All of Mrs Deborah Erskine’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether his Department will assist in providing a redress scheme for landowners following the ecological damage that has taken place along the vested land of the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline the steps he is taking to ensure that landowners are fairly compensated for land vested and works taken place, following the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme High Court judgment.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the acreage of lands vested; and (ii) the potential cost of reinstating the lands, as a result of the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the business case for the vesting of land and associated contracts, for the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail who signed off on proceeding at risk with the enabling works of the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme, whilst the High Court case was ongoing.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure when she will publish details of a compensation scheme, including a timeframe for delivery, for vested land along the route of the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail whether the £88.5 million of funding from the Irish Government, ring-fenced in the Budget 2024-25, can be used to compensate and reinstate landowners land along the route of the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme.
I thank the Minister for her response. I would like to check the timeline. This is concerning, and, obviously, there has been some public discourse, particularly around Enniskillen courthouse. It is essential that we do not lose that service. We have already seen it diminished in that the times of opening have been…
I thank my constituency colleague Diana Armstrong for securing this Adjournment debate. It is a by-product of a recent meeting that we had in our constituency, which party MLAs attended, with representatives from the Law Society and local solicitor firms. I welcome those in the Public Gallery who have travelled to…
Minister, when the Assembly returned in 2020, Sinn Féin trumpeted the fact that one of the first motions that it brought to the Assembly demanded that Stormont declare a climate emergency. The Minister's party was then joined by the SDLP and Alliance in imposing unrealistic and punitive climate targets, despite the…
Thank you for that answer. I put on record my thanks to the education team, because it is probably one of the lesser-known things in the business that happens up here in the Assembly. I know from schools in my constituency that they really appreciate coming to Stormont and hearing about the work that goes on. Can the…
I know that, later today, there will be a question for urgent oral answer to the Minister, but, listening to the rhetoric in the Chamber this morning about the A5, I feel that it is important to stand up and put on record some facts for people, particularly the SDLP. At the outset, I say that my sympathies are with…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount spent by her Department on the challenge to the A5 Western Transport Corridor High Court case.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the next steps she will take, following the NI Water Forensic Accountant Investigation, which outlines a breach of Managing Public Money (NI) by NI water.
A5 Western Transport Corridor: High Court Ruling To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for her assessment of the impact of the High Court ruling on the upgrade of the A5 Western Transport Corridor.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline other models of funding to be explored to enable the progression of the York Street Interchange scheme.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for a breakdown of the (i) number; and (ii) location of successful applications for mobile infrastructure upgrades under the Shared Rural Network programme, broken down by local council area.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for a breakdown of the (i) number; and (ii) location of unsuccessful applications for mobile infrastructure upgrades under the Shared Rural Network programme, broken down by local council area.
Delivering a New Road Maintenance Strategy That this Assembly regrets the declining condition of the road network across Northern Ireland; notes with concern that almost 107,000 potholes were recorded in 2024; further notes the adverse impact a limited road maintenance service has had on our roads over the past ten…