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Mr John Stewart: Assembly records
All of Mr John Stewart’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
On behalf of the Ulster Unionist Party I support the motion and the amendment. I agree with much of what was said by those who proposed both. Mobile coverage is something that most people in Northern Ireland take for granted in 2024. However, sadly, as we heard from the statistics cited today, a significant minority…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Reinstatement of Community and Voluntary Funding”
Reinstatement of Community and Voluntary Funding - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘and calls on’ and insert: ‘the Minister of Finance to identify funding, as a matter of urgency, to allow the Minister of Health to reinstate this funding.’
I thank the Minister for his answer and declare an interest as the chair of the all-party group on micro and small business. You rightly point out, Minister, the great work that not only Enterprise NI but our local enterprise agencies across the country do to help new and existing entrepreneurs to further their…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of the test results of bathing water at local beaches, taken during the summer of 2024.
I thank the Members who tabled the motion and the amendment, which helps it. I thank the Minister for Infrastructure for coming along. The issue straddles the responsibilities of two or three Ministers. I will speak from an infrastructure point of view about planning reform. The Minister will know that we have had a…
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on the application by Carrickfergus Grammar School for a new synthetic sports pitch to replace their old shale hockey pitch.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of times his Department has used its vesting powers to acquire (i) land; and (ii) property for major roads works in each year since 2017.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the legislation under which his Department has the power to compulsorily acquire land and property to complete major road works.
Minister, the public has lost confidence in the sentencing system, particularly the pitiful sentences for crimes of a sexual nature against women, girls and young people. What more can your Department do to restore public confidence?
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the action that can be taken to ensure that veterinary practitioners who undertake equine dental procedures are suitably qualified and registered.
I associate myself with Mr Dickson's comments. That situation is shameful, and something needs to be done. I highlight and pay tribute to everyone who organised and took part in the Armed Forces Day 2024 weekend in Loughshore Park in Jordanstown, which is in the heart of my constituency. It was, for anyone who was…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he will consider amending the Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 to prohibit the display of election posters on lampposts and other street furniture.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he will consider amending Article 87 of the Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 to include election posters in the definition of an unauthorised sign or advertisement on lampposts and other street furniture.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 apply to Battery Energy Storage Systems operators.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he will consider adding the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland and local Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service stations as statutory consultees on applications for industrial Battery Energy Storage Systems.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what consideration is being given to issuing guidance on minimum distances from residential properties in relation to planning applications for lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage Systems.
I thank the Member for East Antrim for securing this important Adjournment debate. I declare an interest, as my family has owned and continues to own businesses in the shoe trade in Carrickfergus town centre for over 60 years and knows all too well the pressures that the Member referred to. I thank the Minister for…
I thank the Minister for clarifying the issue. Sadly, the reality is that, in East Antrim — in Carrickfergus, Larne and Newtownabbey — large areas at junctions remain uncut, which has led to a number of near misses. In the areas that have been cut to date, the quality of the cutting is less than satisfactory and has…