Every imported question, contribution and motion, with its classification. Unflagged, uncertain and not-yet-analysed records are all included so the analysis can be checked independently.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the current waiting times for autism assessments for (i) children; and (ii) adults, in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of staff who are not meeting the minimum 40 per cent hours working in the office requirement, in each NICS Department.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any steps being taken to ensure that school governors have mileage expenses claims processed within a satisfactory timeframe.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail whether his Department has examined teaching assistant employment models in other UK jurisdictions that provide year-round financial support or retainer arrangements, including any associated findings.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any benchmarking undertaken comparing teaching assistant pay, terms and conditions in Northern Ireland with those in England, Scotland and Wales.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of teaching assistants that have left Education Authority employment in each of the last five years and, where recorded, the reasons for leaving.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail whether any assessment has been made of the proposed changes to the Temporary Variation Policy on placements of special education needs pupils, given they are still treated as supernumerary.
To ask the Minister of Education whether any assessment will be made of the anticipated use of the synthetic pitch at Richhill AFC by local schools to inform any decisions on the provision or level of any public funding for the facility.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any funding mechanism through which his Department proposes to provide public funding towards the synthetic pitch at Richhill AFC, including whether any such funding would be (i) capital or resource expenditure; and (ii) a one-off or recurring payment.
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department will consider reviewing the definition of suitable school within the Home to School transport eligibility.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of teachers who retired in September 2024; (ii) the number of these teachers who have yet to receive updated pension and lump sum payments as a consequence of the back dated pay award; and (iii} when this issue will be resolved.
To ask the Minister of Education pursuant to AQW 36913/22-27, to detail how an applicant who did not support his Department's agreed policy position on a knowledge-rich curriculum could satisfy the curriculum vision criterion for selection to a Subject Working Group.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail why updated school uniform guidelines state that school uniform policies are to provide the option for girls to wear trousers throughout the school year, including for PE and games, rather than stating school uniform policies must provide this option, which reflects language…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of times, over the last 12 months, that PM2.5 particulate matter, hourly measured, exceeded 25 micrograms per cubic meter-3 at the monitoring stations in (i) Holywood; (ii) Lisburn; and (iii) Belfast City Centre.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 30587/22-27, (i) for an update on the delivery of the successor to the Environmental Farming Scheme Higher Level, including whether applications will open in 2026.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any steps (i) taken; and (ii) that will be taken, to address the Skilled Worker visa policy changes in December 2026, given the impact on the local fishing industry.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any engagement undertaken with farmers and representative organisations on the proposed Nutrients Action Programme 2027–2030, including (I) the principal concerns raised during this engagement; and (ii) any changes made or being considered in…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) any financial and practical support that will be available to farmers to implement measures under the proposed Nutrients Action Programme 2027–2030; (ii) how this support will reflect implementation costs at farm level; and (iii) any…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) any measures being taken to address the impact of blue-green algae travelling from Lough Neagh through the Lower Bann to the North Coast, including any resources allocated to these measures; and (ii) any additional interventions planned…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, following any actions within the Lough Neagh Action Plan recorded as delivered, to detail (i) which have resulted in a measurable improvement in the condition of Lough Neagh, including how the improvement was recorded; and (ii) how the impact of…