Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Justice whether her Department monitors any outcomes in family court cases involving domestic abuse, to identify patterns of harm arising from (i) repeated; and (ii) prolonged proceedings. Minister of Justice: The management and determination of individual cases in the family courts is a matter for … Continue reading AQW 46683/22-27 – Family court cases involving domestic abuse
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps he is taking to ensure timely access to mental health services for stroke survivors and their families. Minister of Health: Access to mental health support is recognised as a core element of the stroke pathway, reflected in the Northern Ireland … Continue reading AQW 45572/22-27 – Mental health services for stroke survivors and their families
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any steps she is taking to prevent the misuse of civil and family court proceedings as a form of post-separation abuse and coercive control. Minister of Justice: I am aware of concerns raised by victims of domestic abuse whose former partners have … Continue reading AQW 46682/22-27 – Misuse of civil and family court proceedings
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any steps her Department is taking to support creative industries. Minister for the Economy: My Department directly supports the creative industries by providing funding to NI Screen. Across its last strategy, ‘Stories, Skills and Sustainability’, which covered the period April 2022 … Continue reading AQW 46804/22-27 – Supporting creative industries
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education to detail any steps he is taking to ensure safeguarding standards are applied consistently across all types of schools. Minister of Education: I am clear that consistently high standards of safeguarding must be upheld in every school, irrespective of sector or management arrangements. The … Continue reading AQW 46432/22-27 – Safeguarding standards in schools
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any recent discussions he has had on providing targeted relief or subsidies for agricultural fuel use. Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs: I have raised this issue on a number of occasions with the UK Government, including … Continue reading AQW 45947/22-27 – Agricultural fuel use
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any steps his Department is taking to reduce livestock crime. Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs: Rural crime, particularly the theft of farmed animals, is a direct threat to the livelihood of our farmers and to the … Continue reading AQW 45819/22-27 – Reducing livestock crime
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of plastic waste. Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs: Plastic pollution is causing environmental harm on our land and in our seas and I am working proactively … Continue reading AQW 45818/22-27 – Reducing plastic waste
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