Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any steps she is taking to ensure that reform of the legal aid policies and payments system will attract and retain an increased diversity of practitioners, to provide legal aid services. Minister of Justice: His Honor Tom Burgess CBE led an independent … Continue reading AQW 34117/22-27 – Legal Aid Services Diversity
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
SDLP Irish Language Spokesperson Patsy McGlone MLA has welcomed the appointment of Irish Language and Ulster Scots Commissioners. Mid Ulster MLA Patsy McGlone said, “I welcome confirmation that the ongoing uncertainty has now ended and that the language commissioners will soon take up their posts. It is typical of this Executive that, five years after … Continue reading McGlone welcomes appointment of language commissioners
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
