Éowyn, including any specific criteria that will be used.
Thank you, Principal Deputy Speaker. I thank everyone who has spoken on the motion today. Alliance proposed the motion because this is one of the key issues affecting society today. If we can create a solution — if we can lift children out of the social disadvantage of poverty — we can change society in Northern…
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any support packages that will be made available for businesses unable to trade due to a lack of power caused by Storm Éowyn, including any specific criteria that will be used.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any actions that will be taken to secure the power network across Northern Ireland, given the move away from fossil fuels will increase residential dependency on electricity and the increasing in frequency and impact of adverse weather incidents.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) to review the Building Back Better scheme; and (ii) whether a similar project to help residents could be put in place in Northern Ireland for those impacted by (a) flooding; (b) storm damage; and (c) other adverse weather incidents.
To ask the Minister of Health to provide a copy of the written process that GP practices must follow to ensure the local Health and Social Care Trust’s Carers Support is notified when a patient’s record is updated to include their role as a carer.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any plans to bring management agents and companies employed by Housing Associations into the scope of the Housing Regulation Branch, particularly in respect of tenant relations.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail how the (i) work of his Housing Regulation Branch; and (ii) role of the NI Public Service Ombudsman are promoted to tenants of Housing Associations.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of requests for regulative review of a Housing Association have been received by his Housing Regulation Branch in each of the last five years.