All of Miss Michelle McIlveen’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 to detail (i) any assessment that has been made of recent reports that economic growth in Northern Ireland has been weak and uneven in 2026; and (ii) any steps she is taking to address regional and sectoral disparities.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether she plans to bring forward proposals to reform the current higher education funding model, given concerns that existing funding levels are unsustainable.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any urgent actions she is taking to address the emerging financial situation in Northern Ireland’s higher education sector, in light of reports of significant job losses at Ulster University.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the number of urban trees, along roads in the Ards and North Down local council area, that have been (i) removed, as a result of damage or disease; and (ii) the number of of those trees that have been replaced, over the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the vacancy rate in non-domestic properties in (i) Newtownards; (ii) Comber; and (iii) Ballynahinch, in each of the last five years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of pollution incidents that have been attributed to NI Water, as a proportion of the total number of pollution incidents, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any information available to housing associations and the Housing Executive regarding individuals subject to Public Protection Arrangements to inform their own risk assessments and mitigations.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any information available to housing associations and the Housing Executive when they are considering whether individuals subject to Public Protection Arrangements are suitable tenants for particular accommodation.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any circumstances in which a housing association may refuse to offer a property to an applicant who is next on the housing list.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any steps his Department is taking to safeguard Small Pockets of Deprivation funding, in the current challenging budgetary climate.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any budget allocated to Small Pockets of Deprivation payments in each of the last five financial years; and (ii) the projected allocation for the next financial year.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any plans to (i) expand; (ii) reduce; or (iii) reform, the Small Pockets of Deprivation payments scheme in the next three years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) Small Pockets of Deprivation payments in the Ards and North Down council area; and (ii) the number of funded posts these support, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any criteria used to identify areas eligible for Small Pockets of Deprivation payments; and (ii) whether these criteria have been reviewed or updated since their introduction.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his answers to AQW 39601/22-27 and AQW 39602/22-27, whether his Department would undertake preparatory work with a view to legislation being introduced in a future Assembly mandate to restrict the sale and use of glue traps.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the average time taken to conclude (i) reviews; or (ii) appeals, of joint tenancy decisions over the last ten years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any grounds on which joint tenancy applications may be refused; and (ii) a numerical breakdown of refusals by reason, for each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of requests for (i) review; or (ii) appeal, of joint tenancy decisions, in each of the last ten years; and the (a) number; and (b) percentage, of these that resulted in the original decision being overturned.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline how their Department is ensuring that identity and language policies are implemented in a way that commands cross-community support.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, following his Oral Statement to the Assembly on 14 April 2026, to detail the assurances he was provided that the testing carried out by the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute in respect of bluetongue was accurate.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the amount spent by his Department on bluetongue testing, in the 2025-26 financial year, broken down by each facility which carried out testing.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of (i) approved; and (ii) refused, joint tenancy applications, in each of the last ten years, including the percentage approval rate for each year.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of applications for joint tenancy to the Housing Executive, in each of the last ten years, broken down by Housing Executive district.