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Mr Patsy McGlone: Assembly records
All of Mr Patsy McGlone’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 First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any mechanisms that are in place to monitor progress towards ending violence against women and girls, as a result of the Executive’s Strategy to End Violence Against Women and Girls.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any assessment her Department has made of the risks to public safety, arising from the early release of prisoners, in response to acute capacity pressures in the prison estate.
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department plans to review statutory swimming and water safety requirements as part of the Strategic Review of the Northern Ireland Curriculum.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any advice his Department sought from the Chief Medical Officer on the use of screen-based devices by children in schools.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the minimum energy performance certificate rating in the latest design standards for new-build social housing.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any engagement she has had with the Independent Expert on paramilitary group transition to disbandment, since her appointment on 23 September 2025.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any assessment his Department has made of the implications of emerging artificial intelligence-enabled and internet-connected technologies for the integrity and security of public examinations.
To ask the Minister of Education pursuant to AQW 52394/22-27, to detail any plans his Department has to reform funding for special educational needs and disabilities provision in rural schools.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any steps his Department is taking to work with schools and youth organisations, to improve educational programmes on the risks of knife crime.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any recent discussions she has had with (i) the hospitality sector; and (ii) the British Government, on the reduction of VAT on hospitality services.
To ask the Minister for the Economy regarding the VAT cut on electricity bills announced by the British Government on 21 July 2026, to detail any measures his Department will take to ensure that residents will receive comparable support with the cost of living this winter.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any recent discussions he has had with stakeholders and their representative groups on reforms to the General Dental Services contract.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps being taken to increase the uptake of health checks, cancer screening programmes and preventative health services, among men living in rural areas.
To ask the Minister for the Economy, pursuant to AQW 47278/22-27, whether any assessment has been made of the impact on local manufacturers of the British Government’s introduction on 1 July 2026 of new, reduced, quotas and increased tariffs on imported steel.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any steps she is taking to support the growth of start-ups developing Artificial Intelligence tools and technology.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of (i) sentencing; and (ii) guidelines, in relation to stalking offences tried in the Magistrates’ Courts.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of GP practices that have closed, in each year since 2010, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of new GP practices that have opened, in each year since 2010, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.