Question Time

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

Question Time: Education Monday 08 February 2016

Minister of Education, John O’Dowd, answered questions on: GCSE Grading System Post-primary Schools: Enniskillen Easter Rising: School Commemorations Schools: Budget 2016-17 Schools: Heating Systems Transfer Tests Schools: Wasted Money Approved Schools: Enrolment Figures NI Students: OECD Report Schools: Refurbishment/Capital Rebuild Wind Turbines: School Estate Little Flower Girls’ School You can read the full transcript on… Continue Reading Question Time: Education Monday 08 February 2016

Question Time: Culture, Arts and Leisure Monday 08 February 2016

Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure answered questions on: Casement Park: Adjacent Houses Archery Football Stadia: Funding Voluntary and Community Organisations: Funding Irish Education and Learning: Demand Arts and Culture: EU Funding Salmon Nets Licensees Scéim Pobal Gaeilge Casement Park: Alternative Venue Easter Rising Commemoration: DCAL Funding Dungiven Sports Complex CAL Budget: Stakeholder Consultation Enniskillen… Continue Reading Question Time: Culture, Arts and Leisure Monday 08 February 2016

Question Time: Agriculture and Rural Development 02 February 2016

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Michelle O’Neill, responded to questions on: Farming: Administrative Burden Brexit: CAP Contingency Plans Wind Energy All-island Animal Health and Welfare Strategy Rural Development Programme Young Farmers’ Scheme Rural Needs Bill Rivers Agency Headquarters: Construction Progress Food Produce and Meat: All-island Label Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Cairn Wood You… Continue Reading Question Time: Agriculture and Rural Development 02 February 2016

Question Time: Social Development 02 February 2016

Minister for Social Development, Lord Morrow, responded to questions on: Supporting People Review Women’s Centre Childcare Fund Girdwood Community Complex Regeneration Powers: Transfer Timescale Independent Advice Centres: Funding NIHE Dwellings: East Londonderry Equality Obligations: DSD Social Housing: Funding Bangor Town Centre: Regeneration Update Housing Benefit Fraud Private Rented Sector: Review Holylands: Regeneration Housing Executive Maintenance… Continue Reading Question Time: Social Development 02 February 2016

Question Time: Regional Development 01 February 2016

Minister for Regional Development, Michelle McIlveen, responded to questions on: Structural Maintenance Resurfacing Sea Defences: Antrim Coast Road A5: Draft Order Belfast Bicycle Network A6: Dungiven Bypass Structural Maintenance Underspend Rail Link: Belfast International Airport Park-and-ride Facility: Portadown York Street Interchange: Update Enniskillen Bypass: Update Roads: Flood Damage Derry to Coleraine Rail Line: Completion Woodburn… Continue Reading Question Time: Regional Development 01 February 2016

Question Time: Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister 01 February 2016

Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, responded to questions on: Social Investment Fund: East Belfast Together: Building a United Community – Rural areas Active Ageing Strategy Commissioner Appointments Together: Building a United Community – Leadership North-west Ministerial Subgroup Brexit Referendum: June/September Brexit: Financial Implications Mental Health Spending: Barnett Consequential Social Investment Fund: UUP Proposals You can… Continue Reading Question Time: Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister 01 February 2016

Question Time: Environment – 26 January 2016

The Minister of the Environment responded to questions on: Building Preservation: Funding; Snares: Legislative Update; Road Safety; Japanese Knotweed; Flooding: Additional Resources; Greenway: Carryduff; Arc21: Planning Appeals Commission’s Decision; Flooding: Practical Help for Victims; Climate Change Legislation. You can read the full transcript on our website.

Question Time – Finance 25 January 2016

MLAs questioned the the Minister of Finance and Personnel on the following subjects: Public-sector Reform: OECD Review: Equal Pay Claims: Corporation Tax Rates: Charities/Residential Homes Non-domestic Rating Review:Update Dormant Accounts Innovation Fund: Urban Regeneration and Social Housing Cost of a Divided Society: Ulster University Report and Air Passenger Duty. Official Report