Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any steps she is taking to support electronic device repair businesses. Minister for the Economy: Through Invest NI and IntertradeIreland, my Department provides a wide range of advice and support to help businesses start, grow, innovate, export and improve productivity. Electronic … Continue reading AQW 42943/22-27 – Electronic device repair businesses
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any assessment her Department has made of the support available to small businesses in relation to unsolicited sales approaches from third party intermediaries. Minister for the Economy: The Department’s Trading Standards Service (TSS) recognises that small businesses may experience detriment as … Continue reading AQW 42946/22-27 – Unsolicited sales approaches to businesses
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any estimate he has made of the number of (i) adults; and (ii) children, participating in (a) GAA; (b) soccer (c) rugby union; (d) cricket; (e) tennis; (f) boxing; (g) athletics; (h) golf; (i) gymnastics; (j) netball; (k) basketball, in 2025, broken … Continue reading AQW 43056/22-27 – Participation in Sport
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department has carried out any assessment of the financial sustainability of grassroots boxing gyms. Minister for Communities: My Department has not carried out any such assessment. ENDS
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether any assessment has been made of the potential implications of UK-EU fishing agreements on the Northern Irish fishing sector. Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs: The Department continues to assess the potential implications of UKEU fishing agreements for … Continue reading AQW 43427/22-27 – UK-EU fishing agreements
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education to detail any recent discussions he has had with the Minister for Infrastructure, regarding ensuring children have access to practical road safety and cycle training. Minister of Education: The safety of children travelling to school is of the utmost importance. I have engaged directly … Continue reading AQW 43426/22-27 – Road safety and cycle training for children
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of the level of access to NHS dental services in rural constituencies, including Mid Ulster; and (ii) to detail any steps that are being taken to address regional disparities. Minister of Health: The General Dental Services Annual Statistics for 2024/25 … Continue reading AQW 41541/22-27 – NHS dental services in rural constituencies
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any discussions they have had with the British Government on the potential merits of compensating people who were unable to pay mortgages, credit card bills and other household bills, due to delays in payments from the Civil Service Pensions Scheme. Minister of … Continue reading AQW 43052/22-27 – Civil Service Pensions Scheme.
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