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 Communities to detail what measures are being taken to ensure that the Heritage, Culture and Creativity programme (i) does not duplicate work already undertaken by the Culture, Arts and Heritage Strategy Taskforce; and (ii) utilises the insights and data arising from the work of the Taskforce.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail how the findings and recommendations from the Investing in Creative Delivery report will be integrated into the new Heritage, Culture and Creativity programme.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) to detail the number of children living in relative and absolute poverty that have been affected by the two-child limit in the last five years; and (ii) for a breakdown of this as a percentage of the total number of children living in relative and absolute poverty.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) to detail the number of households, with at least one parent in work, that are currently affected by the two-child limit; and (ii) for a breakdown of this as a percentage of all households in receipt of Universal Credit.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the amount spent by his Department on the uptake of the Universal Credit Contingency Fund in the last five years; and (ii) any associated underspend in the Universal Credit Contingency Fund budget over the same period.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of applications to the Universal Credit Contingency Fund that were (i) successful; and (ii) rejected in the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the five most common reasons for the rejection of applications to the Universal Credit Contingency Fund in the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the amount spent by his Department on the uptake of Discretionary Support grants and loans in the last five years; and (ii) any associated underspend in the Discretionary Support budget over the same period.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of applications for Discretionary Support that were (a) successful; and (b) rejected in the last five years; and (ii) the proportion of loans offered compared with grants over the same period.
I thank the Minister. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Defective Premises Bill during its Final Stage. The principle of parity is what has driven us from the get-go, so I welcome the opportunity for owners, tenants and residents of homes here in Northern Ireland to be afforded the same rights as tenants and…
Thank you, Minister, for your thorough statement. Will you outline further what your engagement with the Earl of Shaftesbury has been to date on the ownership of Lough Neagh? What exactly is holding up the long-awaited Lough Neagh action plan?
Does the Minister agree with the assessment of the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY) and the Children's Law Centre that, while the CSCA framework and guidelines exist, the Act is underutilised without established regulations from the Department of Finance? Will he give his assessment…
I asked that with indulgence; I know that it is the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Office. Will the First Minister commit to writing to whoever the new Secretary of State is post 5 July to ask that the power to bring in votes at 16 here be devolved to the House?
Apologies. I was talking when I should have been listening. Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I cannot get my speech up. There we go. My apologies. Neither I, as party spokesperson for children and young people, nor my party has any issue with young people going elsewhere to study. It can be a wonderful…
It is with some relief that I see the regulations coming before the House. At its meeting on 22 February, the Committee for Communities agreed to recommend that statutory rules on the extension of provisions in the Coronavirus Act 2020 relating to local authority meetings be approved by the Assembly. However, they…
Cuirim fáilte roimh Cheann Comhairle Dháil Éireann go Stormont inniu. I want to raise a critical issue that is affecting our dedicated NHS workers who are simultaneously reliant on universal credit in order to provide for their basic living essentials. While the recent announcement of a pay raise and back pay for NHS…
Ms Mulholland asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, given that we go to the polls next week, for an assessment of votes at 16 and where they think that that would make a difference in Northern Ireland and in our politics.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department will expedite any consideration of distributing the lump sum to healthcare workers in instalments, to ensure those entitled to Universal Credit are not disqualified from receiving it.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether there has been any engagement with the Department for Work and Pensions in relation to the implementation of the Household Support Fund for families in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for Communities what measures he plans to implement to support healthcare workers who are currently receiving Universal Credit, but who will lose their eligibility due to the upcoming lump sum pay award in August 2024.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether there is a mechanism in his Department to write to residents who live in the vicinity of Glenshesk Road, Ballycastle, to keep them informed of the investigation in relation to the recent landslide and subsequent road closure.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether there will be consultation with organisations working with those in receipt of Universal Credit in relation to the name change of the Universal Credit Contingency Fund.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) for an update on the Participatory Budgeting pilot scheme delivered by his Department; and (ii) whether the scheme will be repeated.