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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 qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) when his Department knew the Strangford ferry service would not be operational after 7:45pm on 24 September 2022; and (ii) when the first public notice was issued confirming withdrawal of the ferry service.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what contingency plans are in place to ensure the Strangford ferry service can continue to operate in the case of staff shortages.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) how many staff are employed to provide the Strangford ferry service, broken down by role; and (ii) when the last recruitment was held for staff for the Strangford ferry service.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline the matters outside his Department's control that prevented the Strangford ferry service from operating after 7.45pm on 24 September 2022.
To ask the Minister for Communities how many people in Northern Ireland were excluded from a Cost of Living Support Payment due to sanctions or other reasons, broken down by council area.
To ask the Minister for Communities what responsibility the Northern Ireland Housing Executive has to maintain its stock, given the Householder's Guide booklet appears to require tenants to sustain maintenance.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether she has plans to review Northern Ireland Housing Executive maintenance costs to ensure there is effective and efficient use of public money and in line with market values.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether she will bring forward regulations to enable the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to buy back maisonettes and flats.
To ask the Minister for Communities for a breakdown of the number of former Northern Ireland Housing Executive maisonettes or flats, now in private ownership, that are currently required under contract to pay the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for maintenance.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether she has plans to make an automatic payment of £500 from the Discretionary Support fund, for the remainder of this financial year, to new claimants of Universal Credit during their initial five week assessment and until the move to the Universal Credit is completed.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether her Department has any plans to review and put on hold all debt recovery from people on benefits, including Pension Credit and Personal Independence Payment in Northern Ireland, from 1 October 2022 to 30 September 2023.
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on when, during this Autumn, the next Energy Support payment will be issued to people on relevant benefits.
Cost of Living Pressures on Rural Communities That this Assembly recognises that, whilst poverty and social isolation exist in both urban and rural areas, it is widely acknowledged that those living in rural areas often experience poverty and social isolation differently due to issues relating to geographical…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether his Department will fix the flood alleviation measures taken along the Strangford Lough coastline behind the Saltwater Brig public house and surrounding properties.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether his Department has plans to add the Saltwater Brig area of the Strangford Lough Coastline to the Rivers Agency hydrometric section, to ensure monitoring of the water levels given the increasing flooding in the area.
To ask the Minister for Communities what actions she is taking to provide support for sporting organisations to be able to afford increasing electricity and heating costs in 2022/2023.
To ask the Minister for Communities what actions she is taking to provide support for (i) artists; (ii) arts organisations; and (iii) community arts facilities to help them to be able to afford increasing electricity and heating costs in 2022/2023.
To ask the Minister for Communities what actions she is taking to provide support for (i) museums; and (ii) heritage sites to help them to afford increasing electricity and heating costs in 2022/2023.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to provide a copy of the maintenance schedule for the drain located on the Strangford Lough coastal wall behind the Saltwater Brig public house and surrounding properties.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what actions his Department is taking to ensure home and business insurance is available for coastal communities where sea or Lough flooding is becoming a more common occurrence.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) how often is the map which his Department produce to evidence the asset value along the Strangford Constituency coastline, including around Strangford Lough, is updated; and (ii) where this map can be accessed by the public.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether his Department could request the Drainage Council to consider a flood defence scheme at the Strangford Lough coastline of the Ards Peninsula, to protect the homes and businesses of the upper Ards Peninsula from being cut off from essential services.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what actions he is taking alone, or in partnership with other Departments, to map potential offshore wind turbine sites for companies to bid for.