Question Time

Questions Time happens in the Assembly on those Mondays and Tuesdays on which the Assembly is sitting.

Question Time: Justice 4 October 2016

Minister of Justice, Claire Sugden, answered questions on: Prison Officers: Medical Retirement Pitchford Undercover Policing Inquiry Prison Officers: Mental Health Support Community Restorative Justice Animal Cruelty Maghaberry Prison: Mechanical Fault Maghaberry Prison: Sinn Féin Visits Mental Health and Addictions: Provision for Children and Young People Prisons: Mental Health Policies and Procedures Prisoners: Duty of Care… Continue Reading Question Time: Justice 4 October 2016

Question Time: Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Monday 3 October 2016

Michelle McIlveen, Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, answered questions on: Agri-food Marketing Organisation Coastal Erosion Farmers: Poor Weather Snares Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 Brexit: Agri-food Sector Carrier Bag Levy: Review Brexit Consultative Committee Paris Agreement: NI Role Brexit: Loss of Income for Farmers NIEA: Farmers’ Concerns EU Milk Production Reduction Aid Scheme You… Continue Reading Question Time: Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Monday 3 October 2016

Question Time: The Executive Office Monday 3 October 2016

First Minister, Arlene Foster, answered Members’ questions on: Social Investment Fund: Northern Zone Brexit: NI’s Interests Brexit: UK Government Engagement NI Bureaux: Washington and China Brexit: Migrant and Minority Ethnic Communities NI: Promotion Abroad Brexit: Hidden OFMDFM Paper Brexit: Hard Border Peace Funding: Logjam Hart Inquiry: Recommendations Legacy Talks Brexit: Single Market ‘The Sun’: Londonderry/Strabane… Continue Reading Question Time: The Executive Office Monday 3 October 2016

Question Time: Education – Tuesday 27 September 2016

The Minister of Education answered questions on: Business Skills Special Needs Schools: Mid Ulster Minister for Education and Skills: Meetings Improving Literacy and Numeracy Autism Support Area-based Plans: Update Preschool Provision: Children with Special Needs QUB Nurture Unit Evaluation Report St Mary’s High School, Brollagh Relationship and Sexuality Education

Question Time: Finance – Tuesday 28 September 2016

The Minister for Finance responded to questions on: NAMA: Project Eagle Civil Service Wage Bill Rathkeltair House, Downpatrick Council Leaders: Meeting Brexit: OFMDFM Paper Air Links: NI and Continental Europe Business Start-ups: Rate Relief Government Art Collection Brexit: OFMDFM Paper

Question Time – Communities – Monday 26 September 2016

The Minister for Communities responded to questions on: Benefit Take-up Cavity Wall Insulation Jobs and Benefits Offices Sport NI: Rural Communities Enabling Success: Update HMRC/Concentrix Councils: Planning Committees Homelessness:DFC Action Subregional Football Stadia: Funding

Question Time: Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs 20 September 2016

The Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs responded to questions on: Environmental Legislation; Farm Business Improvement Scheme; Brexit: Rural Economy; Spartina Cordgrass; Farmers: Cash Flow Difficulties; Environmental Farming Scheme; Animal Cruelty: Sentencing; Independent Environmental Protection Agency; LEADER Programme; Milk Production: EU Bureaucracy; AFBI: DAERA Support; Going for Growth: Update. You can read the transcript… Continue Reading Question Time: Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs 20 September 2016

Question Time: Justice 20 September 2016

The Minister of Justice responded to questions on: Prisoner Rehabilitation; Peace Walls; HMP Magilligan: New Build; Domestic Violence: Court Listings; Fatal Foetal Abnormality Working Group; Lord Chief Justice’s Proposals; Online Sexual Abuse: Legislation; Prison Service: Welfare Issues; Prisoner Ombudsman’s Recommendations; Dissident Republicans: Judicial Leniency; Bangor Courthouse: Future Use; Prisoners: Mental Health Needs; Paramilitary Activity Action… Continue Reading Question Time: Justice 20 September 2016

Question Time: Infrastructure 19 September 2016

The Minister for Infrastructure responded to questions on the following topics: Taxi Legislation: Update Flooding: High-risk Areas A26 Improvements Blue Badge Backlog Ticketing: Public Transport Ballynahinch Bypass Water Infrastructure: Carrickfergus Pedestrian and Cycle Pathway: Bangor Ring Road City of Derry Airport A6: Progress Ballyclare and Doagh: Relief Road Road Maintenance: Fermanagh Brexit: Infrastructure Funding Magherafelt… Continue Reading Question Time: Infrastructure 19 September 2016

Question Time: The Executive Office 19 September 2016

The deputy First Minister and Ms Fearon (Junior Minister, The Executive Office) responded to questions on the following subjects: T:BUC: Summer Camps Social Investment Fund: Update Programme for Government: Update Urban Villages: Ardoyne and Greater Ballysillan David Gordon: Powers of his Role Dementia Services: Delivering Social Change NI Executive: Message Management Hate Crime: Executive Office Action… Continue Reading Question Time: The Executive Office 19 September 2016