Question Results

Monday 09 March 2026


 
Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest
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1 AQO 3230/22-27 Mr Doug Beattie MC
(UUP - Upper Bann)
To ask the Minister of Justice to outline how her Department engages with the Home Office to ensure foreign nationals that have been given a custodial sentence of 12 months or more are not released back into the community at the end of their sentence, but surrendered to the Foreign National Offenders Returns Command for deportation.

To be answered on 09/03/2026
2 AQO 3231/22-27 Mr Gerry Kelly
(SF - North Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on work to expand Domestic Homicide Reviews to include death by suicide.

To be answered on 09/03/2026
3 AQO 3232/22-27 Mr Justin McNulty
(SDLP - Newry and Armagh)
To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the number of criminal justice cases that are unable to proceed at present due to the dispute with members of the Criminal Bar Association over Crown Court legal aid fees.

To be answered on 09/03/2026
4 AQO 3233/22-27 Ms Sian Mulholland
(APNI - North Antrim)
To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on the implementation of the recommendations in the Gillen Review Report into the law and procedures in serious sexual offences in Northern Ireland.

To be answered on 09/03/2026
5 AQO 3234/22-27 Mr Stewart Dickson
(APNI - East Antrim)
To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on the Speeding up Justice programme.

To be answered on 09/03/2026
6 AQO 3235/22-27 Mr Matthew O'Toole
(SDLP - South Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Justice, in light of recent Investigatory Powers Tribunal cases, to outline any steps her Department will take to protect the freedom of the press.

To be answered on 09/03/2026
7 AQO 3236/22-27 Mr Maurice Bradley
(DUP - East Londonderry)
To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on any steps her Department is taking to streamline the sharing of police reports with housing providers, in light of delays hindering effective action against anti-social behaviour.

To be answered on 09/03/2026
8 AQO 3237/22-27 Mr Brian Kingston
(DUP - North Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on any additional powers or legislation the PSNI has proposed in relation to her intention to repeal relevant provisions in the Vagrancy Act 1824.

To be answered on 09/03/2026
9 AQO 3238/22-27 Mr Gareth Wilson
(DUP - Newry and Armagh)
To ask the Minister of Justice whether she will permit the Policing and Community Safety Partnerships Joint Committee to authorise the partnerships to purchase new speed indicator devices in the 2026/27 financial year.

To be answered on 09/03/2026
10 AQO 3239/22-27 Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)
To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of delays for a firearms appeal.

To be answered on 09/03/2026
11 AQO 3240/22-27 Mr Trevor Clarke
(DUP - South Antrim)
To ask the Minister of Justice when her Department plans for courts to be back to normal operation, in light of the dispute with members of the Criminal Bar Association over Crown Court legal aid fees.

To be answered on 09/03/2026
12 AQO 3241/22-27 Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)
To ask the Minister of Justice to outline any assessment her Department has made of the prevalence of rural crime.

To be answered on 09/03/2026
13 AQO 3242/22-27 Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Justice to outline any action she has taken to ascertain the number of journalists that were subject to surveillance by the PSNI or MI5 in the last ten years.

To be answered on 09/03/2026
14 AQO 3243/22-27 Mr Andy Allen MBE [R]
(UUP - East Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the number of appeals to parking fines for obstructive parking that have been heard by the Northern Ireland Traffic Penalty Tribunal in each of the last three years. [R]

To be answered on 09/03/2026
15 AQO 3244/22-27 Ms Kate Nicholl
(APNI - South Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on the development of the Victims and Witnesses of Crime Strategy 2026-2032.

To be answered on 09/03/2026

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