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Mr Stephen Dunne: Assembly records
All of Mr Stephen Dunne’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of (i) the Royal Society for the Protection of Bird’s Annual Bird Crime Report 2023; and (ii) the lack of prosecutions for illegally killing birds of prey.
I welcome the opportunity to speak on an important motion on animal welfare across Northern Ireland. It is appropriate that the United Kingdom, as a nation of animal lovers — animals both domestic and farmed — has one of the toughest sentencing regimes in the world for animal cruelty. It is imperative that we in…
Will the Minister provide an update on any NI Prison Service recruitment campaigns, particularly to help deal with the pressures of ever-increasing prisoner numbers?
I am pleased to welcome the news today that the Commonwealth Games are set once again to be hosted by Glasgow in 2026. That secures the future of those prestigious games, which were in real jeopardy following a number of setbacks, with the Australian state of Victoria pulling out late in the day from hosting the…
Tackling the high number of unadopted housing developments and roads That this Assembly expresses alarm at the high number of unadopted housing developments across Northern Ireland; regrets that some roads and footpaths have been left for decades without full adoption; highlights the significant challenges faced by…
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any engagement she has had with the Minister of Justice in relation to the expected costs as a result of the PSNI data breach.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any consideration his Department has given to introducing a legal requirement for local councils to report waste crime data.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether his Department intends to increase Invest NI’s total spending in the Ards and North Down Borough Council area as part of his Sub-Regional Economic Plan.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in light of the Criminal Bar Association's intention to take industrial action, for an update on her Department’s fundamental review of the criminal legal aid framework.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) for his assessment of the findings in the Story of Belfast Lough document; and (ii) to detail any action being taken by his Department as a result of the findings.
I thank the Minister for his statement. Will he provide some more detail on the curriculum review and, in particular, how better outcomes can be achieved on literacy and numeracy?
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of businesses that have (i) applied for; and (ii) received rate support through the back in business rate support scheme since it was relaunched in May 2024, broken down by constituency.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any action his Department is taking to create infrastructure for emerging waste streams such as batteries and solar panels.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for his assessment of his Department’s ability to maintain road safety standards if additional funding is not provided to roads maintenance contractors.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether his Department intends to allocate additional funding for roads maintenance contractors as part of the October Monitoring Round.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any action his Department is taking to avoid job losses in the Minerals Products Association Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the average waiting time for paediatric dental surgery in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the amount of Invest NI funding awarded in each of the last five years, broken down by local council area.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the public consultation on a Statutory Public Inquiry and Financial Redress Scheme on the Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses.