All of Ms Sian Mulholland’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 for the Economy to detail any steps her Department is taking to ensure that skills and employment programmes are fully accessible and tailored to meet the needs of disabled people, including those with autism and learning difficulties.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he has undertaken any review of existing employment support schemes to assess their effectiveness in improving job opportunities for disabled people.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any engagement her Department has had with employers to (i) promote inclusive hiring practices; and (ii) ensure disabled people have equal access to job opportunities.
To ask the Minister of Health whether there will there be a dedicated cross-departmental approach between his Department, the Department for Communities, the Department for the Economy, the Department of Education and the health service to create a cohesive return-to-work strategy for disabled individuals.
To ask the Minister of Health, given that the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper acknowledges the rising number of young people with mental health conditions who are economically inactive, to detail any new mental health support pathways being introduced to help prevent…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any social care reforms that will be implemented to ensure that disabled people can live independently while receiving adequate support to enter or remain in employment.
To ask the Minister of Health, further to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, which outlined a £26 billion investment in the health and social care system to accelerate treatment and rehabilitation for those on long-term sickness benefits, whether he has any plans…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any measures being taken in the health service to reduce waiting times for treatment, particularly for disabled individuals and those with long-term health conditions that prevent them from working.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Funding for Childcare”
Funding for Childcare - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘Programme for Government’ and insert: ‘welcomes the introduction of the Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme (NICSS), but expresses regret that in many instances, rising costs have outweighed the potential savings for parents provided by the NICSS; believes…
To ask the Minister for the Economy for her assessment of the support available to train and upskill 18-to-22-year-olds living with a disability into the workplace.
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of the findings of Action for Children’s new report, Paying the Price of Child Poverty, particularly its conclusion that removing the two-child limit would be the single most effective action to reduce child poverty.
To ask the Minister for Communities, following the publication of Action for Children’s new report, Paying the Price of Child Poverty, whether he will commit to ensuring that comprehensive cross-departmental measures to tackle child poverty are embedded in an anti-poverty strategy.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of individuals on incapacity benefits for over ten years have engaged with job-seeking or training support in the last 12 months, broken down by age group.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of individuals that have successfully transitioned from incapacity benefits into work within 12 months of receipt of the benefits in the last five years, broken down by age group.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of children living in households in receipt of (i) Personal Independence Payment; and (ii) Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity, in the last five years, broken down by constituency.
I will not speak in Irish because, at the moment, my Irish is confined to my telling my sons to put on their shoes and asking them where their school bags and school jumpers are. I do not think that the Chamber needs to hear that. First, I thank the Members who tabled the motion. It is an issue that I am passionate…
I thank the Minister very much for coming to the House to introduce the regulations. I support the draft welfare supplementary payment regulations, and I acknowledge the vital role that those mitigations have played in alleviating financial stress for many families across Northern Ireland. Extending the measures for…
I rise ahead of the statement that is to be made in Westminster this afternoon by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on disability welfare cuts. To be honest, I have had more contact over the last week about rumours and conjecture about what a Minister might or might not say than anything else that I have…
Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity That this Assembly opposes the approach of the UK Government to reforming disability benefits; believes that withdrawing or cutting social security support for those most in need risks exacerbating poverty and increasing pressure on other public services; agrees that…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the total expenditure on disability and incapacity benefits of the working-age population in Northern Ireland in the last five years, broken down by (i) benefit type; and (ii) age group.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the share of individuals claiming disability benefits in Northern Ireland as a percentage of the working-age population in each of the last five year, broken down by: (i) age group; and (ii) constituency.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants in Northern Ireland in the last five years, broken down by (i) age group; and (ii) constituency.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the proportion of Jobseeker's Allowance claimants in Northern Ireland that have moved into sustained employment, defined as 12 months or longer, following their claim, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the proportion of Jobseeker's Allowance claimants in Northern Ireland that have cycled between benefits and short-term employment more than once in the last five years; and (ii) how his compares to other regions of the UK.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of Universal Credit Work Capability Assessments conducted in each of the last five years where claimants were placed into (i) Limited Capability for Work; and (ii) Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity, broken down (a) age group; and (b)…