AQW 48469/22-27 – Cost of revised nutritional standards for school food

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 47406/22-27, to detail the estimated annual cost of implementing the revised nutritional standards for school food, agreed following the departmental review in 2021. Minister of Education: The cost estimates made as part of the review of the nutritional standards for school … Continue reading AQW 48469/22-27 – Cost of revised nutritional standards for school food

AQW 48359/22-27 – Tackling trafficking gangs

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any steps her Department is taking to tackle the operations of trafficking gangs, in Northern Ireland. Minister of Justice: On 10 July 2024 I published the Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Strategy 2024-2027 structured under the three pillars of Pursue, Protect and … Continue reading AQW 48359/22-27 – Tackling trafficking gangs

AQW 41716/22-27 – Birch Hill Centre for Mental Health

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the delivery of the Birch Hill Centre for Mental Health. Minister of Health: Improving mental health is a key priority for my Department. The initial approval for the Birch Hill Centre project in 2020 was confined to pre-tender design works. … Continue reading AQW 41716/22-27 – Birch Hill Centre for Mental Health

AQW 48227/22-27 – Live facial recognition technology

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) any safeguards that are in place to ensure (a) lawful; and (b) proportionate use of live facial recognition technology by the PSNI; and (ii) any data that is collected through the use of live facial recognition technology by the PSNI, including … Continue reading AQW 48227/22-27 – Live facial recognition technology

AQW 46916/22-27 – Department of Health Renewable energy vehicles

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health, in light of increases in fuel costs, whether any assessment has been made of the benefits of using renewable sources to power all vehicles used by his Department and its arm's-length bodies. Minister of Health: My Department’s Arm’s-Length Bodies (ALBs) have previously been requested … Continue reading AQW 46916/22-27 – Department of Health Renewable energy vehicles

AQW 48099/22-27 – NI Water Electrical repairs backlog

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 46141/22-27, to detail for each Lot, (i) the number of sites in each Lot, represented by the outstanding repairs; and (ii) the number of outstanding (a) C2; and (b) C3 repairs, attributed to each site. Minister for Infrastructure: The issue you … Continue reading AQW 48099/22-27 – NI Water Electrical repairs backlog

AQW 48098/22-27 – NI Water Electrical test reports

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, given that the refurbished Westland House TX1 electrical test report for Northern Ireland Water of April 2024, identified one Code one defect, 30 Code two defects, and 117 Code three defects, and that the Westland House TX2 report identified 21 Code two defects, 227 … Continue reading AQW 48098/22-27 – NI Water Electrical test reports

AQW 48470/22-27 – Use of Artificial Intelligence in schools

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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