All of Ms Sinéad McLaughlin’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 Infrastructure whether his Department will intervene where foliage overgrowth from private properties impacts on the safe use of pavements and roads.
I thank the Member for taking an intervention. I appreciate what he is saying. However, I have worked for many years with the chamber of commerce in Derry, and we have pushed for Derry to be part of the Wild Atlantic Way for as long as it has been up and running. We saw the opportunity for us to be at the beginning…
I beg to move I am pleased to move the motion on all-Ireland tourism. For the past 26 years, tourism has driven higher employment, productivity and better well-being for so many people. In 2019, the sector contributed over £1 billion in revenue. Prior to the pandemic, it employed almost 71,000 people in the region,…
Thank you for your answer, Minister. Non-standard temporary accommodation has risen by over 500% in my constituency. I am dealing with a particularly distressing case in which one of my constituents — a young woman who has just had a caesarean section — has been returned to a hotel bedroom along with her baby and…
I thank the Minister. I really appreciate the urgency with which he is taking action on the issue. The Mobuoy site has serious environmental implications, but it also has implications for our economy. It is holding up progress on the A6. Will the Minister detail how he will work with the Minister for Infrastructure to…
To ask the Minister of Justice whether her proposed sentencing legislation will introduce stronger sentences for perpetrators of attacks against transport workers.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for an update on his Department’s proposal, developed in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in relation to the £150 million Investment Zone, including an update on engagements with HM Treasury.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they will reinstate funding to support the school transport provision for Fountain Primary School, Foyle.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) what steps he will take to expand the number of Physician Associate places available in higher education institutions; (ii) how he will ensure these places are regionally balanced; and (iii) how his Department is working with the Department for the Economy to ensure that student…
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) the amount of any increase in student places for entry at Ulster University Magee campus in 2024-25; (ii) any increase above the Maximum Student Number cap; and (iii) a breakdown of whether these places represent an expansion of existing courses or the establishment of…
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) the total number of students at each Ulster University campus as of 1 June 2024; and (ii) the expected number of students at each Ulster University campus as of 30 September 2024.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether he will progress with previously proposed universities public mission agreement legislation, including ensuring that institutional governance arrangements of higher education institutions contain adequate representation of students and staff.
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) what steps he will take to encourage microgeneration of energy; and (ii) whether he will place a legal requirement on major electricity providers and suppliers to pay a statutory minimum price for electricity received from (a) private homes; (b) farms; (c) businesses; and (d)…
Retaining and Inspiring Young Talent That this Assembly, while noting the educational and professional development opportunities for students studying away from home, regrets the large number of young people forced to leave Northern Ireland in order to pursue higher education who would otherwise wish to study and…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they have considered the Minister of Education’s request to reinstate the funding for the school transport previously provided to Fountain Primary School under the Urban Villages initiative.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) what steps he is taking to support dental practices to continue to provide NHS dentistry; and (ii) to detail the number of dental practices that (a) provide NHS dentistry; and (b) do not provide NHS dentistry, broken down by local council area.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the input his Department has had into the development of the Sub-Regional Economic Action Plan, including the dates of any formal meetings undertaken by any of his departmental officials in relation to the Sub-Regional Economic Action Plan.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the dates, since the restoration of the Assembly, on which he has held formal meetings with (i) the Minister for the Economy; and (ii) other Ministers in relation to regional balance, where this was the initially intended purpose of the engagement.
I welcome this debate on hospitality and tourism in East Antrim, and thank Ms Brownlee for securing it. She is passionate about her constituency, as I am about mine, and when you visit East Antrim, it is not hard to see why. East Antrim, from Cushendun down to Carrickfergus, has some of the most breathtaking views…
Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I welcome the motion and thank those who tabled it. It provides an important opportunity in the Assembly to discuss one of the most pressing aspects of the Minister's economic strategy, namely our energy policy. There can be no doubt that we must take advantage of the huge…