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.
In a previous mandate, I raised serious concerns about children missing from care and the lack of data on that in the Department of Health. The lack of accurate data relating to this issue is, as another example, also very alarming. Who has responsibility for monitoring protocols for children missing in education?
Will the Minister finally admit that he got it wrong when he prematurely launched the NAP consultation without prior engagement with industry? Will he apologise for the annoyance that he and his Department caused as a consequence of those actions?
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail when Ards and North Down Borough Council last applied for a licence to clean the its amenity beaches.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail what level of cleaning is permitted on beaches without the need for a licence.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of local councils that have permission to use mechanical cleaning equipment on their beaches.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people in the Strangford constituency who have availed of Transitional protection, following their move to Universal Credit, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of Personal Independence Payment assessments which have been carried out by (i) face-to-face assessment; (ii) telephone assessment; (iii) video assessment; and (iv) paper-based review, in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the timetable for his Department's work to connect the Comber to Bangor Greenway through both locations.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department has paid Ards and North Down Borough Council for the land vested for the new Park and Ride facility in Newtownards.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount of interest accrued as a result of non-payment of the monies due to Ards and North Down Borough Council for the land vested for the new Park and Ride facility in Newtownards.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail what steps have been taken to resolve outstanding issues which are preventing full payment of monies to Ards and North Down Borough Council for the lands vested for the new Park and Ride facility in Newtownards.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 15135/22-27, to provide an update on any steps he is taking regarding long-term substitute teachers' accrual of employment rights such as holiday pay and sickness pay.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 16038/22-27 and AQW 16640/22-27, (i) for an update on testing for Maedi Visna; and (ii) whether this will cease from January 2026.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any steps his Department is taking to ensure that Northern Ireland is free from Maedi Visna.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any steps her Department is taking to alleviate the increasing congestion at the Castlebawn roundabout, Newtownards.
To ask the Minister of Health to outline the policy with regards to wound treatment by GPs following privately funded operations where the GP has referred the patient for the privately funded operation.
To ask the Minister of Education pursuant to AQW 15135/22-27, to provide an update on long-term substitute teachers' accrual of employment rights, such as holiday pay and sickness pay.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 14519/22-27, for an update on the review of regional strategic planning policy for renewable and low carbon energy.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 14601/22-27, for an update on the review of the strategic planning policy on oil and gas development, which commenced in September 2021.
To ask the Minister for Communities to provide an update on his Department’s consideration of the 26 recommendations contained in the Report of the Independent Review of the Liquor Licensing System in Northern Ireland.