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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 what steps his Department (i) has taken; and (ii) will take to engage with the Reimagine Collective, in light of their policy paper on Reimagining Social Care Services in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for Communities what steps his Department (i) has taken; and (ii) will take to implement Recommendation 47 of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care by Professor Ray Jones.
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the research report, being carried out by a consortium of LGBT organisations, into the banning of conversion therapies.
Reducing Child Poverty - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘before the Assembly,’ and insert: ‘an integrated and comprehensive anti-poverty strategy underpinning a future Programme for Government, as agreed in previous mandates, to include specific and measurable targets to reduce child poverty with targeted prevention…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the engagement his Department is having with (i) Executive Departments; (ii) statutory bodies; (iii) voluntary organisations; and (iv) other bodies to maximise co-operation in relation to the delivery of children's services as outlined in the Children's Services Co-operation Act…
To ask the Minister of Health what measures his Department has put in place to adhere to the Children's Services Co-operation Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 6860/22-27, (i) when he expects to make a decision on funding for the Core Grant Scheme; (ii) what options he is considering in relation to funding for the Core Grant Scheme; and (iii) for details of his Department's Equality Impact Assessment regarding the options for…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the funding opportunities for organisations who want to use a street-based or detached youth work methodology.
Relationships and Sexuality Education That this Assembly recognises the value of compulsory, standardised, inclusive, high-quality, evidence-based and age-appropriate Relationships and Sexuality Education as a means of empowering and preparing our children and young people for life; regrets that children and young…
Thank you, Madam Deputy Principal Speaker. Did I get that right? Is that the right order? Today we address an urgent issue that affects the very fabric of our society: children going hungry. It is a travesty that, in our supposedly advanced society, children and young people in Northern Ireland are still going hungry…
I rise in response to the nominations for the Irish Film and Television Academy awards. There has been such a remarkable surge in talent in the Northern Irish arts scene. That is underscored by the region's burgeoning talent and vibrant creative community. From captivating films to compelling TV productions, Northern…
End Holiday Hunger - Amendment 1 After ‘plan to end holiday hunger’ insert; ‘and urgently progress and publish the review of the eligibility criteria for free school meals.’
To ask the Minister of Health what progress has been made on legislation to add Universal Credit to the eligible benefits for financial support for healthcare.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) how many households in the private rented sector are in receipt of Local Housing Allowance (LHA), through (a) universal credit housing costs; and (b) housing benefit; (ii) how many of those households rents exceed the LHA; and (iii) to detail the median average gap between rent…
On that mitigation, we face a cliff edge when we come to 2025. Can the Minister outline any plans to work against that and put in place support for people who might face that cliff edge?
Ms Mulholland asked the Minister for Communities, who will be aware of the recent Trussell Trust report that stated that 62% of people on universal credit in Northern Ireland have fallen behind on their bills, to outline what his Department will do create awareness of the contingency fund, especially among those who…
To ask the Minister for Communities whether an equality impact screening exercise was conducted prior to the decision not to extend the legislation that allowed for hybrid meeting arrangements for local government.
To ask the Minister for Communities what plans he has to put standalone legislation in place to allow for hybrid working arrangements in local government.
To ask the Minister for Communities to provide any equality screening assessments carried out regarding the decision not to proceed with an extension to the legislation that allowed for hybrid meeting arrangements for local government.
I am dismayed at the decision that has been made by the Communities Minister not to put forward an extension to the Coronavirus Act 2020 (Extension of Provisions Relating to Local Authority Meetings) (No 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022, which allowed hybrid meetings in our councils, while simultaneously not putting…
Remote and Hybrid Council Meetings To ask the Minister for Communities to provide an update on his decision not to extend legislative provisions for councils to operate remote or hybrid meetings.
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on his decision not to extend legislative provisions for councils to operate remote or hybrid meetings.
One mechanism for the protection of at-risk young people is the use of the national referral mechanism. Figures that came out last week showed that there were 530 referrals in the past year. Does the Minister agree that we need to work more with our health service cohort to raise awareness of the national referral…
A national diabetes audit was announced in 2016 along with the diabetes strategic framework. It has yet to be carried out. Will you commit to establishing a diabetes audit in this mandate?