Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education whether any assessment has been made of the potential impact of the use of Artificial Intelligence in schools on safeguarding. Minister of Education: Guidance on the use of Generative AI was issued to education professionals through DE Circular 2026/02 on 11 May 2026. This … Continue reading AQW 48470/22-27 – Use of Artificial Intelligence in schools
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any plans his Department has to (i) support; and (ii) increase, the building of social homes by housing associations. Minister for Communities: (i) At the beginning of 2025/26, the outlook for the Social Housing Development Programme was poor with a budget that … Continue reading AQW 46681/22-27 – Building of social homes by housing associations
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
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
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
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
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
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
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