Ms Diane Forsythe

Title: Ms
Official Last Name: Forsythe
Official First Name: Diane
Usual First Name: Diane
Party: Democratic Unionist Party
Constituency: South Down


PartyRolePeriod
Democratic Unionist PartyParty Member05/05/2022 - Present


DateConstituencyDesignation
13/05/2022South DownUnionist, First Elected


PeriodPositionOffice/Committee
21/03/2024 - PresentCommittee Deputy ChairAudit Committee
12/02/2024 - PresentCommittee MemberPublic Accounts Committee
06/02/2024 - PresentCommittee Deputy ChairCommittee for Finance


PeriodPositionAll Party Group
17/06/2025 - PresentAssembly Party Group TreasurerAll-Party Group on Micro and Small Business
17/06/2025 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Micro and Small Business
30/05/2025 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security
27/06/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Arts
25/06/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Football
30/05/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Aerospace and Space
13/02/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Autism
12/01/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling
23/06/2023 - PresentAssembly Party Group ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Voluntary and Community Sector
13/06/2023 - PresentAssembly Party Group ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Domestic and Sexual Violence
11/07/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Further and Higher Education
08/07/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
27/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Ageing and Older People
24/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Terminal Illness
16/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Early Education and Childcare
15/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Cancer
08/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Carers
31/05/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Social Enterprise
30/11/2023 - 27/06/2024Assembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Arts
15/05/2023 - 20/05/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Disability
01/07/2022 - 17/06/2025Assembly Party Group SecretaryAll-Party Group on Micro and Small Business
01/07/2022 - 30/11/2023Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Arts
14/06/2022 - 13/06/2023Assembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Domestic and Sexual Violence
13/06/2022 - 30/05/2025Assembly Party Group TreasurerAll-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security
07/06/2022 - 28/05/2024Assembly Party Group SecretaryAll-Party Group on Homelessness

Room: Room 359E
Address: Parliament Buildings
Townland: Ballymiscaw
Ward: Stormont
Town: Belfast
Post Code: BT4 3XX
Email: diane.forsythe@mla.niassembly.gov.uk


Address 1: 25B GREENCASTLE STREET
Address 2:
Address 3:
Townland: MAGHERAMURPHY
Ward:
Town: KILKEEL
Post Code: BT34 4BH
Phone:
Fax:
Email: diane.forsythe@mla.niassembly.gov.uk

The Member's interests are currently being updated.

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AQO 1329/22-27 Ms Diane Forsythe
(DUP - South Down)
To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of the need to introduce new rules on minimum sentencing and bail conditions for those charged or convicted of offences of domestic abuse and violence against women and girls.

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06/01/2025 Answered on 24/07/2025
AQW 29966/22-27 Ms Diane Forsythe
(DUP - South Down)
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the nature and reason for the Department of Finance writing off £460,000 of monies owed to them during 2024/25 as uncollectable, bringing the total to over £1 million written off in the last two financial years.

04/07/2025 To be answered by 23/07/2025
AQW 29965/22-27 Ms Diane Forsythe
(DUP - South Down)
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail why there is over £5 million owed to the Department of Finance at 31 March 2025 aged at over 361 days and increasing from the prior year position.

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04/07/2025 Answered on 11/07/2025
AQW 29964/22-27 Ms Diane Forsythe
(DUP - South Down)
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the properties and value held in the Accounts disclosed as Assets Held for Sale at 31 March 2025 totalling £24.8 million, classed as expected to be sold within the next 12 months.

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04/07/2025 Answered on 10/07/2025
AQW 29963/22-27 Ms Diane Forsythe
(DUP - South Down)
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) his assessment of the current status of Dundonald House; and (ii) the plans for Dundonald House.

04/07/2025 To be answered by 23/07/2025
AQW 29962/22-27 Ms Diane Forsythe
(DUP - South Down)
To ask the Minister of Health for a breakdown of the (i) number; and (ii) value of legal settlements, made by his Department and across all Health and Social Care Trusts, in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) legal settlements for staff complaints cases; (b) medical compensation; and (c) other.

04/07/2025 To be answered by 23/07/2025
AQW 29862/22-27 Ms Diane Forsythe
(DUP - South Down)
To ask the Minister of Finance for his assessment of internal control in the Department of Finance following Internal Audit reporting four final limited opinion reports during 2024/25 in relation to (i) Grants Advisory; (ii) Travel and Subsistence; (iii) Inefficiency Compensation Payments; and (iv) McCloud Implementation, in addition to a follow-up audit of a previous limited opinion which remained limited, Departmental Solicitors – Litigation, and the remaining two limited opinion reports, Occupational Health Services and Information Assurance within Digital Shared Services, from previous years which have not been followed up.

