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.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail on the age structure of the current stock of (i) trout; (ii) pollan; (iii) bream; (iv) perch; and (v) pike, in Lough Neagh.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the age structure of brown eels in Lough Neagh, broken down by (i) juveniles; (ii) adults; and (iii) mature, ages.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 31759/22-27, whether Ards and North Down Borough Council has made any requests for an abandonment order for Conway Square, Newtownards, since her answer was provided.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether any assessment was undertaken of the cash flow implications of changes to funding advances and payment processes for Small Pockets of Deprivation funded organisations, particularly smaller organisations with limited reserves.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any reason notification of changes to funding advances and payment processes was issued on 25 March 2026 to community and voluntary groups, only days in advance of 2026-2027 financial year.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any equality impact assessment or rural needs assessment carried out in relation to changes to funding advances and payment processes, notified by way of his Department's memo of 25 March 2026 to community and voluntary groups.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the rationale for the decision that advance payments under Small Pockets of Deprivation funding in 2026-2027 will be limited to salary costs only, and that programme and running costs will now require submission and approval of forms.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the number of buildings, within the ownership or control of (i) their Department; and (ii) their Department’s arm’s-length bodies, that are unoccupied.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail when it is expected that a proposal will come forward to address the outstanding PSNI holiday pay due to officers, following the Supreme Court’s decision on this matter.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of buildings, within the ownership or control of (i) his Department; and (ii) his Department’s arm’s-length bodies, that are unoccupied.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 39417/22-27, whether an options appraisal has now been received to consider the potential approaches for returning the Movilla stones to Movilla Abbey.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of buildings, within the ownership or control of (i) her Department; and (ii) her Department’s arm’s-length bodies, that are unoccupied.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of buildings, within the ownership or control of (i) his Department; and (ii) his Department’s arm’s-length bodies, that are unoccupied.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of buildings, within the ownership or control of (i) his Department; and (ii) his Department’s arm’s-length bodies, that are unoccupied.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of buildings, within the ownership or control of (i) his Department; and (ii) his Department’s arm’s-length bodies, that are unoccupied.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of buildings, within the ownership or control of (i) her Department; and (ii) her Department’s arm’s-length bodies, that are unoccupied.
We are at a stage of the mandate similar to the situation in 2021, when Members brought forward poorly drafted pieces of legislation that were often vanity projects and raised expectations of change in the public sphere. In their eagerness to please, Members and parties in the House, who, frankly, should know better,…
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of buildings, within the ownership or control of (i) his Department; or (ii) his Department’s arm’s-length bodies, that are unoccupied.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the number of buildings, within the ownership or control of (i) her Department; or (ii) her Department’s arm’s-length bodies, that are unoccupied.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any assessment she has made of the contribution of solar farms to Northern Ireland’s renewable electricity targets.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the (i) number; (ii) scale; and (iii) geographic distribution, of solar farm developments currently in operation across Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the (i) number; (ii) scale; and (iii) geographic distribution, of solar farm developments currently approved but not in operation across Northern Ireland.