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AQW 27903/22-27
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Mr Mark Durkan
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the total costs associated with Mandatory Reconsiderations and Tribunal appeals for Personal Independence Payment cases that resulted in either (i) an increased award; (ii) or a successful outcome following appeal, for each of the last three years.
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| 29/05/2025 |
Answered on 30/06/2025
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AQW 26227/22-27
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Mrs Michelle Guy
(APNI - Lagan Valley)
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To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of school transport exceptional circumstances appeals that have been successful since the establishment of the appeals process; and (ii) the number of applications in respect of pupils with a Statement of Special Educational Needs that were successful.
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| 28/04/2025 |
Answered on 09/05/2025
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AQW 25048/22-27
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Ms Sian Mulholland
(APNI - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of child maintenance appeals lodged with the Child Maintenance Service (CMS); and (ii) the length of time taken to resolve child maintenance appeals lodged with the CMS to their final conclusion, in each of the last two years.
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| 25/03/2025 |
Answered on 24/04/2025
(Revised)
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AQW 25047/22-27
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Ms Sian Mulholland
(APNI - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of appeals (i) upheld; and (ii) rejected by the Child Maintenance Appeals Service in each of the last two years.
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| 25/03/2025 |
Answered on 24/04/2025
(Revised)
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AQW 22840/22-27
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Mr Daniel McCrossan
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the amount his Department has spent on benefit appeals tribunals, including payments to (i) medical professionals; (ii) legal professionals; and (iii) any other professional present at a tribunal in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency.
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| 18/02/2025 |
Answered on 18/03/2025
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AQW 22799/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether the Planning Appeals Commission public inquiry into the proposed gold mine in the Sperrins will be livestreamed when it resumes in March 2025.
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| 18/02/2025 |
Answered on 25/02/2025
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AQW 22314/22-27
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Mr Tom Buchanan
(DUP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to comments by the Planning Appeals Commissioner on 15 January 2025 in relation to the Dalradian Public Inquiry in which she criticised the cost on the public purse, and, in particular the inaction of government departments and the Department for Infrastructure's failure to comply with its own legislation, to detail (i) at what point it is determined that inquiry participants have sufficient grounds to claim for costs caused by the further delay to the public inquiry; and (ii) whether the point has been reached where participants have sufficient grounds to claim for costs caused by the further delay to the public inquiry.
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| 11/02/2025 |
Answered on 23/02/2025
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AQW 21550/22-27
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Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on any plans to address the backlog in the Planning Appeals Commission.
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| 29/01/2025 |
Answered on 04/02/2025
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AQW 21549/22-27
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Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the appointment of independent commissioners to alleviate pressures on the Planning Appeals Commission.
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| 29/01/2025 |
Answered on 13/02/2025
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AQW 21244/22-27
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Mr Daniel McCrossan
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 20739/22-27, for his assessment of the statement from the Planning Appeals Commissioner criticising his planning department for failing to follow its own legislative procedures.
[Priority Written]
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| 23/01/2025 |
Answered on 05/02/2025
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AQW 20838/22-27
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Miss Michelle McIlveen
(DUP - Strangford)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the average waiting time for a benefit appeal to be heard by the Appeals Service in each of the last five years.
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| 17/01/2025 |
Answered on 03/02/2025
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AQO 1330/22-27
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Mr Tom Buchanan
(DUP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of whether the Planning Appeals Commission is fit for purpose.
| 06/01/2025 |
To be answered on 13/01/2025
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AQW 17791/22-27
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Mr Paul Frew
(DUP - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Health, in light of the roll-out of encompass, to detail any difference members of the public will see when obtaining their medical notes for Personal Independence Payment and Employment Support Allowance appeals.
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| 07/11/2024 |
Answered on 22/11/2024
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AQW 16981/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in light of the Planning Appeals Commission’s letter of 16 October 2024 to councils in relation to LA03/2021/0940/F, whether his Department will declare the application to be of regional significance.
[Priority Written]
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| 18/10/2024 |
Answered on 04/11/2024
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AQW 16890/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in light of the Planning Appeals Commission's letter on 16 October 2024 in relation to the Dalradian conjoined public inquiry, whether his Department will seek the further environmental information from the planning applicant under the relevant provisions of the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and 2017.
[Priority Written]
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| 17/10/2024 |
Answered on 25/10/2024
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AQO 876/22-27
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Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister of Justice whether she has plans to provide additional resources to the Planning Appeals Commission, following her meeting with the Minister for Infrastructure on 16th July 2024.
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| 19/09/2024 |
Answered on 30/09/2024
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AQW 14428/22-27
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Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any engagement she has had with the Minister for Infrastructure in relation to the appropriate resourcing of the Planning Appeals Commission.
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| 04/09/2024 |
Answered on 18/09/2024
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AQW 13928/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 11590/22-27, and in light of the information provided by the Appeals Commission in a letter dated 27 June 2024, how his Department will provide clarity to the public in relation to their advice that that there is no requirement to repeat or resubmit representations on the new Dalradian abstraction and impoundment applications if they had previously made representations on previous applications.
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| 28/06/2024 |
Answered on 08/07/2024
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AQW 13711/22-27
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Miss Michelle McIlveen
(DUP - Strangford)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any discussions he has had with the Minister of Justice in relation to measures to address the backlog of cases and independent examinations of local development plans at the Planning Appeals Commission.
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| 21/06/2024 |
Answered on 11/07/2024
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AQW 13653/22-27
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Mr Maolíosa McHugh
(SF - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, given the current backlog of appeals in the planning system, what measures can be implemented to ensure the Planning Appeals Commission is adequately resourced in order to expedite current applications.
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| 20/06/2024 |
Answered on 11/07/2024
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