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 the Economy (i) for an update on Project Stratum; and (ii) what actions are being taken to ensure rural dwellers are able to connect to the new system where connection by overhead lines is not possible.
To ask the Minister for the Economy what work is being undertaken to create a strategy to move away from the dependence of fossil fuels for home heating.
I thank the Member for giving way. He mentioned the Department for Communities: be still my heart. I absolutely agree that shared budgets need to be there, but Northern Ireland has already missed out in this financial year on some of the crucial investments that the rest of the UK have had. Does he agree that we will…
I welcome Dr Caoimhe Archibald to her post and wish her well in it. Having sat through a long debate, I note well the Minister's perseverance. As has been reiterated by Members in this Budget Bill debate, the legislation provides legal cover for expenditure in 2023-24 — the current financial year — and reflects…
Thanks very much to the Member for giving way. The Member was talking about additional resources, and one of the key things for Irish-medium schools is the lack of exam papers, because they are not even produced for those children. Does the Member agree that we need to put investment into their exams as well?
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he will consider updating the NI Direct reporting system to (i) allow members of the public to (a) report the flying; and (b) request the removal, of unauthorised flags; and (ii) allow his Department to record data on how many complaints are made about the flying of flags…
To ask the Minister for Communities what steps he is taking to help voluntary and community sector organisations that have stopped providing services due to budget cuts.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether he will work with the Minister of Education to consider formally linking future pay awards for Further Education lecturers to the pay awards for school teachers.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether any consideration has been given to moving responsibility for the Further Education sector from his Department to the Department of Education.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether a pay award to Further Education lecturers will restore equity and fairness by matching the salary of school teachers.
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on when the (i) Anti-Poverty Strategy; (ii) Disability Strategy; (iii) Gender Equality Strategy; and (iv) Sexual Orientation Strategy will be published.
Congratulations on your role in the Chair, Mr Deputy Speaker. Today, we are talking about a women's health strategy. Minister, I know that a motion is a motion and that you do not have to act on it, but I hope that you listen. You said previously that a women's health strategy was within your thinking, which I…
The joy in coming in so late in a debate means that a lot of what you had planned to say has already been said. I just want to reiterate a few things. Thanks, of course to all those who made their maiden speech. I was a lot more cowardly than you, as I have already said, in that I made my maiden speech during a debate…
Bobbing up and down today is like my normal journey down the Ards peninsula where you are up and down like a yo-yo. I welcome the Minister to his post. I will follow on from Dr Aiken and ask the Minister to review the impact that utility companies have on our roads. Will he consider increasing from 10% the Department…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the Transport Programme for People with Disabilities grants, broken down by recipient, for each year since 2016.
To ask the Minister of Health when he will update the Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 to enable people in receipt of Universal Credit to avail of free dental treatment, sight tests and support for hospital travel.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to list each occasion between 1 April 2016 and 31 January 2024 when the Strangford ferry service did not provide a crossing; and the reason why the crossing was unable to be provided.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to provide the policy used to determine the fare increase for the Strangford ferry; and to confirm where this policy is published.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to provide a copy of the (i) Equality Impact Assessment; and (ii) Rural Needs Impact Assessment, carried out in relation to setting fares for the Strangford ferry.