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03/07/2025 Answered on 08/07/2025
AQW 29861/22-27 Ms Diane Forsythe
(DUP - South Down)
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any plans he has to review Land Registration fees, following a reported surplus of £3.5 million in the 2024-25 Departmental Accounts despite the Department’s objective to set fees to solely recover the full costs of services in relation to land registers, registry of deeds and statutory charges registry.

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03/07/2025 Answered on 22/07/2025
AQW 29860/22-27 Ms Diane Forsythe
(DUP - South Down)
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) the categories of special payments reported in the Department’s 2024-25 Annual Accounts totalling £494,000; and (ii) a breakdown of how many special payments by monetary value, in bands of £5000.

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03/07/2025 Answered on 22/07/2025
AQW 29859/22-27 Ms Diane Forsythe
(DUP - South Down)
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) the categories of losses reported in the Losses Statement in the Department’s 2024-25 Annual Accounts totalling £525,000; and (ii) a breakdown of the losses by monetary value, in bands of £5,000.

03/07/2025 To be answered by 22/07/2025
  
Plenary Item TitleItemTabled AsTabled DatePlenary Date
A5 Upgrade: Executive Capital BudgetUrgent Oral QuestionMLA - South Down23/06/2025 
The Cost of Doing Business - Amendment 1Motion AmendmentMLA - South Down29/05/202502/06/2025
Fires in the Mourne MountainsUrgent Oral QuestionMLA - South Down07/04/202507/04/2025
Tackling the Financial and Societal Impacts of Division - Amendment 1Motion AmendmentMLA - South Down19/03/202525/03/2025
Hospitality VAT Harmonisation - Amendment 3Motion AmendmentMLA - South Down06/02/2025 
Gender-Responsive Budgeting - Amendment 1Motion AmendmentMLA - South Down10/01/202514/01/2025
Unlocking Funding for Childcare ProvidersMotionMLA - South Down07/01/202521/01/2025
Protecting Frontline Services From Increase in Employers’ National InsuranceMotionMLA - South Down26/11/202413/01/2025
40th Anniversary of NexusMotionMLA - South Down26/11/202409/12/2024
Need for significant roadworks across South DownAdjournment DebateMLA - South Down19/11/202403/12/2024
Belfast City Centre Dereliction - Amendment 1Motion AmendmentMLA - South Down14/11/202418/11/2024
Budgetary Pressures - Amendment 2Motion AmendmentMLA - South Down05/09/202410/09/2024
Replacement of EU Funding for Community and Voluntary Sector (Revised Wording) - Amendment 1Motion AmendmentMLA - South Down05/09/202409/09/2024
Late Payments in the Public SectorMotionMLA - South Down03/09/202410/09/2024
  
Vote SubjectDivision Date Member Voted
End Israeli Impunity in Gaza [Mrs Sinéad Ennis]24/06/2025NO
-#1 End Israeli Impunity in Gaza - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Doug Beattie MC]24/06/2025AYE
-#1 Housing and the Programme for Government - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Andy Allen MBE]17/06/2025AYE
Opposing Plans for the Nutrients Action Programme 2026-2029 [Miss Michelle McIlveen]10/06/2025AYE
A European Future for Northern Ireland [Mr Matthew O'Toole]02/06/2025NO
-#1 A European Future for Northern Ireland - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr David Honeyford]02/06/2025NO
Additional Funding for North South Bodies [Ms Emma Sheerin]27/05/2025NO
-#1 Additional Funding for North South Bodies - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Matthew O'Toole]27/05/2025NO
-#1 Addressing the Impact of Illegal Immigration in Northern Ireland - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment20/05/2025NO
Decolonisation of Museum Collections and Repatriation of Artefacts [Miss Nicola Brogan]20/05/2025NO
-#1 Decolonisation of Museum Collections and Repatriation of Artefacts - Amendment 1: Motion Amendme20/05/2025AYE
Addressing the Impact of Illegal Immigration in Northern Ireland20/05/2025NO
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia [Ms Kellie Armstrong]12/05/2025NO
-#1 International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment12/05/2025AYE
Voting Rights for the Election of the President of Ireland [Mrs Sinéad Ennis]06/05/2025NO
Increasing Fiscal Devolution [Mr Matthew O'Toole]29/04/2025NO
The draft Northern Ireland Climate Commissioner Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 [First Minister 08/04/2025NO
-#2 Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity - Amendment 2: Motion Amendment 2 [Mr Maurice Bra01/04/2025AYE
Housebuilding on Public Land [Mr Mark Durkan]31/03/2025NO
-#1 Tackling the Financial and Societal Impacts of Division - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Ms Di25/03/2025AYE
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