Question Results

Tuesday 29 September 2026


 
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1 AQO 4008/22-27 Ms Emma Sheerin
(SF - Mid Ulster)
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline any engagement he has had with the representatives of the night-time economy, given that he has not brought forward legislation arising from the Independent Review of the Liquor Licensing System in Northern Ireland including the Surrender Principle.

To be answered on 29/09/2026
2 AQO 4009/22-27 Mr Nick Mathison
(APNI - Strangford)
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the People and Place Review, including when a final strategy will be published.

To be answered on 29/09/2026
3 AQO 4010/22-27 Mr Philip McGuigan
(SF - North Antrim)
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on any work completed to ensure effective gambling legislation can be brought forward from the start of the next Assembly mandate.

To be answered on 29/09/2026
4 AQO 4011/22-27 Ms Sinéad McLaughlin
(SDLP - Foyle)
To ask the Minister for Communities when he last met the Minister for Infrastructure in relation to wastewater infrastructure hindering housing development.

To be answered on 29/09/2026
5 AQO 4012/22-27 Mr Colm Gildernew
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline the amount spent on renting emergency accommodation for those at risk of homelessness during the 2022-2027 Assembly mandate.

To be answered on 29/09/2026
6 AQO 4013/22-27 Mr Andy Allen MBE
(UUP - East Belfast)
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the legislation he intends to introduce in the remainder of the 2022-2027 Assembly mandate.

To be answered on 29/09/2026
7 AQO 4014/22-27 Mr Patsy McGlone
(SDLP - Mid Ulster)
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the reviews of the grant support and the design standards for new build social housing.

To be answered on 29/09/2026
8 AQO 4015/22-27 Miss Deirdre Hargey
(SF - South Belfast)
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline the steps he is taking to protect the Community and Voluntary Sector following the cuts imposed on them as a result of the move from the Shared Prosperity Fund to the Local Growth Fund.

To be answered on 29/09/2026
9 AQO 4016/22-27 Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the progress of the Bangor Waterfront Development, including details of any planning issues encountered with any aspect of the project.

To be answered on 29/09/2026
10 AQO 4017/22-27 Ms Paula Bradshaw
(APNI - South Belfast)
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on all outstanding social inclusion strategies.

To be answered on 29/09/2026
11 AQO 4018/22-27 Mr Peter Martin
(DUP - North Down)
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline any assessment that has been made of the research base and evidence for the Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill (NIA Bill 45/22-27).

To be answered on 29/09/2026
12 AQO 4019/22-27 Mr Trevor Clarke
(DUP - South Antrim)
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline any consideration he has given to ensuring people who are already ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland, and who have an established local connection, are not disadvantaged in accessing social housing by the allocation of housing to people who have recently been granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom.

To be answered on 29/09/2026
13 AQO 4020/22-27 Mr Gareth Wilson
(DUP - Newry and Armagh)
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline any assessment that has been made of the impact of immigration on the availability of temporary accommodation, as outlined in the Northern Ireland Audit Office report on Homelessness in Northern Ireland.

To be answered on 29/09/2026
14 AQO 4021/22-27 Mr Andrew McMurray
(APNI - South Down)
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the Sport NI review of funding for sports performance programmes.

To be answered on 29/09/2026
15 AQO 4022/22-27 Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle)
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline his plans for developing a successor to the Ending Homelessness Together Strategy 2022-27.

To be answered on 29/09/2026

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