Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of ambulances out of commission, in each Health and Social Care Trust. Minister of Health: Responsibility for the ambulance fleet rests with the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS), which operates across five operational divisions broadly aligned to Health and Social … Continue reading AQW 43303/22-27 – Number of ambulances out of commission
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any steps she is taking to create cross-departmental (i) structures; and (ii) regulations that support small and medium-sized enterprises. Minister for the Economy: My Department works on a cross-departmental basis to ensure that the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises are … Continue reading AQW 42944/22-27 – Support for small and medium-sized enterprises
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of civil servants employed in each Department, as of 1 January 2026. Minister of Finance: The requested information is shown in Table 1 below. Table 1: Number of Civil Servants employed in each Department, as of 1 January 2026. Department1Number … Continue reading AQW 43053/22-27 – NI Civil Service
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any steps her Department is taking to support small and medium-sized businesses. Minister for the Economy: My Department is taking forward a range of measures to support SMEs, recognising their vital role in driving productivity, innovation and employment. Support is also … Continue reading AQW 42947/22-27 – Support for small and medium-sized businesses
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
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