| Ref No | Member | Question | Tabled | Status | Index Terms |
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AQW 5352/22-27
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Mr Mark Durkan
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister for Communities whether she has had any engagement with the Minister of Health to ensure that students in receipt of nursing bursaries can access means tested benefits.
| 27/10/2022 |
To be answered by 19/02/2024
| Students; Nurses; Grants; Means-tested benefits |
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AQW 5350/22-27
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Mr Mark Durkan
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to outline what steps have been taken to ensure full time students, particularly parents with young children, can access financial support including the Adviser Discretion Fund.
| 27/10/2022 |
To be answered by 19/02/2024
| Students; Parents; Children; Social security benefits; Grants |
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AQW 5349/22-27
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Mr Maurice Bradley
(DUP - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for Communities what Northern Ireland Housing Executive schemes will be affected within East Londonderry as a result of contracts having been halted due to increasing costs.
| 27/10/2022 |
Question Withdrawn
| Northern Ireland Housing Executive; East Londonderry; Contracts; Repairs and maintenance; Costs |
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AQW 5342/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities what advice Foras na Gaeilge provided to Belfast City Council on the translation of the Irish language signs that were erected in Andersonstown Leisure Centre.
| 27/10/2022 |
To be answered by 19/02/2024
| Foras na Gaeilge |
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AQW 5340/22-27
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for Communities (i) to detail what steps she will take to ensure working people are never financially disadvantaged by working; and (ii) to outline the cross-departmental work she will do to ensure policies do not discriminate against working people.
| 27/10/2022 |
To be answered by 19/02/2024
| Employment; Disadvantaged; Poverty; Cost of living |
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AQW 5336/22-27
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Mr David Brooks
(DUP - East Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities, following the Northern Ireland Housing Executive announcement that it had agreed to release maintenance contractors from planned contracts, what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to ensure contractors can be secured for overdue schemes in East Belfast, in order to minimise further delays for tenants.
| 27/10/2022 |
To be answered by 19/02/2024
| Northern Ireland Housing Executive; Press releases; Contracts; Repairs and maintenance; Belfast East |
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AQW 5330/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities for her assessment of the change in overtime payments for staff working in National Museums Northern Ireland.
| 27/10/2022 |
To be answered by 19/02/2024
| National Museums Northern Ireland; Staff; Working conditions; Contracts; Overtime |
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AQW 5329/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities whether the change in overtime payments for staff working in National Museums Northern Ireland will apply to staff on old contracts.
| 27/10/2022 |
To be answered by 19/02/2024
| National Museums Northern Ireland; Staff; Working conditions; Contracts; Overtime |
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AQW 5325/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to outline whether there was any equality impact assessment on the decision to change in overtime payments for staff working in National Museums Northern Ireland.
| 27/10/2022 |
To be answered by 19/02/2024
| National Museums Northern Ireland; Overtime; Payments; Equality; Impact assessments |
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AQW 5320/22-27
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Mr Alex Easton
(IND - North Down)
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To ask the Minister for Communities what Housing Executive planned maintenance schemes will be affected, following the agreement to release ten contractors from planned maintenance contracts, as a result of escalating construction costs.
| 27/10/2022 |
To be answered by 19/02/2024
| Northern Ireland Housing Executive; Repairs and maintenance; Contracts; Business; Costs |
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AQW 5315/22-27
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Mr Alex Easton
(IND - North Down)
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To ask the Minister for Communities whether there will be compensation paid to the contractors that have had their planned maintenance schemes cancelled by the Housing Executive.
| 27/10/2022 |
To be answered by 19/02/2024
| Compensation; Contracts; Northern Ireland Housing Executive; Repairs and maintenance |
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AQW 5312/22-27
|
Ms Sinéad McLaughlin
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the progress of the Gender Equality Strategy.
| 26/10/2022 |
To be answered by 16/02/2024
| Gender; Equality |
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AQW 5283/22-27
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to provide details on the funding provided to (i) art projects; and (ii) arts organisations in East Londonderry, in each of the last five years.
| 26/10/2022 |
To be answered by 16/02/2024
| East Londonderry; Arts; Finance |
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AQW 5273/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities whether Foras na Gaeilge’s Code of Conduct for employees is (i) publicly accessible; and (ii) available in English and Irish.
| 26/10/2022 |
To be answered by 16/02/2024
| Foras na Gaeilge; Codes of practice; Working conditions; English language; Irish language |
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AQW 5272/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to outline what government departments and cross-border institutions oversee, scrutinise and assess the work of Foras na Gaeilge; and how this work is undertaken.
| 26/10/2022 |
To be answered by 16/02/2024
| Political institutions; Cross border cooperation; Foras na Gaeilge; British Irish Council |
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AQW 5271/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail all legislation that passed after 1997 which refers to the Irish language community in Northern Ireland.
| 26/10/2022 |
To be answered by 16/02/2024
| Legislation; Government departments; Public bodies; Irish language |
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AQW 5270/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail all legislation that passed after 1997 which places a statutory duty on government departments, agencies and other bodies to consult with the Irish language community on issues that have a direct impact on those communities.
| 26/10/2022 |
To be answered by 16/02/2024
| Legislation; Government departments; Public bodies; Public consultation; Irish language |
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AQW 5244/22-27
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Mr Daniel McCrossan
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister for Communities whether she will be increasing the Rates Support Grant to local councils.
+ Display Answer
| 25/10/2022 |
Answered on 07/03/2024
| Local councils; Finance; Rates and rating |
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AQW 5243/22-27
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Mr Daniel McCrossan
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister for Communities whether she has considered allocating additional funding to Councils in order for them to roll out a cost of living payment.
| 25/10/2022 |
To be answered by 15/02/2024
| Local councils; Finance; Cost of living |
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AQW 5238/22-27
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Mr Mark Durkan
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister for Communities (i) what efforts her Department has made to identify pensioners impacted by the error in pension payments made by the Deparment for Work and Pensions; (ii) the estimated total amount underpaid; and (iii) to date, how many individuals in Northern Ireland have been compensated.
| 25/10/2022 |
To be answered by 15/02/2024
| Pensioners; Pensions; Central government; Underpayments; Compensation |
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