Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any steps she is taking to reduce the average length of time, that Legal Aid practitioners are waiting to receive payment from her Department, for bills submitted for services provided. Minister of Justice: The table below indicates the payment times in August … Continue reading AQW 33999/22-27 – Legal Aid payments
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any assessment she has made of the benefits of introducing measures to encourage the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil in domestic oil-heating systems. Minister for the Economy: Earlier this year, following a period of stakeholder engagement, my Department carried out call … Continue reading AQW 34116/22-27 – Hydrotreated vegetable oil
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the overall expenditure figures for legal aid services, along with the associated number of cases granted legal aid, in each of the last 10 years. Minister of Justice: Table 1 presents total annual expenditure for legal aid in Northern Ireland alongside the … Continue reading AQW 33998/22-27 – Legal Aid Services Cost
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any discussions her Department is currently undertaking with the Criminal Bar Association, to fully restore legal aid services. Minister of Justice: My officials continue to engage directly and extensively with the Criminal Bar Association, primarily under the auspices of the Criminal Legal … Continue reading AQW 33997/22-27 – Legal aid services
SDLP Irish Language Spokesperson Patsy McGlone MLA has welcomed £100,000 in funding to save the Scoil Spreagtha scheme. The scheme, run by Irish language group Gael Linn, supports Irish language lessons in schools across the North. The funding will allow the scheme to continue for another year, followed by an evaluation. Mid Ulster MLA Patsy … Continue reading McGlone welcomes £100k funding to save Scoil Spreagtha scheme
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail when NI Water will make public the report by Deloitte on its investigation into alleged fraud at NI Water. Minister for Infrastructure: My Department wrote to the NI Water Chief Executive on 8 October 2025 and asked for the report to be … Continue reading AQW 33492/22-27 – Alleged fraud at NI Water
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any support Invest NI has provided to companies involved in the supply chain of components and equipment for any armaments. Minister for the Economy: Invest NI does not provide financial support towards the manufacturing of armaments or their components. ENDS
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the criteria used by his Department’s Sure Start programme, to identify children under the age of four, and their families, with demonstrable need, who live outside electoral wards that are currently designated as disadvantaged areas, to provide targeted outreach support; and … Continue reading AQW 33797/22-27 – Sure Start Criteria
