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 of Health to outline the reasons for the decision by the South East Health and Social Care Trust to require all staff at the Ulster Hospital, currently in possession of a car parking pass, to reapply for parking passes.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline why the Lough Neagh Fishermen’s Co-operative Society was not consulted directly as a stakeholder by his Department in the development of the Lough Neagh Report and Action Plan.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he will consider a delay in progressing a new statutory regulation for Farm Sustainability Standards and a Revised Penalty Matrix until after concerns in respect of the Nutrients Action Programme 2026-2029 consultation proposals have been…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the number of PSNI officers currently in post; (ii) the number of PSNI officers required to be in post under the PSNI Recovery Plan; (iii) the number of PSNI officers required to reflect the rising population; and (iv) what actions her Department is taking to assist the…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail when the Tree Preservation Order, for Kiltonga, Belfast Road, Newtownards, was (i) issued; and (ii) confirmed, by the former Department for Environment's Planning Service.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 9842/22-27, to detail what communication her Department had with local councils to (i) advise them of the failure by the former Department for Environment's Planning Service to confirm the Tree Preservation Orders which it had made; and (ii) assist them in…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 9842/22-27, for a breakdown of the number of trees felled as a result of the failure by the former Department for Environment's Planning Service to confirm the Tree Preservation Orders which it had made, prior to the transfer of local planning powers to local…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 9842/22-27, for a breakdown of the number of Tree Preservation Orders made but not confirmed by the former Department for Environment's Planning Service, prior to the transfer of planning powers to local councils, broken down by local council area.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether the provision of training and resources to Northern Ireland Civil Service by Stonewall was subject to an open competition.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail what measures are in place to protect the impartiality of the Northern Ireland Civil Service from organisations who provide training and resources where those organisations also lobby on political issues.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the number of hectares of land issued with letters of offer for forestry grants; and (ii) the number of hectares of land planted after the award of forestry grants in each of the last five years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether his Department is on course to meet the target of 9,000 hectares of new woodland by 2030 as set out in the Forests for Our Future programme.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs when the Chief Executive of the Forest Service will next be meeting with the Woodland Trust.
The Democratic Unionist Party fully supports the design of a Farming with Nature policy that provides fair and attractive outcome-based payments. With about 78% of land in Northern Ireland being managed by farmers, it is crucial that agrienvironment schemes are capable of meeting demand and that they are practical,…
Too often, in negotiations between the UK and the EU, our fishing industry has been the sacrificial lamb. Today's agreement is no different. Does the Minister agree that, in the same way as the annexation of Northern Ireland should not have been the price that the previous Government paid for exiting the EU, the…
— has been rejected by the Supreme Court as wrong in law, will the Minister recognise the conflict that arises in that situation and ensure that the Civil Service and other public bodies withdraw from that programme?
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the Minister for his answer. The Civil Service and some other public bodies have been members of the Stonewall diversity champions programme since July 2018 run by the lobby group Stonewall, providing access to training and resources. While the annual spend of £2,575 is small, the…
I thank the Minister for his response. Awaab’s law, which is part of the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 in England and Wales, requires social landlords to fix dangerous damp and mould within set timescales and to address all emergency hazards within 24 hours. It will come into effect in October 2025, with His…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of block de-registrations carried out by NHS dental practices in Strangford in each of the last five years, and (ii) the reasons for these block de-registrations.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of properties that have received low-income rates relief, in each of the last five years and broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of ratepayers who have availed of the early payment discount for rates, for each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail: (i) whether the Access and Inclusion Programme will open for applications for 2025/26; and (ii) the budget that will be allocated to it.