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To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount of funding received by schools from the Minor Works scheme in the last five years, broken down by school.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 21742/22-27, to detail the longest length of time before a pension was issued in each of these years.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 21519/22-27, to detail the longest period of time that a classroom assistant currently working in a school has spent without a valid Access NI check in place.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) how he intends to spend the £50 million he has been allocated by the Executive for Early Learning and Childcare; and (ii) whether this will include an allocation to fund an increase in the cap for the Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme.
To ask the Minister of Education how he plans to incorporate the skills needs within our economy, identified by the Northern Ireland Skills Barometer 2022-23, in his review of the school curriculum.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) whether the childcare strategy will include the expansion of the Childcare Subsidy Scheme (CSS); (ii) whether the CSS will focus on school aged children or children under 4 years old; (iii) whether the CSS will include a cap; and (iv) any research his Department has…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) when the childcare strategy will be delivered; and (ii) whether providers have been consulted to ensure there is sufficient capacity for any increased measures.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 21519/22-27, to detail why short-term temporary hire or emergency cover classroom assistants do not have an Access NI check prior to being placed on the list of available staff.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of teachers and teaching staff that have been physically assaulted in the last three years, broken down by District Electoral Area.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of new Specialist Provision in Mainstream Schools that have been set up in Upper Bann in the last three years.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the impact he anticipates the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill will have on special educational needs transport; and (ii) any mitigating actions his Department will take to safeguard this service.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any work being carried out to develop an apprenticeship scheme to incentivise young people into the fishing industry.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of convictions for water pollution offences in each of the last five years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, given the recent decision of NI Water to stop remedial work on a number of wastewater treatment works that use Belfast Lough for waste disposal, for his assessment of the impact on the water quality of the lough.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any financial support his Department is providing to address the damage caused to forests during Storm Éowyn.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 20490/22-27, (i) whether he will give further consideration to the Ulster Farmers’ Union’s proposal to delay the Suckler Cow Scheme to 1 January 2026, in light of ongoing concerns from farm businesses, particularly those with…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) how the current budget constraints, including the reported lack of funding for avian influenza and bluetongue, will impact the ongoing implementation of the all-island Animal Health and Welfare Strategy; and (ii) any contingency plans in…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 21337/22-27, to detail (i) what constitutes exceptional circumstances under the legal framework for badger culling; and (ii) whether, based on the Chief Veterinary Officer’s review of bovine TB, the current situation meets those…
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 reduce microplastics in Northern Ireland waterways.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for her assessment of the Ulster University's Economic Policy Centre report which highlights that there will be a shortage of 5,440 workers a year, which, if not addressed, could hold back economic growth.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail her Department’s rationale for undertaking a mass redundancy exercise in further education colleges in 2024, only to begin recruitment for permanent listings in 2025.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any engagement she has had with the Minister of Education in relation to the Developing a more strategic approach to 14-19 Education and Training - a framework to Transform 14-19 Education and Training Provision.