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Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs how many new EU laws, which rest within the competence of his Department, have taken legal effect in Northern Ireland since 1 January 2021, pursuant to the mechanism enshrined Article 13 (4) of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, further to recent media reports, for his assessment of his Department’s spending on photography.
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) for his assessment of the use of minimum consumption charges by gas suppliers for customers on credit meters; and (ii) whether his Department, in conjunction with the Utility Regulator, intends to bring forward regulation in this area.
To ask the Minister for the Economy what plans his Department has to introduce a renewable energy support scheme, similar to those operational in other UK jurisdictions.
To ask the Minister for the Economy when will the Utility Regulator provide a response on Northern Ireland Electricity's proposals to socialise grid connection costs for renewable energy installations.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether his Department has considered increasing student grants for university students pursing a (i) Bachelor’s Degree; and (ii) Master’s Degree.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether his Department has plans to launch a support scheme for the purchase and installation of PV solar panel systems on domestic houses.
To ask the Minister for the Economy when a domestic energy efficiency scheme will be announced as noted as objective seven of the Energy Strategy for Northern Ireland 2022.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether his Department will look at ways of improving access to affordable credit for low income families as a way of reducing reliance on high cost lending, as per the recommendation in the Women’s Regional Consortium’s Women Living with Debt report.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether his Department has carried out research into the financial wellbeing of higher and further education students and apprentices, over the last five years.
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) when the maintenance loan available for undergraduate students last increased; and (ii) what assessment he has made of the need to increase the maintenance loan with inflation, given the cost of living crisis.
To ask the Minister for the Economy how many occasions, since 1 January 2021, has he or his officials been consulted on new EU acts that have taken legal effect in Northern Ireland via Article 13 (4) of the Northern Ireland Protocol and which rest within the devolved competence of their Department.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for his assessment of why there has been a rise in the number of Northern Ireland students dropping out of university.
To ask the Minister for the Economy what steps he is taking to ensure mature students with learning disabilities receive support and encouragement to access higher education.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what assessment he has made of the benefits of a safety campaign to raise awareness among other road users and pedestrians of potential risks from quiet electric and hybrid vehicles.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail his Department’s expenditure on photography since January 2020; and to outline the rationale for this expenditure.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) what plans are in place to recruit permanent staff to the Strangford Ferry service; (ii) what action is being taken to avoid future cancellations of ferry crossings due to a lack of staff; and (iii) whether the impact of ferry crossing cancellations, on both people and…