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To ask the Minister of Education to outline how he will ensure that the designation of a school as Specialist Provision in Mainstream Schools appropriately reflects the needs of pupils.
To ask the Minister of Education to outline the formula used by his Department to calculate the projected cost of free school meals for a financial year.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the cost to the public purse of the Loughs Agency’s contracts with communications agencies, including VAT, in each of the last five years; (ii) the rationale for contracting this service; and (ii) why this role is not provided in-house.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 24764/22-27, (i) for a breakdown of the £322,000 cost of the Loughs Agency's Science Team in 2024; and (ii) for his assessment of whether this represents value for money.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any plans he has to introduce legislation for the licensing of (i) animal sanctuaries; (ii) rehoming charities; and (iii) dog pounds.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the steps his Department is taking to introduce Lucy’s Law to regulate the third-party sale of puppies.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what measures are (i) in place; and (ii) proposed by his Department, to address illegal puppy breeding.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to 25578/22-27, to detail what actions his Department is taking to encourage applications to the Northern Ireland Regional Food Programme from under represented local council areas.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the action (i) her Department; and (ii) Invest NI, will take following the news of BT's decision to close its office in Derry.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for her assessment of how much of the £4.06 billion student loan financial asset will change under the new valuation method for student loans in 2025-26.
To ask the Minister for the Economy, in relation to the Good Jobs Employment Rights Bill, to provide a definition of what is meant by genuinely casual or seasonal work.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline the rationale for the differing response times to traffic signal repairs, as set out in the Road Asset Maintenance policy, including why faults in the Belfast area are addressed within four hours, while elsewhere the target response time is 24 hours.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for a breakdown of the annual budget provided by her Department for (i) road resurfacing; and (ii) road repairs, in each of the last five years, broken down by DfI Division.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for a breakdown of the annual budget provided by her Department for (i) active travel; (ii) blue-green development; and (iii) where that budget was spent, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) for her assessment of the merits of introducing legislation to amend the Traffic Management Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 to enable local councils to implement their own parking strategies; and (ii) whether she will commit to making those legislative changes in the 2022-27…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on her Department's feasibility study on improving pedestrian access at George Best Belfast City Airport.