AQW 52640 22-27 – Vehicles being driven deliberately in the wrong direction on roads

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any steps she is taking to reduce the risk to motorists from vehicles travelling in the wrong direction on (i) motorways; and (ii) other major roads. Minister for Infrastructure: I am aware of recent social media trends and videos showing vehicles being … Continue reading AQW 52640 22-27 – Vehicles being driven deliberately in the wrong direction on roads

AQW 49718/22-27 – Organised criminal networks in the waste sector

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any steps he is taking to ensure effective action is taken against organised criminal networks operating in the waste sector. Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs: The NIEA’s Environmental Crime Unit (ECU) investigates and prosecutes serious waste … Continue reading AQW 49718/22-27 – Organised criminal networks in the waste sector

AQW 50433/22-27 – Protecting retail workers from retail crime

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any steps she is taking to better protect retail workers from retail crime. Minister of Justice: Business and retail crime has a real impact on local businesses, staff, individual consumers and the wider community, and a partnership approach is central to preventing … Continue reading AQW 50433/22-27 – Protecting retail workers from retail crime

AQW 48870/22-27 – Addressing violence against women and girls

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any steps they are taking to (i) address the root causes of; and (ii) use a prevention based approach to address, violence against women and girls. First Minister and deputy First Minister: The Ending Violence Against Women and Girls … Continue reading AQW 48870/22-27 – Addressing violence against women and girls

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 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 47760/22-27 – Police encounters with neurodivergent people

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any safeguards that exist to reduce the risk of unnecessary (i) arrest; and (ii) restraint, of neurodivergent people during police encounters. Minister of Justice: In general, the powers and procedures in the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (PACE) Codes … Continue reading AQW 47760/22-27 – Police encounters with neurodivergent people

AQW 47632/22-27 – Rural crime resources

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any assessment that has been made of the adequacy of the resources available to the PSNI to tackle rural crime. Minister of Justice: My Department has not carried out a specific assessment of PSNI resources available to tackle rural crime.The deployment of … Continue reading AQW 47632/22-27 – Rural crime resources