AQW 48102/22-27 – Artificial Intelligence educational support

Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education whether any assessment has been made by his Department of the potential for Artificial Intelligence tools to improve access to educational support for children with special educational needs and disabilities in rural areas. Minister of Education: Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is not a replacement … Continue reading AQW 48102/22-27 – Artificial Intelligence educational support

AQW 48666/22-27 – Impact of social media use on educational outcomes

Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education whether any assessment has been made by his Department of the impact of social media use on educational outcomes for children and young people. Minister of Education: The department has not undertaken a specific standalone assessment of the impact of social media use on … Continue reading AQW 48666/22-27 – Impact of social media use on educational outcomes

AQW 48100/22-27 – NI Water Electric Contracts Service Credits

Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 46138/22-27, to detail (i) whether KPI one was achieved in each month, since commencement of Contract C1247 for Lots one and two; (ii) the total value of Service Credits (a) accrued; (b) applied; (c) recovered; (d) waived; and (e) otherwise, not … Continue reading AQW 48100/22-27 – NI Water Electric Contracts Service Credits

AQW 46044/22-27 – Screening programmes for cervical cancer

Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health whether there are any plans to expand screening programmes for early detection of cervical cancer. Minister of Health: There are no plans to expand the programme eligibility criteria of the Cervical Screening Programme. Currently, the Northern Ireland Cervical Screening Programme invites women aged between … Continue reading AQW 46044/22-27 – Screening programmes for cervical cancer

AQW 45949/22-27 – Awareness of contracting Meningitis B

Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health whether any recent assessment has been made of awareness levels among teenagers and young adults in relation to their risk of contracting meningitis B. Minister of Health: The Public Health Agency (PHA) leads on the operational response to meningitis, working closely with the Department … Continue reading AQW 45949/22-27 – Awareness of contracting Meningitis B

AQW 46685/22-27 – Rural road maintenance in Mid Ulster

Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of current funding allocations, for rural road maintenance in Mid Ulster. Minister for Infrastructure: In distributing the funding available for capital structural maintenance, allocations to the four DfI Roads Divisions are … Continue reading AQW 46685/22-27 – Rural road maintenance in Mid Ulster

AQW 44615/22-27 – Baseline resource allocated to each GP Practice Treatment Room

Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health to detail the most recent figures for the baseline resource allocated by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust to each GP Practice Treatment Room service, including (i) whole time equivalent staff; (ii) practice population; (iii) percentage of practice population served, and (iv) percentage … Continue reading AQW 44615/22-27 – Baseline resource allocated to each GP Practice Treatment Room

AQW 48001/22-27 – Accessing new markets overseas

Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any support available to small businesses seeking to access new markets overseas. Minister for the Economy: Small businesses seeking to access new overseas markets can draw on a comprehensive range of support delivered on a cross-sectoral basis by Invest NI, local … Continue reading AQW 48001/22-27 – Accessing new markets overseas