12,802 of 97,616 records that can be analysed have been assessed so far (13.1%); 84,813 are waiting for analysis and 1 failed and will be retried. Totals and rankings will change as the remaining records are processed, so they do not yet represent the full mandate. How much has been processed
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.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the average waiting times for (i) civil; and (ii) criminal court, proceedings originating from the East Antrim area, currently being processed through (i) Laganside; and (ii) Ballymena courthouse.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he is considering signing off a comprehensive arts and culture policy based on adopting the Strategy for Culture and Arts 2016-2026, which was consulted upon in 2015-2016, including any timeframe for sign-off.
I thank the Member for his valid intervention. I absolutely agree: questions need to be asked of all the councils. I imagine that the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) or the planning officers for the 11 councils will come to us, however we want to investigate that. We need to dive in not only on…
I was not expecting to get in at this stage. First, I commend the Member for introducing the Bill. Thank you, Peter, for your engagement with the Committee and with me, and we look forward to working with you. I will be brief today. There is little dispute about the importance of protecting our most significant trees…
I pass on my thoughts to the individual in Greenisland who was struck by a train today. My thoughts are with them, their family, the driver and all the emergency services that are responding. I pray that everything is OK with them. The phone and data reception in my constituency, East Antrim, and across Northern…
I thank the Member for giving way, and I agree with everything that he has said tonight. Regardless of the bureaucratic nightmare and the new flags commission that it would create, he has rightly talked about the cost. We have seen some examples in recent months. Birmingham City Council has spent £2·6 million on…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 8461/22-27, to detail (i) which of recommendations 96, 98 to 101 and 106 of the Animal Welfare Committee’s updated opinion on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing his Department has accepted, including any steps it has…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in relation to the Belfast Tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme, to detail any maps identifying areas behind the scheme that are considered vulnerable to (i) groundwater flooding; (ii) seepage; and (iii) drainage failure, associated with elevated tidal levels.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any (i) correspondence; (ii) technical advice; and (iii) recommendations, since 1 January 2020, concerning the need for further groundwater or hydrogeological modelling, associated with the Belfast Tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether any strategic assessment has been undertaken of the effect of sea-level rise on groundwater behind the Belfast Tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any (i) groundwater monitoring; (ii) borehole; and (iii) piezometer, data obtained during (a) investigation; (b) design; and (c) construction of the Belfast Tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in relation to the Belfast Tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme, to detail any assessment her Department has made of whether additional (i) pumping; (ii) flap valves; (iii) groundwater control measures; or (iv) drainage infrastructure, may be required behind the tidal defences as sea…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any assessment her Department has made of (i) drainage; (ii) surcharging; (iii) tidal locking; or (iv) backflow, through drainage infrastructure when the River Lagan water levels are elevated.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any analysis undertaken, following the January 2014 tidal event, concerning flooding caused by drainage backflow rather than overtopping.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in relation to the Belfast Tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme, to detail any modelling undertaken using future sea-level scenarios, including approximately +0.5 m, +1.0 m or higher, which considers (i) groundwater; (ii) seepage; (iii) drainage capacity; and (iv) groundwater…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any assessment her Department has made of how future sea-level rise may affect groundwater levels in low-lying areas of Belfast, protected by the Belfast Tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any (i) reports; (ii) technical notes; (iii) modelling; or (iv) consultant assessments, examining (a) groundwater levels; (b) groundwater seepage; and (c) hydraulic connectivity, between the River Lagan and the land behind the Belfast Tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme.
No Confidence in the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs That this Assembly believes the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has lost the confidence of farmers, rural communities and the wider public; and calls on the Minister to resign.
I thank the Member for his intervention. Again, he makes valid points. It is about the weight that is given to applications when they come in. Will the application from someone who complains about a display from 15 miles away be given as much weight as the application from someone who complains from 15 metres away?…
I thank the Member for her intervention. My fear is that the compliant will engage with officials, explain themselves and subject themselves to scrutiny, but those who deliberately use flags to intimidate will simply carry on regardless. That raises the question of how much substantive additional value that…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker: I was not expecting to get in so quickly. First, I welcome the Member for Upper Bann as the new Chairman of the Committee for Infrastructure: I look forward to working with him on the Bill as it goes through the scrutiny process and on the many other issues that we have to look at. As the…
I thank the Bill sponsor for giving way. It is interesting to tease out clause 3, which refers to a voluntary process. Does she agree that those most likely to engage in a voluntary process about which flags they intend to put up, where and for how long are those most likely to engage in localised agreements and…
Over the summer, Carrickfergus suffered the latest of a series of blows to our high street with the announcement from the owners of Dobbins Inn that that historic business will close later this month. That is a huge blow not only to Carrickfergus High Street but to tourism and hospitality across the town and, indeed,…