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To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of nursery school places in West Tyrone, broken down by (i) school; (ii) sector; and (iii) hours provided.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) his assessment of the impact that delays in statutory assessments and school placements have had on children with special educational needs and their families; and (ii) any immediate measures being taken to reduce waiting times.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) how the Special Educational Needs Reform Agenda will ensure that children with special educational needs in mainstream schools receive the necessary support; and (ii) the safeguards that are in place to prevent children with special educational needs in mainstream schools…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any steps being taken to ensure that children with special educational needs living in rural areas have equal access to high-quality support and education services.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any strategies being implemented to address workforce shortages in key special educational needs services, including educational psychologists, speech and language therapists and specialist teaching staff.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the expected time frame for the implementation of the first steps of the Special Educational Needs Reform Agenda.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail whether he will develop a childcare and early years workforce strategy to address recruitment and retention in the sector.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any consideration he has given to expanding the Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme to cover school-aged childcare provision.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any financial support that will be available to the private forestry sector following the impact of Storm Éowyn on forests.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, given that since November 2023 and June 2024 there have been 72,601 fish culled as a result of overcrowding due to Department measures, to detail any action his Department can take to reassure fish farm managers and owners, like Movanagher Fish Farm,…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail why there is no up to date information on the website or in the public domain on progress made on (i) the zebra mussels detected in public angling waters; and (ii) the restocking of fish.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any action his Department is considering in relation to recommencing stocking from Movanagher Fish Farm into public angling estate waters.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the zebra mussels found in the water used to stock the public angling estate.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the amount her Department has spent on photographers since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) for her assessment of the Ulster University Economic Policy Centre and Dublin City University's findings that economic inactivity in the north stands at 22.5 per cent; and (ii) to detail any action her Department is taking to reduce economic inactivity rates.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for his assessment of the research carried out by Ulster University Economic Policy Centre and Dublin City University which shows that people here are much more likely to be out of work due to sickness or disability compared to people in the Republic of Ireland.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether there are any plans to introduce grants for householders to install eco-friendly heat pumps to replace old oil heating systems.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) what her Department plans to do with the funding not yet distributed from the Enhanced Flood Support Scheme; and (ii) whether she will revisit the criteria by which some businesses’ costs were omitted from claims processed.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail how much of the Enhanced Flood Support Scheme which was being administered by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has not been distributed.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) the scope; and (ii) the estimated publication date for her Department’s research into the value of the Belfast night-time economy.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any engagement her Department has had with the Department of Education to deliver the training and skills required to deliver school aged childcare.