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Mr John O'Dowd: Assembly records
All of Mr John O'Dowd’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Supply Resolution For The Northern Ireland Spring Supplementary Estimates 2024-2025 That this Assembly approves that a sum, not exceeding £26,536,605,000, be granted out of the Consolidated Fund, for or towards defraying the charges for the Northern Ireland Departments, the Food Standards Agency, the Northern Ireland…
Supply Resolution For Excess Votes For 2023-2024 That this Assembly approves that resources, not exceeding £2,776,000, be authorised for use by the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission and the Department for Communities for the year ending 31 March 2024, that a sum be granted out of the Consolidated Fund, not…
Supply Resolution For The Northern Ireland Estimates Vote On Account 2025-2026 That this Assembly approves that a sum, not exceeding £12,148,157,000 be granted out of the Consolidated Fund, for or towards defraying the charges for the Northern Ireland Departments, the Food Standards Agency, the Northern Ireland…
Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I am delighted to be here this evening to address the House in my new role as Minister of Finance. I thank my colleagues in the Department for Infrastructure for all their hard work and assistance over the past year. I pay tribute to my predecessor, Dr Caoimhe Archibald. I…
I will supply the Member with the most up-to-date report on the completion of that. Works can be delayed or cancelled as a result of difficult weather conditions, and last weekend's were particularly difficult. I will keep the Member up to date on the proposed finalisation of that.
I do not know the specifics of the area. The Member has corresponded with me on a number of roads in her area to raise concerns and suggest ideas on how we should manage them. All new developments in an area have to go through the planning process, as the Member will be aware. DFI Roads is a consultee in that regard.…
That will be the primary prism through which I look at the matter when I come to make a decision. During the previous mandate, when the then Minister, Minister Mallon, called for evidence on the matter, one of the issues that the PSNI and others raised was ensuring continued road safety. Given the ever-increasing…
The Member is correct that I have launched a consultation. It is a genuine consultation; I have not come to a fixed position on the matter. I want to hear the views of the public, motorists, garage owners, insurance companies, the PSNI and others on whether we should move to a biennial service. One of the clear…
Without a doubt. Prevention is better than cure. That is one of the reasons why I am keen to ensure that our road infrastructure is properly maintained.
I am working my way through my entire departmental budget, both capital and resource, to see how we can divvy it up. The Member will be aware from hearing about them during Question Time of all the demands that are, understandably, on my Department. I am keen to ensure that our road infrastructure receives an uplift…
After the period of cold weather in early January, I asked a similar question in the Department about whether we could use farmers to grit a number of rural roads. If I am correct, the Department can, through its procurement exercises, hold a list of contractors, and individual farmers could be on that list. It is…