QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER
ON MONDAY 15 MARCH 2010
Questions to the Minister of Education
Questions to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Questions to the Minister of Education
1. Mr G Savage (Upper Bann)
To ask the Minister of Education to outline the position on her Department's review of all current major capital projects.
AQO 917/10
2. Mr K Robinson (East Antrim)
To ask the Minister of Education to outline the amount of funding that her Department earmarked for specific programmes or projects in each of the last four years.
AQO 918/10
3. Mr B Leonard (East Londonderry)
To ask the Minister of Education what her Department is doing to address underachievement in the education system.
AQO 919/10
4. Mr R Beggs (East Antrim)
To ask the Minister of Education for her assessment of the time taken by her Department in handling the agreed amalgamation of the primary schools in Islandmagee.
AQO 920/10
5. Ms A Lo (South Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on her Department's funding for preparatory schools.
AQO 921/10
6. Mr M Brady (Newry and Armagh)
To ask the Minister of Education, following the Catholic Church's announcement to end academic selection, if she will assist those grammar schools seeking to move away from entrance tests.
AQO 922/10
7. Mr S Moutray (Upper Bann)
To ask the Minister of Education for her assessment of the benefits of one-to-one 'booster sessions' for pupils struggling with numeracy and literacy.
AQO 923/10
8. Mr D Kennedy (Newry and Armagh)
To ask the Minister of Education when she will finalise her Department's budget plans for the 2010/11 financial year.
AQO 924/10
9. Mr J Craig (Lagan Valley)
To ask the Minister of Education why parents, through Parent Teacher Associations, are subsidising primary schools to enable them to purchase equipment which should be provided by the Department.
AQO 925/10
10. Mrs D Kelly (Upper Bann)
To ask the Minister of Education to outline how she plans to spend the £170 million set aside for capital works next year.
AQO 926/10
11. Mr S Hamilton (Strangford)
To ask the Minister of Education what steps her Department is taking to encourage the teaching of 'entrepreneurship' in schools.
AQO 927/10
12. Mr P Weir (North Down)
To ask the Minister of Education to outline the position on capital funding for the new build of Bangor Grammar School.
AQO 928/10
13. Mr S Gardiner (Upper Bann)
To ask the Minister of Education to outline progress in relation to the new builds for Portadown College and Lurgan College.
AQO 929/10
14. Lord Browne (East Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Education for an estimate of the potential additional costs that her Department may incur over the next three academic years if her proposal to withdraw grant-aid maintenance for preparatory schools goes ahead.
AQO 930/10
Questions to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
1. Mr G Savage (Upper Bann)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development what lessons have been learnt and what changes in departmental practice are proposed to the operation of the Farm Modernisation Programme following the difficulties experienced in tranche one of the programme.
AQO 931/10
2. Dr W McCrea (South Antrim)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development what changes she is proposing to tranche two of the Farm Modernisation Programme following representations made by the Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development.
AQO 932/10
3. Ms C Ní Chuilín (North Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development what steps she intends to take to address rural isolation, particularly in terms of access to services and benefits.
AQO 933/10
4. Rt Hon J Donaldson (Lagan Valley)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development what progress has been made in implementing the Nitrates Directive.
AQO 934/10
5. Dr A McDonnell (South Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development for an outline of progress on Axis 3 of the Rural Development Programme.
AQO 935/10
6. Mr A Maskey (South Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to outline progress on the Forestry Bill.
AQO 936/10
7. Mr B McElduff (West Tyrone)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development if she will promote the use of townland names as an important part of rural identity.
AQO 937/10
8. Ms A Lo (South Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development how the Forestry Bill will protect ancient woodland.
AQO 938/10
9. Mr T Elliott (Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development the cost of her Department's attendance at the Republic of Ireland's Ploughing Championships in the last three years.
AQO 939/10
10. Mr A McFarland (North Down)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development why her Department has only achieved one quarter of the Programme for Government target to increase forestry and woodland.
AQO 940/10
11. Mr P Ramsey (Foyle)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development for her Department’s assessment of the damage and financial loss suffered by the farming industry as a result of the recent severe weather.
AQO 941/10
12. Mr S Moutray (Upper Bann)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development for her assessment of the proposal by the Agricultural Wages Board to increase the minimum wage for agricultural workers by 1.8%.
AQO 942/10
13. Mr P Doherty (West Tyrone)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development what advice she will be providing to the farming community in relation to the recent incidents of infected foetuses being abandoned on farm land.
AQO 943/10
14. Mr J O'Dowd (Upper Bann)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development if she has any plans to mark the commemoration of the Famine in Ireland.
AQO 944/10