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.
Today I remember two brave and valiant men on the anniversary of their murders. I remember Warrant Officer 2 John Arthur Maddocks, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. He was 32 when he was killed by Provisional IRA terrorists who planted a bomb in a milk churn 50 years ago today. His murder took place at Gortmullen, Derrylin.…
To ask the Minister of Health whether there are plans to update the current childminder ratios in Northern Ireland to reflect the revised childminder ratios in England.
All-Island Rail Fares - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘economic growth across’ and insert: ‘all jurisdictions; welcomes the four ongoing rail feasibility studies focusing on plans for the electrification of the railway from Belfast to the border, the reopening of the Antrim to Lisburn railway line with an additional…
To ask the Minister for Communities for a breakdown, by constituency, of the 5,700 properties allocated to people in Northern Ireland in 2023-24, as stated by the Housing Executive in their Housing Investment Plan.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the location of the 1,508 new social homes that have been started in 2023-24, as stated by the Housing Executive in their Housing Investment Plan.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of disabled grants provided by the Housing Executive in the last five years, broken down by constituency.
I thank the Member for giving way. In my constituency of Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Encirc, which is a glassmaking company, has done significant work on decarbonising its production. It is a global company, and it is important that we see such pioneering initiatives. Does the Member agree with me that it is important…
The Minister will know that I have raised the issue of puppy farming in my constituency in the Chamber before. I am interested to know what level of council engagement has taken place on Lucy's law. Councils seem to be a turning a blind eye to it slightly. Lucy's law gives an opportunity to limit premises to one…
On 'The View', the Infrastructure Minister did not recognise the Northern Ireland Water figure that 19,000 developments cannot be connected due to capacity issues. We know that the connection problem is an issue for housing associations that are trying to get houses onto the system. The draft housing strategy will be…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for a breakdown of the £1 million for gully maintenance announced as part of the October Monitoring Round, broken down by Division.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for a breakdown of roads maintenance projects that will take place in the Southern Division as a result of the October monitoring Round.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for a breakdown of roads maintenance projects that will take place in the Western Division as a result of the October Monitoring Round.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure when he will launch the consultation for the provision of taxis in bus lanes pilot scheme, as per his announcement on 11 October 2024.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether the NIEA have any powers in creating policy in conjunction with NI Water in relation to NI Water’s wastewater modelling, capacity policies or mapping.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) given the budget allocated, to detail the number of developments that will be connected to NI Water under the Price Control 2021 to 2027 in the 2024-25 financial year; and (ii) how this number compares with a fully funded price control.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of developments that are unable to be connected to NI Water and are currently being held within the planning system.
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I welcome the debate. At the outset, I declare an interest in that my husband's family has a farm. In the Chamber previously, we have mentioned the very real challenges that TB places on farms in Northern Ireland. In the past year, one in 10 farms has experienced the difficulties…
I thank the Minister for his statement. It will be really welcome in my constituency of Fermanagh and South Tyrone. The Minister has put in place extra help for debt services, and he has now put in place fuel support for pensioners. Will he tell me whether, rather than just saying that the payment needed to be fully…
I thank the Minister. He will know that Northern Ireland Water has special dispensation; in fact, we do not know the full scale of the pollution. We know that 40% of storm overflows already fail the standard and, indeed, that 1,200 overflows are still to be assessed. When, exactly, will we see details of what his…
I share some concern about that, because time is ticking on a crisis in NI Water. There is a funding gap of £145 million, and the £39 million of capital in the October monitoring round will not be just for NI Water. Last week, we had a debate on unadopted sites. When asked about developer-led contributions, NI Water…
My question is related to flooding, but I have a different way of asking about it. A number of constituents have come to me in relation to the flood maps that are being updated and their home insurance. What conversations is the Minister having about the high cost of home insurance for homeowners in flood areas that…
I saw in a recent media report that, in the past four years, £150 million from the public purse has been paid to private providers. Does that point to a capacity issue? I had a meeting recently with the trust in relation to the SWAH and it said that it had a demand/capacity gap, which it is looking to sort out, and it…
Mrs Erskine asked the Minister for Infrastructure whether he has a timescale for bringing forward the detail of developer contributions, given that he recently said that he looks forward to doing so.
On enforcement, I think that I read somewhere that the legislation includes a penalty to developers of about £500. Five hundred pounds is a pittance for developers. I do not want to stop housebuilding in Northern Ireland, but we need to ensure that enforcement is stringent, so that things like this do not happen again.