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Ms Sian Mulholland: Assembly records
All of Ms Sian Mulholland’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 Minister for Communities to detail any consideration his Department has given to the findings of Advice NI’s report From Delay to Action: Research on Debt Advice, Shame and Effective Messaging, including whether findings relating to delayed help-seeking, shame and stigma, and the importance of early access…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any escalation or fast-track arrangements available for (i) Disability Living Allowance claims for children under 16 with cancer; (ii) Personal Independence Payment claims by young people aged 16 to 24 with cancer, including (a) any criteria for escalation; (b) any…
To ask the Minister for Communities whether the forthcoming Anti-Poverty Strategy action plan will include measures to reduce delays in access to disability benefits for children and young people with cancer, including (i) consideration of the three-month qualifying period; (ii) the use of oncology medical evidence…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the average processing time for (i) Disability Living Allowance claims for children under 16 with cancer; and (ii) Personal Independence Payment claims for young people aged 16 to 24 with cancer, in each of the last three years.
We have talked about access to employment for people with disabilities: there is a concern that, with the loss of funding to the community and voluntary sector, we will lose a massive amount of institutional knowledge and skill. What is your Department doing to prevent that? Will it be possible to deliver those…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any contingency plans that are in place to ensure uninterrupted ferry services to Rathlin Island, following the decision by the current operator not to extend its contract beyond 10 January 2027.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any recommendations from the Rathlin Citizens Panel that have been incorporated into her Department's planning for future ferry services to Rathlin Island.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) when the procurement process for a new Rathlin Island ferry service operator is expected to commence; and (ii) any timetable that has been set for the appointment of a successor operator, before January 2027.
Thank you, Minister, for the continuous and passionate fervour with which you are pursuing this. Will you outline your plans for animal welfare for the remainder of the mandate?
Ms Mulholland asked the Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the progress to introduce Lucy's law in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 51323/22-27, to detail the number of Universal Credit households with earnings from employment or self-employment, where at least one claimant has limited capability for work or limited capability for work and work-related activity.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 51323/22-27, to detail the (i) number; and (ii) proportion of Universal Credit households with earnings from employment or self-employment, broken down by household type, including (a) single adults without children; (b) couples without children; (c) lone parent…
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to his Department's Audit of Inequalities 2026, whether the Arts Council NI's funding programmes are assessed against the participation inequalities, identified in the report.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to his Department's Audit of Inequalities 2026, to detail any action he is taking to address the report’s finding that one in every four debt advice clients was a single parent, representing a potential inequality for women, who are more likely to be single parents.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to his Department's Audit of Inequalities 2026, to detail any action he is taking to address the report’s finding that participation in the arts is lower among men, Catholics, people living in the most deprived areas, people with dependants, older people and people with…
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the waiting time for gynaecological (i) referrals; and (ii) surgery, in each Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any intervention or pathway support that has been put in place to address waiting times for gynaecological referrals and surgery in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the (i) nature; and (ii) uptake, of safeguarding training for employees of (i) his Department; and (ii) it's arm's-length bodies
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any engagement with the Culture, Arts and Heritage Taskforce, regarding the consultations and policy development of the Heritage, Culture and Creativity Programme.
Having a therapeutic conversation that is about exploration — not telling, threatening or degrading someone — does not meet the definition of "coercive behaviour". Again, that is in the Bill. I fundamentally disagree with the assertions that you are making. I will move on. It is 8.15 pm, and I would like to hear from…
It is clear in the Bill that there has to be a directed victim. It is not about a congregation. To commit any crime that is outlined in the legislation, the perpetrator has to have intent, knowing the gender identity or the sexual orientation of the person at whom they are directing their behaviour, and has to believe…