All of Mr Paul Frew’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Mr Speaker, thank you for your grace this morning. The PSNI data breach in 2023 was deeply concerning and still causes massive distress to those affected and, of course, their families. The breach has added an additional level of threat to all police officers who still need to utilise the utmost vigilance because of…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) any steps her Department is taking to reduce the existing delays in probate processing; and (ii) a timeline for when waiting times are expected to reduce.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the current average processing time for probate applications; and (ii) how this compares with processing times in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the number of staff currently assigned to probate work; and (ii) whether this represents an increase or decrease compared to the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the reason why it takes six to eight weeks to process a administrative refund, due to a quickly identified booking error on the MOT booking website.
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline any support he can provide military personnel and their families to ensure they are not disadvantaged due to their service to our country.
I said in my contribution that we rely too much on agency staff. The Member is therefore in agreement with my party more than he thinks or would like to admit.
The DUP motion: "recognises the dedication of civil servants in delivering public services under increasing strain". As the third-largest employer in Northern Ireland after the Departments of Health and Education, all of which are funded from the public purse, there must be ongoing close scrutiny and review of the…
I thank the Finance Minister for his answer. Will he assure the House that he will ensure that the three-year Budget is not simply three one-year Budgets? How will the three-year Budget, if planned correctly, diminish costs and delays and speed up the construction industry?
Mr Frew asked the Minister of Finance, given the worrying slowdown in the construction industry and the fact that the public sector should supply much of the work to develop infrastructure such as the A5, what he is doing to ensure that Northern Ireland builds for the future.
I thank the deputy First Minister for her answer. While she is fighting to reform the Civil Service and government, will she come down to North Antrim to see at first hand how community and voluntary groups work to assist people in the community? Perhaps government could take a leaf out of their book.
Mr Frew asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, after noting that the deputy First Minister answered a question on the subject from Matthew O'Toole, who has since left the Chamber, to provide more detail on the Executive Office's aspirations for Civil Service reform.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the reason why the official diary was blank on 17 December 2025, despite her Department stating that she was unable to attend the Executive meeting on that date, due to a diary clash.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) any process used when she is on leave, or not available for Ministerial duties; including how this is communicated to departmental officials.
Human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation are serious and disgusting crimes, and we must do everything in our legislative power to stop them. Lord Morrow's introduction of the Nordic model in 2015 was a major milestone in progressing the objective of reducing demand for prostitution and, in turn, for human…
I thank the Minister for giving way. Will the Minister give any indication as to why she could not forward the wording of that deepfake amendment to the Committee earlier?
The Minister can make excuses all that she wants, but she brought the vagrancy amendments to the Committee when they had not yet gone through the Executive, so why has she not been able to deliver the deepfake amendments to the Committee to allow us to do a job of work to ensure that the legislation that we produce in…
The Democratic Unionist Party is supportive of proposals to criminalise sexually explicit deepfake images as part of a holistic approach that includes legislation, enhanced support and resources for victims and increased public awareness, because we realise how important the issue is and how impactful such images can…
The information that the Minister has put out on the valuation of businesses and the percentage increases that some have received have sent shock waves through the industry. That is only part of the story that the Minister has told today, however. Will he commit to opening a direct line to all the businesses with…
The Minister spoke of a concern about Ministers being held to a new and novel standard on empathy. The same commissioner recently undertook a report on the conduct of Michelle O'Neill under the ministerial code. What is the Minister's analysis of how the two investigations compare?