| Ref No | Member | Question | Tabled | Status |
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AQW 38980/22-27
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Ms Sian Mulholland
(APNI - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail all currently live policies, strategies, programmes and action plans that have an explicit objective of tackling poverty, including (i) the lead Department; and (ii) the policy or programme’s stated aim.
| 23/01/2026 |
To be answered by 09/02/2026
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AQW 38872/22-27
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Ms Sian Mulholland
(APNI - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail whether he will (i) review; or (ii) amend, the rule within the Discretionary Support Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 that, save in the case of a disaster, only one Discretionary Support grant may be made within any rolling 12-month period, in light of case examples in the Office of the Discretionary Support Commissioner's Annual Report 2024-2025, where this rule restricted support for households facing serious hardship, despite verified need.
| 22/01/2026 |
To be answered by 06/02/2026
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AQW 38871/22-27
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Ms Sian Mulholland
(APNI - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will review how savings are treated within Discretionary Support eligibility, including in cases where savings are set aside for funeral costs, given there is no disregard provided for in the current regulations, and the example highlighted in the Office of the Discretionary Support Commissioner Annual Report 2024-2025 where a claim was refused despite no previous Discretionary Support awards.
| 22/01/2026 |
To be answered by 06/02/2026
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AQW 38870/22-27
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Ms Sian Mulholland
(APNI - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the reason the success rate for first reviews carried out by Review Officers fell from 27 per cent in 2023-2024 to 15 per cent in 2024-2025, as reported the Office of the Discretionary Support Commissioner Annual Report 2024-2025 (covering 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025); and (ii) any steps being taken to ensure (a) initial Discretionary Support decisions by Finance Support Officers; and (b) first review decisions, are accurate, consistent and evidence-based.
| 22/01/2026 |
To be answered by 06/02/2026
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AQW 38869/22-27
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Ms Sian Mulholland
(APNI - North Antrim)
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To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail how gender-disaggregated and intersectional data is used to inform (i) funding decisions; (ii) monitoring; and (iii) evaluation, under the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls strategy.
| 22/01/2026 |
To be answered by 06/02/2026
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AQW 38868/22-27
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Ms Sian Mulholland
(APNI - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps his Department takes to monitor and engage with emerging international research on the impact of screen use and smartphone exposure on early childhood development.
| 22/01/2026 |
To be answered by 06/02/2026
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AQW 38426/22-27
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Ms Sian Mulholland
(APNI - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether a road safety assessment has been carried out by her Department, in relation to the closure of Fairhill Street, Ballycastle.
| 16/01/2026 |
To be answered by 02/02/2026
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AQW 38425/22-27
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Ms Sian Mulholland
(APNI - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department has undertaken a risk assessment of the alternative routes being used by pupils attending Gaelscoil an Chaistil, due to the closure of Fairhill Street, Ballycastle.
| 16/01/2026 |
To be answered by 02/02/2026
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AQO 2986/22-27
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Ms Sian Mulholland
(APNI - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to outline how his Department collates and uses data to inform legislative change.
| 15/01/2026 |
To be answered on 26/01/2026
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AQW 38128/22-27
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Ms Sian Mulholland
(APNI - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of women on gynaecology waiting lists within the Northern Health and Social Care Trust, broken down by (i) outpatient and inpatient waiting lists; and (ii) length of wait, including those waiting longer than (a) 13 weeks; (b) 26 weeks; (c) 52 weeks; and (d) 104 weeks.
| 13/01/2026 |
To be answered by 28/01/2026
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