| Ref No | Member | Question | Tabled | Status | Index Terms |
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AQW 39921/22-27
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Miss Michelle McIlveen
(DUP - Strangford)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any (i) impact, to date; and (ii) projected impact, of the withdrawal of services by criminal barristers on criminal case waiting lists, for each week, since the withdrawal of those services.
| 05/02/2026 |
To be answered by 20/02/2026
| Impact assessments; Industrial disputes; Legal profession; Courts; Legal aid |
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AQW 39888/22-27
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Ms Sinéad McLaughlin
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister of Health to detail an update on the review into the work of social services, including his engagement with the family court system.
[Priority Written]
| 05/02/2026 |
To be answered by 10/02/2026
| Social services; Family law; Courts; Reviews |
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AQW 39887/22-27
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Ms Sinéad McLaughlin
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister of Health to detail a timeline for the completion of the review into the work of social services, including his engagement with the family court system.
| 05/02/2026 |
To be answered by 20/02/2026
| Reviews; Social services; Family law; Courts |
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AQW 39825/22-27
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Mr Timothy Gaston
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) who authorised the publication of the court listings naming PSNI officers who are taking civil cases arising from the 2023 data breach; (ii) any guidance or risk assessment that was applied in deciding not to anonymise or redact the names involved; and (iii) for her assessment of how this publication adheres to heightened protections in a case that is directly linked to a serious data breach.
| 04/02/2026 |
To be answered by 19/02/2026
| Courts; Disclosure of information; Data protection; Police Service of Northern Ireland |
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AQW 39755/22-27
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Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister of Justice (i) for her assessment of the names of serving PSNI officers recently being published on the courts' website; (ii) whether her Department will conduct an investigation as to how this occurred; and (iii) whether her Department can offer advice or guidance to the individuals involved.
[Priority Written]
| 04/02/2026 |
To be answered by 12/02/2026
| Police Service of Northern Ireland; Courts; Disclosure of information; Industrial disputes; Websites |
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AQW 39741/22-27
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Ms Aoife Finnegan
(SF - Newry and Armagh)
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To ask the Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW 39000/22-27, to detail the timescale for the initialisation and completion of the work of the proposed scoping group, on developing a new family law model.
[Priority Written]
| 03/02/2026 |
To be answered by 11/02/2026
| Family law; Courts; Research; Domestic violence; Victims |
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AQW 39580/22-27
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Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to detail her Department's legal aid spending on legacy cases, in each of the last ten years.
| 02/02/2026 |
To be answered by 17/02/2026
| Legal aid; Terrorism; Courts; Coroners |
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AQW 39458/22-27
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Mr David Honeyford
(APNI - Lagan Valley)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) for her assessment of whether the A1 Junctions Phase 2 project is exposed to the legal or environmental vulnerabilities, identified in the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme case; and (ii) to detail any factors that distinguish the A1 project from the A5 scheme, in legal and environmental terms.
| 30/01/2026 |
To be answered by 16/02/2026
| Courts; Environment protection; Construction; Roads |
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AQW 39457/22-27
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Mr David Honeyford
(APNI - Lagan Valley)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any legal implications the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme legal judgment and subsequent appeal, may have for the A1 Junctions Phase 2 project, given the latter's focus on road safety improvements on an existing strategic route.
| 30/01/2026 |
To be answered by 16/02/2026
| Courts; Regional planning and development; Roads; Appeals; Safety |
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AQW 39451/22-27
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Mr Doug Beattie MC
(UUP - Upper Bann)
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To ask the Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW 38557/22-27, for a breakdown of the figures labelled as Guilty plea at any date, broken down by (i) when those guilty pleas were submitted, in relation to the start date of the trial; (ii) the number of those guilty pleas that were within a week of the trial starting; (iii) the number that were within 24 hours of the trial starting; and (iv) the number that were on the day the trial began.
[Priority Written]
+ Display Answer
| 30/01/2026 |
Answered on 04/02/2026
| Criminal law; Criminal proceedings; Courts; Plea bargaining |
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AQO 3091/22-27
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Mr Andrew McMurray
(APNI - South Down)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the key findings from the Adult Restorative Justice Strategy third annual report 2024-25.
| 29/01/2026 |
To be answered on 10/02/2026
| Community justice; Staff; Courts; Annual reports |
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AQO 3090/22-27
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Mrs Diane Dodds
(DUP - Upper Bann)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the number of cases that have been added to the backlog due to the ongoing industrial action by the Criminal Bar Association.
| 29/01/2026 |
To be answered on 10/02/2026
| Courts; Criminal law; Industrial disputes; Legal profession; Administrative delays |
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AQO 3083/22-27
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Mr Patsy McGlone
(SDLP - Mid Ulster)
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To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on the steps she has taken to resolve the dispute with members of the Criminal Bar Association over Crown Court legal aid fees.
| 29/01/2026 |
To be answered on 10/02/2026
| Legal profession; Fees and charges; Legal aid; Industrial disputes; Courts |
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AQW 39302/22-27
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Miss Nuala McAllister
(APNI - North Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) any organisations he has met with (a) online; and (b) in another setting, to discuss the Supreme Court judgment in the matter of an application by JR87 and another for Judicial Review (Appellant), or mandatory Christian-based education in schools, since 2023; and (ii) whether they met (a) before the court's ruling; and (b) following the court's ruling.
| 28/01/2026 |
To be answered by 12/02/2026
| Courts; Judicial review; Religion; Curriculum; Schools |
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AQW 39079/22-27
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Miss Michelle McIlveen
(DUP - Strangford)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of drug offences that have (i) been detected; (ii) resulted in a caution or other diversionary disposal; and (iii) resulted in prosecution, in the Strangford constituency, in each of the last five years.
+ Display Answer
| 26/01/2026 |
Answered on 30/01/2026
| Courts; Drugs; Strangford |
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AQW 39000/22-27
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Ms Aoife Finnegan
(SF - Newry and Armagh)
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To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of the report, Totally Invisible: The experiences of domestic violence and abuse victims/survivors and children engaging with private law family court processes in Northern Ireland, Commissioner for Victims of Crime Office.
[Priority Written]
+ Display Answer
| 23/01/2026 |
Answered on 28/01/2026
| Victims; Domestic violence; Legal profession; Courts; Family law |
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AQW 38557/22-27
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Mr Doug Beattie MC
(UUP - Upper Bann)
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To ask the Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW 33760/22-27, to detail (i) the number of guilty pleas that were made within one week of a case starting; (ii) the number of those pleas that were made on the day the trial started or within 24 hours of the case; and (iii) the nature of the case when the guilty plea was entered.
+ Display Answer
| 20/01/2026 |
Answered on 28/01/2026
| Courts; Plea bargaining; Criminal proceedings |
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AQW 38496/22-27
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Ms Diane Forsythe
(DUP - South Down)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any options available to ensure the right to a fair trial, when no solicitor or barrister agree to take on a legal case and the individual is not financially eligible for legal aid.
+ Display Answer
| 19/01/2026 |
Answered on 26/01/2026
| Courts; Legal profession; Legal aid; Equality |
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AQW 38465/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Justice whether her Department is on track to deliver the Enabling Access to Justice Reform Programme.
+ Display Answer
| 19/01/2026 |
Answered on 28/01/2026
| Justice; Reform; Courts; Government departments |
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AQW 38402/22-27
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Mr Daniel McCrossan
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Health to detail when new guidance will be issued to Health and Social Care Trusts following a recent High Court judgement on an individual continuing healthcare case.
[Priority Written]
| 16/01/2026 |
To be answered by 22/01/2026
| Courts; Health and social care trusts; Health services; Patients |
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