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Assembly Questions and Answers

December 2009

18th December 2009 Written Answer from the Minister of Education To ask the Minister of Education what new initiatives, measures and practices have been implemented in her Department as a means of assisting the community and achieving improved, efficient decision-making during the current economic crisis.......more

18th December 2009 Written Answer from the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure To ask the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure what new initiatives, measures and practices have been implemented by his Department as a means of assisting the community and achieving improved, efficient decision-making during the current economic crisis.......more

18th December 2009 Written Answer from the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development what emergency funds are available for farmers and people living in rural areas to address the problems caused by the recent heavy rainfall and flooding......more

11th December 2009 Written Answer from the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the base locations for ambulances and rapid response vehicles in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust area......more

11th December 2009 Written Answer from the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the numbers of (i) ambulances; and (ii) rapid response vehicles based in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust area in (a) 2007/08; (b) 2008/09; and (c) 2009/10......more

11th December 2009 Written Answer from the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety if there will be a reduction in the number of beds in the Mid-Ulster Hospital after 6 November 2009, and if so, by how many......more

11th December 2009 Written Answer from the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, pursuant to AQW 7899/09 and AQW 163/10, (i) to provide a breakdown by contract value of all expenditure on external consultants; and (ii) to explain the discrepancy in the figures given in these answers for the year 2006/07.....more

11th December 2009 Written Answer from the Minister of Finance and Personnel To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel what is being done to address the Equal Pay claims of civil service staff seconded to the Northern Ireland Office but still paid on NI Civil Service pay scales......more

11th December 2009 Written Answer from the Minister of Finance and Personnel To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel what steps are being taken to address the Equal Pay claims for people who had been in employment in the Civil Service during the period of disputed years but who have since left the service......more

11th December 2009 Written Answer from the Minister of the Environment To ask the Minister of the Environment, given that he recently informed the Assembly that he wanted to "deliver efficient government rather than heavily-bureaucratic government", what assurance he can give that the creation of an all-encompassing body, such as the proposed Business Services Organisation, will not be heavily-bureaucratic.......more

11th December 2009 Written Answer from the Minister of Education To ask the Minister of Education how many classroom assistant job evaluations have been held, to date, in Special Education departments regarding a claim for additional special needs, in each of the Education and Library Boards......more

11th December 2009 Written Answer from the Minister of Education To ask the Minister of Education how much money has been (i) set aside; and (ii) spent, to date, on classroom assistant job evaluations.....more

4th December 2009 Written Answer from the Minister for Regional Development To ask the Minister for Regional Development to provide an update of his Department's policy on business road signage....more

4th December 2009 Written Answer from the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail any discussions held by his Department on the provision of an air-ambulance service; and the organisations involved in these discussions.....more

4th December 2009 Written Answer from the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, following the recent extreme rainfall and flooding, what applications her Department has made for emergency funds from Europe for farmers and people living in rural areas.....more