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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of commercial properties for rental are owned by (i) the Housing Executive; and (ii) housing associations, broken down by local council area.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of commercial properties that have been (i) built; and (ii) purchased by social landlords in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) for an update on the Intermediate Rent Scheme; and (ii) to detail the total number of successful applications, broken down by local council area.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department is coordinating with the Department for Work and Pensions to ensure legacy benefit claimants migrating to Universal Credit are not disadvantaged by overlapping or benefit payment run-ons.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department consulted with the Housing Executive before setting the target of 1,400 new social homes, as referenced in the October Monitoring Round statement.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to her statement on 11 November 2024 in relation to the October Monitoring Round, to detail how the allocation of £24 million to the Department for Communities for new build social housing will facilitate the construction of 1,400 new houses in the 2024-25 financial year.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to the Minister of Finance statement on 11 November 2024 in relation to the October Monitoring Round, to detail how the allocation of £24 million to his Department for new build social housing will facilitate the construction of 1,400 new houses in the 2024-25 financial…
To ask the Minister for Communities, following his announcement of further funding for councils to provide debt advice, how he will ensure this funding is spent fairly and equitably across North Belfast.
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the current figure available from his Department for the Casement Park project, given the £62.5 million figure originally set aside in 2011.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether any additional financial support will be allocated to homeless service providers from the October Monitoring Round.
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the Member for raising this important constituency matter and the other Members for their contributions to the debate. At the outset, let me say that, towards the end of my speech I will address the changes to inheritance tax and the loss of earmarked funding from Westminster. I…
I thank the Member for securing the Adjournment debate. I am obviously not a Mid Ulster constituent, but part of my constituency falls into the mid-Ulster area. Like other Members here, I represent a rural constituency: Fermanagh and South Tyrone. There are many parallels between Mid Ulster and Fermanagh and South…
I thank the Member for securing the Adjournment debate. While I am a proud Member for South Down, my roots, as others have said, are in mid-Ulster. It is good to speak in the debate. Being a Member for South Down, I know the value of communities and the role that they play, particularly in rural locations. Rural…
I thank Mr Buchanan for securing the Adjournment debate. Financial support for rural communities in Mid Ulster is clearly an issue. Sometimes, we feel a bit forgotten. However, the good industries that are there, be they Dale Farm or the manufacturing industries that have got themselves to the top of the pile, have…
I thank my fellow Member for Mid Ulster for bringing the debate to the Chamber. Like Keith, I have a passion for Mid Ulster, a largely rural constituency. Anybody who knows me will know that I am from a farming family and proud of the fact. As has been said, Mid Ulster has a largely rural population: about 155,000…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. Given that I represent a largely rural constituency, I make no apologies for highlighting the need to ensure that there is adequate financial support for rural communities in Mid Ulster. Many simply do not understand the needs of rural communities. They see country living as idyllic and…
The Member will recognise that Members from across the House have placed significant emphasis, perhaps rightly, on the anti-poverty strategy. Does he agree that it is important that the Department learns the lessons from the recent Public Accounts Committee report on child poverty?
I agree with all the Member says. Does he accept that the fact that there are those wider issues is the reason why it should be catered for in the anti-poverty strategy rather than through single measures from the Education Department?
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank my party colleagues for bringing this important motion to the House. It is absolutely right that the Assembly addresses the significant impact of any child going hungry. That should not happen today in Northern Ireland or, indeed, anywhere else in the world. The challenges are not…