Ref No | Member | Question | Tabled | Status | Index Terms |
AQW 5380/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Assembly Commission to provide a breakdown of the cost of maintenance and repair works carried out within Parliament Buildings since March 2022.
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| 05/09/2023 |
Answered on 19/09/2023
| Parliament Buildings; Costs; Repairs and maintenance; S; Expenditure |
AQW 5375/22-27
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Assembly Commission, pursuant to AQW 5368/22-27, to detail (i) the amount of money taken in during 2022 in respect of the services to which the contract applies; and (ii) the resulting subsidy paid by the Assembly in 2022.
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| 15/02/2023 |
Answered on 02/03/2023
| Parliament Buildings; Catering; Contracts; Costs; Income |
AQW 5374/22-27
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Assembly Commission, pursuant to AQW 5368/22-27, on the basis that the money taken in during 2023 is of the order of that taken in during 2022, what is the anticipated subsidy that the Assembly will pay in 2023 in relation to the catering element of the contract.
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| 15/02/2023 |
Answered on 02/03/2023
| Parliament Buildings; Catering; Contracts; Costs |
AQW 5368/22-27
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Assembly Commission what is the level of annual subsidy provided for, or anticipated, in respect of the new catering contract.
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| 18/01/2023 |
Answered on 02/02/2023
| Catering; Contracts; Parliament Buildings; Northern Ireland Assembly Commission; Costs |
AQW 5349/22-27
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Mr Maurice Bradley
(DUP - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for Communities what Northern Ireland Housing Executive schemes will be affected within East Londonderry as a result of contracts having been halted due to increasing costs.
| 27/10/2022 |
To be answered by 11/11/2022
| Northern Ireland Housing Executive; East Londonderry; Contracts; Repairs and maintenance; Costs |
AQW 5320/22-27
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Mr Alex Easton
(IND - North Down)
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To ask the Minister for Communities what Housing Executive planned maintenance schemes will be affected, following the agreement to release ten contractors from planned maintenance contracts, as a result of escalating construction costs.
| 27/10/2022 |
To be answered by 11/11/2022
| Northern Ireland Housing Executive; Repairs and maintenance; Contracts; Business; Costs |
AQW 5263/22-27
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Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister of Health (i) when his programme of Drug Tariff reform (a) commenced; and (b) will be completed; and (ii) when a report will be published.
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| 26/10/2022 |
Answered on 27/10/2022
| Prescription drugs; Reform; Fees and charges; Costs; Pharmacies |
AQW 5253/22-27
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Ms Sinéad McLaughlin
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy what steps he is taking to tackle the hidden costs of higher education.
| 25/10/2022 |
To be answered by 09/11/2022
| Higher education; Costs; Students |
AQW 5174/22-27
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Ms Sinéad McLaughlin
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister for Communities what assessment her Department has made of the recent findings from research, conducted by Renters’ Voice, which found that 52 per cent of renters did not believe their current renting situation was sustainable.
| 24/10/2022 |
To be answered by 08/11/2022
| Research; Private rented housing; Costs; Tenants |
AQW 5028/22-27
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister of Health whether the £5.3m support package for community pharmacies, to help meet the rising costs of medicines, will cover all the price increases.
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| 20/10/2022 |
Answered on 26/10/2022
| Pharmacies; Finance; Costs; Prescription drugs; Prices |
AQW 5027/22-27
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) whether community pharmacies regularly pay more for medicines than they are reimbursed for by his Department; and (ii) what plans he has to make changes to the drug tariff to enable community pharmacies to dispense medicines more affordably and without cost to themselves.
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| 20/10/2022 |
Answered on 26/10/2022
| Community care; Pharmacies; Prescription drugs; Costs; Profits |
AQW 4992/22-27
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Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the labour shortages within the agri-food sector.
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| 20/10/2022 |
Answered on 26/10/2022
| Vacancies; Employment; Agri-food industry; Costs; Foreign workers |
AQW 4943/22-27
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Mr Daniel McCrossan
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure when the footpaths at Orr Park in Newtownstewart will be resurfaced.
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| 19/10/2022 |
Answered on 28/10/2022
| Footpaths; Repairs and maintenance; Parks; West Tyrone; Costs |
AQW 4931/22-27
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Mrs Deborah Erskine
(DUP - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of the current challenges facing Health Service committed practitioners; and (ii) what financial support is being made available to address the exceptional nature of soaring expenses impacting on Health Service dentistry.
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| 19/10/2022 |
Answered on 26/10/2022
| Dental services; Costs; Finance; Dentistry; Covid 19 |
AQW 4707/22-27
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Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Education whether she plans a further increase in the daily rates of home to school transport or meal deliveries to contracted operators, given the recent rise in fuel costs.
[Priority Written]
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| 14/10/2022 |
Answered on 24/10/2022
| Schools; Transport; Free school meals; Fuels; Costs |
AQW 4705/22-27
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) what is the projected overspend in his Department; and (ii) what savings have been identified.
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| 14/10/2022 |
Answered on 28/10/2022
| Government departments; Expenditure; Budgets; Efficiency scrutinies; Costs |
AQW 4654/22-27
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Mr Daniel McCrossan
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister for Communities what assessment has been made of the budgetary pressures facing Councils, given the increased energy and fuel costs.
| 13/10/2022 |
To be answered by 28/10/2022
| Local councils; Costs; Energy; Budgets |
AQW 4642/22-27
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Mr Matthew O'Toole
(SDLP - South Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what measures his Department is considering to support taxi drivers in light of increased fuel costs and the cost of living crisis.
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| 13/10/2022 |
Answered on 28/10/2022
| Taxis; Fuels; Costs; Cost of living; Consumers |
AQW 4608/22-27
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Mr Phillip Brett
(DUP - North Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline his Department’s ongoing work to ensure non-domestic properties receive support for energy bills.
| 13/10/2022 |
To be answered by 28/10/2022
| Business; Energy; Finance; Costs |
AQW 4600/22-27
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) what conversations he has had with energy providers and the Utility Regulator of Northern Ireland regarding the introduction of higher electricity charges during peak times; and (ii) whether he has consulted with the agricultural industry, particularly the dairy sector, as to the effects this would have on them.
| 13/10/2022 |
To be answered by 28/10/2022
| Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation; Electricity generation; Costs; Agriculture; Dairy farming |
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