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 Education, pursuant to AQW 21743/22-27, for an update on discussions with Trade Unions in relation to the teachers' pay dispute.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he will add (i) sign language to the modern languages curriculum to deliver access to learning British Sign Language and Irish Sign Language for Key Stage 3 pupils; and (ii) an introduction to sign language in primary schools.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail how he proposes to protect and enhance trout stocks on public estates in the long-term to ensure a healthy annual spawning cycle continues while Inland Fisheries promote commercial fishing.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail how he proposes to protect and enhance trout stocks on public estates in the short-term to ensure a healthy annual spawning cycle continues while Inland Fisheries promote commercial fishing.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the budget his Department has allocated to the development and regeneration of blueways and greenways in the 2025-26 financial year.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the (i) pay rates; and (ii) percentage pay increase for agricultural workers in each of the last five years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 14829/22-27, (i) for his assessment of the £6 million cost to his Department in relation to Northern Ireland Civil Service sickness absence in 2023-24; and (ii) to detail any action he is taking to reduce this cost to his Department,…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of the current time taken by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency to respond to planning consultations by local councils.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline any cross-departmental work with the Department for Infrastructure on strategic flood management.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of the damage to forests and country parks as a result of Storm Éowyn.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he will commit to working with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to reduce restrictions on the fishing sector accessing the seasonal worker visa.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the items (i) requested; and (ii) sent from Great Britain to deal with Storm Éowyn, both in the days before the storm and in its aftermath.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the steps her Department is taking to support childcare providers and ensure families have access to quality, affordable childcare.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the funding available to further education colleges to provide specialist support for students with special educational needs.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for her Department’s assessment of the accessibility of further educational colleges for those with (i) special educational needs; and (ii) physical disabilities, to ensure these students have the same opportunities as their peers.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for her assessment of any connections between Northern Ireland's low levels of regional research and development expenditure and our relatively low levels of productivity.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) which Local Economic Partnerships have met since the previous Minister's announcement on boosting regional economic performance; (ii) when those meetings took place; and (iii) the outcomes from those meetings.
To ask the Minister for the Economy, in relation to plans to develop new electricity interconnection projects on a north-south and east-west basis, to detail how her Department is coordinating with industry and education partners to ensure we have the skills capacity in the system to deliver on these schemes.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether her Department intends to have further consultation with key stakeholders on her Good Jobs Employment Rights Bill.