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 the Economy for a breakdown of Student Finance NI funding allocated to students currently studying in (i) England; (ii) Scotland; (iii) Wales; (iv) Northern Ireland; and (v) the Republic of Ireland.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether the review of further and higher education will include proposals to increase the student loan provided to postgraduate students.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for the number of employers offering apprenticeships, broken down by (i) level of apprenticeship; (ii) local council area; and (iii) gender.
I welcome the motion and the amendment. Apprenticeships are fundamental, because, if you want to grow your economy, the best place that you can start is with the skills base of your people. Skills drive economic growth and prosperity, and investing in apprenticeships is one of the greatest interventions that you can…
To ask the Assembly Commission to detail (i) the MLAs it will fund to travel to Washington DC for St Patrick’s Day celebrations; (ii) the capacity they are travelling in; and (iii) the number of staff that will be accompanying them.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) what support is available to those diagnosed with an eating disorder and their families, with particular reference to support for families as patients turn 18 years old; and (ii) whether there are plans to expand this support further.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of the pay challenges facing NHS interpreters; and (ii) what steps he will take to address those challenges.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for his assessment of whether the recent funding increase to the Derry and Strabane City Deal will ensure it is not scaled back due to inflation.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether his Department has assessed the use of legislation in other jurisdictions to address regional economic imbalances.
Minister, this is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. What steps do you intend to take to raise awareness of that disease? Is more funding needed to make sure that people are aware of the symptoms?
Does the deputy First Minister agree that stop-start Government damages our international reputation and negates our ability to positively sell Northern Ireland? Remember, it is only 12 months since we did not go to Washington, because we had no Government.
Since this place has returned, we have discussed and debated several issues that are central to people's lives in every part of Northern Ireland. We have promised to work together on childcare, we have pledged to end violence against women and girls and we have called for action on the environmental catastrophe, yet,…
To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of how perpetrators of non-fatal strangulation can be held to account when those incidents occurred more than six months ago.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department will ensure the reinstatement of the Western Health and Social Care Trust's MS helpline at Altnagelvin Hospital.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether an equality assessment has been undertaken by his Department in relation to the location of the Investment Zone.
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) to detail the funding pressures on apprenticeship programs as a result of the loss of European Social Funding; and (ii) how he intends to meet those pressures in his budget.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) whether the alleviation of regional economic imbalances will be an objective of the Anti-Poverty Strategy; and (ii) when that strategy will be published.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the implementation of the Period Products (Free Provision) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, including a timeline on the introduction of free period products to all public buildings.
To ask the Minister of Education what steps he will take to remove barriers in the school system to cross-border student mobility, particularly in relation to careers guidance provided in schools.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure how his Department's policies and strategies are informed by any barriers to investment that are identified by Invest NI.
To ask the Minister for Communities what steps he (i) has taken; and (ii) plans to take to assess the impact of the loss of European Social Funding on the community and voluntary sector since March 2023.
To ask the Minister for the Economy what request he has made, or plans to make, to HM Treasury to locate the Investment Zone in the North West City Region, in order to address regional inequalities.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for an update on the work of his Department in linking the Wild Atlantic Way with the Causeway Coastal Route in order to promote the tourism offering of the North West City Region.