Ref No | Member | Question | Tabled | Status |
AQO 1799/22-27
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Mr Justin McNulty
(SDLP - Newry and Armagh)
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To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of the implications of reforms on welfare since the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 was made.
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| 20/03/2025 |
Answered on 31/03/2025
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AQW 24617/22-27
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for Communities how his Department plans to communicate changes resulting from the proposed Westminster welfare reforms to affected claimants in Northern Ireland.
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| 19/03/2025 |
Answered on 25/04/2025
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AQW 11017/22-27
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Mr Justin McNulty
(SDLP - Newry and Armagh)
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To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) the rationale for earmarking £45 million for welfare reform mitigations; and (ii) the discussions she has had with the Minister for Communities in relation to how his Department plans to spend this allocation.
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| 29/04/2024 |
Answered on 03/06/2024
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AQW 11016/22-27
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Mr Justin McNulty
(SDLP - Newry and Armagh)
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To ask the Minister for Communities (i) for his assessment of the £45 million allocated to his Department for welfare reform mitigations in the Budget 2024-25; and (ii) what welfare reform mitigations his Department will implement through utilisation of that funding allocation.
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| 29/04/2024 |
Answered on 13/05/2024
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AQW 10507/22-27
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Mr Daniel McCrossan
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister for Communities when he will answer AQW 9169/22-27.
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| 19/04/2024 |
Answered on 17/09/2024
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AQW 9323/22-27
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Mr Mike Nesbitt
(UUP - Strangford)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what actions his Department will take to implement an animal welfare strategy.
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| 21/03/2024 |
Answered on 26/03/2024
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AQW 9169/22-27
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Mr Daniel McCrossan
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister for Communities when he will have the costings for all the recommendations made by the Independent Advisory Panel on Welfare Reform Mitigations.
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| 19/03/2024 |
Answered on 20/08/2024
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AQW 25076/17-22
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Mr Andy Allen MBE
(UUP - East Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities what consideration she has given to a 10-year time period with periodic reviews for the welfare reform mitigation legislation.
[Priority Written]
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| 02/11/2021 |
Answered on 15/11/2021
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AQW 25073/17-22
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Mr Andy Allen MBE
(UUP - East Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the amount of funding allocated each year by her Department to mitigate against welfare reform.
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| 02/11/2021 |
Answered on 23/11/2021
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AQW 22808/17-22
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Mr Andy Allen MBE
(UUP - East Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities whether all welfare powers transferred to Westminister under welfare reform have now returned to her Department.
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| 20/09/2021 |
Answered on 04/10/2021
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AQW 15062/17-22
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Mr Andy Allen MBE
(UUP - East Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the stakeholders her Department has engaged with; and (ii) the date of each engagement, in advance of drafting legislation and regulations to extend and strengthen welfare reform mitigations.
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| 19/02/2021 |
Answered on 01/03/2021
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AQW 14695/17-22
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Mr Andy Allen MBE
(UUP - East Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the projected cost to extend each of the existing welfare reform mitigations, including closing identified loopholes in the 2021/22 financial year.
[Priority Written]
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| 15/02/2021 |
Answered on 18/02/2021
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AQW 14694/17-22
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Mr Andy Allen MBE
(UUP - East Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities whether legislation to extend and strengthen welfare reform mitigations will be introduced before 31 March 2021; and, in the absence of legislation before the financial year-end, to detail the mechanism to continue making mitigation payments.
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| 15/02/2021 |
Answered on 23/02/2021
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AQW 13507/17-22
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Ms Kellie Armstrong
(APNI - Strangford)
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To ask the Minister for Communities whether the recommendations made in the Women’s Support Network report entitled Consortium for the Regional Support for Women in Disadvantaged and Rural Areas - The Impact of Universal Credit on Women, are being brought forward as part of the considerations for Welfare Reform Mitigations for 2021; and to list the stakeholder reports and documents being considered as part of her Department's considerations on welfare reform.
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| 27/01/2021 |
Answered on 09/02/2021
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AQW 13402/17-22
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Ms Kellie Armstrong
(APNI - Strangford)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the co-design stakeholders contacted as part of the review of Welfare Reform mitigations; and to provide a copy of the minutes of the meetings since 2020 with those stakeholders.
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| 26/01/2021 |
Answered on 09/02/2021
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AQW 13244/17-22
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Miss Rachel Woods
(GPNI - North Down)
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To ask the Minister for Communities (i) for an update on the welfare reform mitigations package review; (ii) how the co-design process is incorporated to ensure people impacted directly by social security cuts are meaningfully involved; (iii) whether welfare reform mitigation legislation is to be introduced in this Assembly mandate; and (iv} what mitigations will be covered, and by what means.
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| 22/01/2021 |
Answered on 09/02/2021
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AQW 12982/17-22
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Mr Andrew Muir
(APNI - North Down)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the welfare reform mitigations that her Department is planning to retain for 2021/22; and (ii) the projected cost of the specific mitigations.
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| 19/01/2021 |
Answered on 29/01/2021
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AQW 10025/17-22
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Mr Andy Allen MBE
(UUP - East Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities when she will introduce proposals to strengthen welfare reform mitigations to the Executive.
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| 10/11/2020 |
Answered on 15/12/2020
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AQW 10024/17-22
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Mr Andy Allen MBE
(UUP - East Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the introduction of legislation to extend welfare reform mitigations payments.
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| 10/11/2020 |
Answered on 15/12/2020
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AQW 7510/17-22
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities whether she has carried out any research to indicate the impact of austerity and welfare reform measures on women.
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| 24/09/2020 |
Answered on 15/12/2020
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