AQW 49992/22-27 – Ógras Centre Coalisland, areas of deprivation

Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any assurances they can give to community and voluntary youth organisations, including Ógras Centre Coalisland, which may have to close their summer schemes for young people in areas of deprivation this year as a result of the failure to agree a Budget … Continue reading AQW 49992/22-27 – Ógras Centre Coalisland, areas of deprivation

AQW 49991/22-27 – Ógras Centre Coalisland, areas of deprivation

Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any assurances he can give community and voluntary youth organisations, including Ógras Centre Coalisland, that the summer schemes they run each year for young people in areas of deprivation will continue to receive departmental funding in the absence of an agreed budget. … Continue reading AQW 49991/22-27 – Ógras Centre Coalisland, areas of deprivation

AQW 49990/22-27 – Ógras Centre Coalisland summer schemes

Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any rural impact assessments carried out on proposed cuts to funding for summer schemes run by community and voluntary youth organisations, including Ógras Centre Coalisland, in the continued absence of an agreed budget. Minister for Communities: I refer the member to AQW … Continue reading AQW 49990/22-27 – Ógras Centre Coalisland summer schemes

AQW 49989/22-27 – Ógras Centre Coalisland

Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any steps he is taking to address the financial uncertainty now facing community and voluntary youth organisations, including Ógras Centre Coalisland, in the continued absence of an agreed budget. Minister for Communities: In the absence of an agreed Executive Budget for 2026–27, … Continue reading AQW 49989/22-27 – Ógras Centre Coalisland

AQW 49117/22-27 – Research and Development funding

Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the level of Research and Development funding allocated by her department in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency. Minister for the Economy: The table at Annex A details the level of Research and Development (R&D) funding allocated … Continue reading AQW 49117/22-27 – Research and Development funding

AQW 48224/22-27 – Provision of EpiPens for children in schools

Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education whether any consideration has been given to financing the provision of EpiPens for children in schools. Minister of Education: While Budgets for 2026-27 and subsequent periods have not yet been agreed by the Executive, current indications are that my department will face a significant … Continue reading AQW 48224/22-27 – Provision of EpiPens for children in schools

AQW 46681/22-27 – Building of social homes by housing associations

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

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