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To ask the Minister of Finance whether he will consider introducing alternative means of providing financial viability for tender opportunities advertised by Construction and Procurement Delivery, given that current turnover requirements are actively excluding Northern Ireland based companies.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether he will consider reducing the minimum turnover thresholds for contracts awarded by Construction and Procurement Delivery with a view to increasing access to tender opportunities for companies based in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Finance to outline any work his Department has undertaken to improve oversight and accountability for the delivery of major public sector projects.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he will consider permitting pupils who live within the statutory walking distance to use an existing Education Authority school bus service where spare capacity is available, including where transport is required to or from a registered childminder’s address.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he will review the current statutory walking distance criteria for home-to-school transport assistance, including the two-mile threshold for primary school pupils, taking into account the particular circumstances of rural schools, including (i) road safety; (ii) traffic levels;…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any representations his Department has made to update required teaching qualifications to ensure more teachers are able to enter the workforce.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail, as at 10 September 2026, (i) the number of pupils who have yet to secure home-to-school transport, broken down by those awaiting (a) bus; and (b) taxi, provision; and (ii) the number of taxi contracts that remain outstanding.
To ask the Minister of Education whether any assessment has been made by his Department of whether categorising all pupils who are neither Protestant nor Roman Catholic as other or none provides sufficient information to assess the diversity and community background of pupils within schools.
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department has made any assessment of the reasons why transformed schools have subsequently not maintained a balanced community representation, including any steps he will take to address this.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he will consider including a category for pupils who identify as having a mixed or cross-community background in the proposed monitoring of community background, for the purposes of assessing reasonable numbers.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) whether any assessment has made of the (a) adequacy; and (b) affordability, of childcare provision during school holidays; and (ii) any steps his Department is taking to ensure that childcare costs do not prevent parents, particularly women, from remaining in employment.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any recent discussions he has had with the Minister of Health on early intervention for neurodivergent children with emerging mental health needs.
To ask the Minister of Education whether any assessment has been made of the effectiveness of childcare support for parents seeking to enter or return to employment.
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on the special school cross-departmental working group established in 2025 to discuss a Behaviour for Learning Framework: iTHRIVE model.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any consideration he has given to the Education Authority proposal that special school staff are given additional Staff Development Days to facilitate relevant training, where deemed necessary, to ensure staff are confident that they can meet the needs of pupils placed in…
To ask the Minister of Education whether (i) his department; and (ii) the Education Authority, monitors the statement provided in relation to ensuring pupils have been taught on requisite days on the school annual holiday return form.
To ask the Minister of Education, based on the data collected by his Department, whether the statutory school uniform guidelines have resulted in a reduction in the cost of school uniforms, including (i) any evidence supporting this; (ii) the reported average cost of uniforms before the guidelines were introduced; and…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail, based on the data collected by his Department, (i) the average number of compulsory branded school uniform items required (a) before the statutory school uniform guidelines came into effect; and (b) following their introduction; and (ii) the number of schools which have…