| Ref No | Member | Question | Tabled | Status | Index Terms |
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AQW 29529/22-27
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Mr Phillip Brett
(DUP - North Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy, pursuant to AQW 28686/22-27, to detail the number of requests recorded by her Department from (i) staff; and (ii) the public, to have a departmental Irish Language Policy.
[Priority Written]
| 30/06/2025 |
To be answered by 03/07/2025
| Minority groups; Languages; Economic growth; Civil service; Irish language |
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AQW 29526/22-27
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Mr Phillip Brett
(DUP - North Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy, pursuant to AQW 28686/22-27, to detail the number of hours spent by the staff member developing the draft policy.
| 30/06/2025 |
To be answered by 17/07/2025
| Minority groups; Languages; Economic growth; Civil service |
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AQW 29521/22-27
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Mrs Diane Dodds
(DUP - Upper Bann)
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To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of employees from his Department who work partly from home in (i) Northern Ireland; (ii) the Republic of Ireland; (iii) GB; or (iv) elsewhere, including (a) details of the relevant country; and (b) the proportion of their work carried out there.
| 30/06/2025 |
To be answered by 17/07/2025
| Homeworking; Civil service; Republic of Ireland; Great Britain |
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AQW 29425/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Finance to provide a list of all vacant or unoccupied buildings owned by Executive departments.
| 27/06/2025 |
To be answered by 16/07/2025
| Empty property; Civil service; Government departments |
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AQW 29394/22-27
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Miss Nuala McAllister
(APNI - North Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any plans the Department has to develop a policy on meanwhile use of vacant government buildings by the arts sector.
| 26/06/2025 |
To be answered by 11/07/2025
| Arts; Empty property; Civil service; Facilities |
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AQW 29331/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of buildings owned by the Northern Ireland Civil Service that are currently not in use, in Belfast City Centre.
| 26/06/2025 |
To be answered by 11/07/2025
| Civil service; Empty property; Belfast |
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AQW 29310/22-27
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Mr Timothy Gaston
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 28662/22-27, whether the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) ranking in the Stonewall Equality Index played any part in the decision of the NICS to take part in Belfast Pride 2025.
[Priority Written]
+ Display Answer
| 25/06/2025 |
Answered on 01/07/2025
| LGBT; Voluntary organisations; Civil service; Festivals and special occasions; Equality |
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AQW 29306/22-27
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Mr Timothy Gaston
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 28290/22-27, how many civil servants are being paid for activities in relation to Belfast Pride 2025, including any activities involved.
| 25/06/2025 |
To be answered by 10/07/2025
| Civil service; Staff; Expenditure; LGBT; Festivals and special occasions |
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AQW 29224/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any consideration he has given to allowing community and arts organisations to utilise empty public buildings owned by the Northern Ireland Civil Service.
| 25/06/2025 |
To be answered by 10/07/2025
| Empty property; Civil service; Arts; Voluntary organisations; Facilities |
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AQW 29220/22-27
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Mr Robbie Butler
(UUP - Lagan Valley)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of (i) whether policy development teams within his Department possess the necessary technical knowledge and analytical capacity to produce evidence-based proposals; and (ii) whether reliance on external consultants has impacted the quality or credibility of key policies such as the Nutrients Action Programme.
| 25/06/2025 |
To be answered by 10/07/2025
| Consultants; Environmental impact assessment; Nitrates; Farms; Civil service |
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AQW 29218/22-27
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Mr Robbie Butler
(UUP - Lagan Valley)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) whether his Department currently retains sufficient internal expertise to conduct technical assessments such as Strategic Environmental Assessments in-house; and (ii) what steps are being taken to build internal capacity in this area.
| 25/06/2025 |
To be answered by 10/07/2025
| Civil service; Qualifications; Environment; Reviews; Assessments |
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AQW 29208/22-27
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Mr Timothy Gaston
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 28291/22-27, to confirm whether any consideration was given to the views of civil servants, both Protestant and Roman Catholic, who hold conscientious or faith-based objections to Belfast Pride.
+ Display Answer
| 24/06/2025 |
Answered on 01/07/2025
| LGBT; Festivals and special occasions; Civil service; Religious freedom; Complaints |
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AQW 29187/22-27
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Ms Sinéad McLaughlin
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they will publish the terms of reference for the Delivery Unit.
| 24/06/2025 |
To be answered by 09/07/2025
| First ministers; Civil service; Offices |
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AQW 29186/22-27
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Ms Sinéad McLaughlin
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to provide an update on the establishment of a Delivery Unit.
| 24/06/2025 |
To be answered by 09/07/2025
| First ministers; Civil service; Offices |
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AQW 29051/22-27
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Dr Steve Aiken OBE
(UUP - South Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Finance to outline what proposals his Department is making for cross Northern Ireland Civil Service and arm's-length bodies introduction of Artificial Intelligence.
| 20/06/2025 |
To be answered by 07/07/2025
| Civil service; Public bodies; Artificial intelligence |
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AQO 2264/22-27
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Mr Doug Beattie MC
(UUP - Upper Bann)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to outline what the Historic Environment Division is doing to protect historical sites not related to buildings.
View Official Report for AQO 2264/22-27
| 19/06/2025 |
Answered on 30/06/2025
| Civil service; Historic buildings; Local history; Monuments; Environment protection |
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AQW 28982/22-27
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Mr Daniel McCrossan
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 27129/22-27, to detail a timetable for publication of the Civil Service Pay and Reward Strategy.
| 19/06/2025 |
To be answered by 04/07/2025
| Civil service; Pay; Incentives; Publications |
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AQW 28795/22-27
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Mr Peter Martin
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister of Finance to outline what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Northern Ireland Civil Service's workplace discrimination procedures are in compliance with the UK Supreme Court ruling on For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers.
+ Display Answer
| 16/06/2025 |
Answered on 24/06/2025
| Civil service; Personnel management; Discrimination; Legal opinion; LGBT |
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AQW 28788/22-27
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Mr Matthew O'Toole
(SDLP - South Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the publication of an application and assessment process for residents' parking schemes.
[Priority Written]
+ Display Answer
| 16/06/2025 |
Answered on 23/06/2025
| Publications; Urban areas; Parking; Housing estates; Civil service |
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AQW 28687/22-27
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Mr Phillip Brett
(DUP - North Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) the number of staff currently working on her Department's development of the new Irish Language Policy; and (ii) the amount spent to date.
+ Display Answer
| 13/06/2025 |
Answered on 27/06/2025
| Civil service; Irish language; Policy; Expenditure |
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