| Ref No | Member | Question | Answer By |
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AQW 54978/22-27
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Mr Jon Burrows
(UUP - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Justice, in relation to those prisoners eligible for release after serving 50 per cent of their sentence, to detail (i) whether the Probation Board for Northern Ireland assesses remorse and admission of guilt; and (ii) any bearing these factors have on (a) eligibility or suitability for release; and (b) the assessment and management of risk following release.
[Priority Written]
| 21/10/2026 |
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AQW 54977/22-27
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Mr Jon Burrows
(UUP - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) any discussions she has had with Translink regarding measures to prevent fare evasion on public transport; and (ii) whether Translink has estimated the potential revenue that could be recovered by implementing such measures.
| 02/11/2026 |
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AQW 54976/22-27
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Mr Jon Burrows
(UUP - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any actions her Department is taking to attract new investment and employment opportunities to Ballycastle.
| 02/11/2026 |
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AQW 54975/22-27
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Mr Jon Burrows
(UUP - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any actions her Department is taking to attract new investment and employment opportunities to Ballymoney.
| 02/11/2026 |
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AQW 54974/22-27
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Mr Jon Burrows
(UUP - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department has assessed any security or academic integrity risks associated with the involvement of Confucius Institutes in educational activities in schools.
| 02/11/2026 |
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AQW 54973/22-27
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Ms Diana Armstrong
(UUP - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 53820/22-27, to detail (i) the rationale for not undertaking any sediment testing since the publication of the 2020 report; and (ii) whether sufficient evidence is available to assess ongoing environmental risks.
[Priority Written]
| 26/10/2026 |
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AQW 54972/22-27
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Ms Diana Armstrong
(UUP - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the proportion of (i) applicants to; and (ii) recipients of, the Sustainable Farming Investment Scheme who are women.
| 02/11/2026 |
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AQW 54971/22-27
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Ms Diana Armstrong
(UUP - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether his Department holds data on the number of farm businesses registered in the name of a woman.
| 02/11/2026 |
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AQW 54970/22-27
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Ms Diana Armstrong
(UUP - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the proportion of participants in Business Development Groups who are women, in each of the last five years.
| 02/11/2026 |
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AQW 54969/22-27
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Ms Diana Armstrong
(UUP - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any measures his Department has introduced to support women working in agriculture since the publication of the Breaking the Grass Ceiling: Challenges Women Experience in the Local Agriculture Sector report in March 2022.
| 02/11/2026 |
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AQW 54968/22-27
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Mr Timothy Gaston
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, following publication of the independent review of progress on implementing the Racial Equality Strategy 2015–2025 and their Department’s response, to detail (i) which calls to action or recommendations have been accepted; (ii) which have been implemented and the evidence of completion; (iii) which remain outstanding, with the responsible department or senior responsible owner and anticipated completion date for each; and (iv) how the review’s findings and outstanding actions have informed the governance, delivery and funding arrangements of the Framework for Race Relations.
| 02/11/2026 |
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AQW 54967/22-27
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Mr Timothy Gaston
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) how the Framework for Race Relations, Good Relations programmes and the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls programme will coordinate where their objectives overlap; (ii) how responsibility for joint actions will be assigned; (iii) the arrangements for identifying duplication in funded activity and administration; and (iv) how they will demonstrate that coordinated expenditure delivers additional benefit.
| 02/11/2026 |
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AQW 54966/22-27
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Mr Timothy Gaston
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Justice, where an application under the Domestic Violence and Abuse Disclosure Scheme is superseded by a criminal investigation, to detail (i) the arrangements for considering safeguarding and a disclosure decision while the investigation is ongoing; (ii) whether the disclosure application is reviewed when the investigation concludes; (iii) the arrangements for safely informing the person at risk about the application and its outcome, where appropriate; and (iv) how the risk that police action will be attributed to the person at risk is assessed and addressed through safety planning.
| 02/11/2026 |
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AQW 54965/22-27
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Mr Timothy Gaston
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to detail, for each of the financial years 2023–24, 2024–25 and 2025–26, (i) the number of Right to Ask applications and Power to Tell cases considered under the Domestic Violence and Abuse Disclosure Scheme; (ii) the number resulting in disclosure under each route; (iii) the number completed within the scheme’s published timescales; and (iv) the median and longest processing times where these are available; and, where any requested measure cannot be reported, to explain the recording or retrieval limitation.
| 02/11/2026 |
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AQW 54964/22-27
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Mr Timothy Gaston
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the number of applications under the Domestic Violence and Abuse Disclosure Scheme awaiting a decision; (ii) how long they have been outstanding; (iii) any assessment of the reasons for delay; and (iv) the action being taken to address those delays.
| 02/11/2026 |
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AQW 54963/22-27
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Mr Peter Martin
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, given that Donaghadee is a popular open water swimming destination and that it received only a sufficient classification in the Department's 2026 bathing water classifications, to detail any measures that will be taken to improve water quality in Donaghadee.
[Priority Written]
| 21/10/2026 |
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AQW 54962/22-27
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Mr Peter Martin
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the (i) number; and (ii) value of fines, issued to contractors carrying out work on behalf of DfI Roads, for failing to comply with the conditions of their contract, in the last five years.
| 02/11/2026 |
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AQW 54961/22-27
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Mr Peter Martin
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the (i) established; and (ii) proposed, Business Improvement districts in Northern Ireland.
| 02/11/2026 |
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AQW 54960/22-27
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Mr Peter Martin
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any steps she has taken to reform the planning system.
| 02/11/2026 |
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AQW 54959/22-27
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Mr Peter Martin
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister of Education for an update on the timeframe for the construction of the new Priory Integrated College, Holywood.
| 02/11/2026 |
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