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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.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the traffic management measures he will put in place to prevent commuters from causing congestion and parking pressures in Portaferry while the foot passenger ferry is in operation.
Thank you, Minister. I agree with Mr Allen and would like to see positive action for people with disabilities, care-leavers and the over-55s. Minister, will you clarify how many of the 1,000 jobs will replace agency workers? You know that the Committee has been concerned about that matter.
I declare an interest today because I have been a carer for most of my adult life: first, for my brother Michael, who has sadly passed away, and now for my father. My father is in receipt of social care support twice a day. Care in the community depends on an effective social care system, but, from day one, the…
Given the number of people without a home to call their own, what did the Minister learn from the actions being taken forward in other regions that will be included in his housing strategy?
Today is the United Nation's World Habitat Day. There will be various activities around the world organised to examine the problems of rapid urbanisation and its impact on the environment and human poverty. In Northern Ireland, we still do not have a housing supply strategy, and, as reported by the Simon Community in…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the additional cost to his Department to bus pupils from Portaferry to schools in Ballynahinch and Downpatrick during the five weeks when the Strangford ferry service is suspended.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the action his Department is taking, in conjunction with the Education Authority, to examine evidence of expected future demand for integrated education; and (ii) the methodology used to collate this evidence.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) how his Department, in conjunction with the Education Authority, is identifying, assessing, monitoring and aiming to meet the demand for the provision of integrated education in area planning, as required by Section 5 (1) (a) of the Integrated Education Act (Northern…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any engagement he has had with the Minister of Health to progress the changes needed to the Hospital Travel Costs Scheme to enable people on Universal Credit to avail of this support without having to complete the Health Costs Form HC1.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the role he and his Department have in relation to the reform of the Housing Executive, including whether he has the ability to set a timetable for completion.
To ask the Minister of Health to clarify his statement to the Assembly on 1 October 2024 that Community Transport could provide transport to hospital, given (i) those operators are not permitted to apply for contracted health transport services under their Section 10B permit; and (ii) the Department for Infrastructure…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he will consider introducing a companion pass to enable carers to travel for free on public transport with a person with a disability or aged 75 and over.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) what their Department is doing to ensure co-production and co-design of the Together: Building a United Community consultation questions; and (ii) who they are engaging with to co-produce and co-design the consultation.
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of Housing Executive decisions to refuse new housing development in areas when the waiting list for social homes is projected to hit 50,000 households in the coming months.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) for an update on the number of new social homes required in each local council area; and (ii) to detail the number of applications for social housing that have been refused by the Housing Executive in each local council area in (a) 2022; (b) 2023; and (c) 2024 to date.
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the work his Department has been undertaking to identify capital funding investment from non-government sources to support new social house builds.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) for an update on the effectiveness of Belfast City Council’s Employment Academy interventions; and (ii) whether he will be encouraging councils to take forward such access to employment and skills interventions.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) whether he has received the Northern Ireland Local Government Association recommendations in relation to councillors; and (ii) whether an Independent Panel will be appointed to consider councillor remuneration, in a similar same way the Assembly Commission maintains…
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion on votes at 16. I used my first Member's statement during this term of the Assembly in advance of the International Day of Democracy to call for votes at 16. It is a long-standing policy of Alliance and other parties in this House that those changes…
The Minister mentioned the community and voluntary sector, further education colleges and Departments. Belfast City Council has been engaged in important, successful work to upskill and bring people into the workforce through its employment academy interventions. What engagement has the Minister had with Belfast City…