All of Mr John Stewart’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for her assessment of her Department's 2025-26 budget allocation to structural roads maintenance, given the current condition of the road network and the recommendations in the Review of the Structural Maintenance Funding Requirements for the Department for Infrastructure (Roads)…
I rise today to condemn and to highlight the behaviour of some private car parking firms that operate across Northern Ireland with impunity. As we all know, those firms use bully-boy tactics and target ordinary people with extortionate fines and threats that are completely disproportionate to the circumstances. In my…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether the Driver and Vehicle Agency is obliged to provide the contact details of registered owners of vehicles to third parties, pursuing parking charges on private land.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 applies in Northern Ireland, in relation to requests from third parties to access the details of registered keepers of motor vehicles from the Driver and Vehicle Agency, in relation to private car park charges.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail who holds responsibility to licence private car parking firms, contracted to manage public on-street and off-street parking.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of private car parking firms contracted to manage public (i) on-street; and (ii) off-street parking.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the steps she is taking to secure additional funding for structural roads maintenance, given (i) the overall increase in the Department's capital budget; (ii) the low starting level of £68 million, allocated to structural maintenance for the 2025-26 financial year; and…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline the changes made to driving (i) lessons; and (ii) tests, for provisional driving licences since 2017, as a result of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 and subsequent Graduated Driver Licensing monitoring reports.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the sections of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, that have yet to be implemented in relation to Graduated Driver Licensing.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “A5 Western Transport Corridor Scheme”
A5 Western Transport Corridor Scheme - Amendment 3 Leave out all after ‘Minister for Infrastructure’ and insert: ‘failed to take the necessary actions to ensure that the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme could withstand legal challenge; calls on the Minister for Infrastructure to make saving lives on this road the…
Before I make my remarks, I will echo the comments of the new Chair of the Infrastructure Committee. I send my best wishes to Deborah and her husband and wish her all the very best. I look forward to seeing her back in her position on the Committee. In the meantime, I look forward to working with the new Chair, Mr…
Minister, out of this year's active travel budget, over half a million pounds of taxpayers' money has been squandered on a six-foot fence along the Loughshore and Whiteabbey promenade, one of the lovely coastal views that we have in East Antrim. Nobody wants it. It is totally excessive. I have raised the matter with…
I thank the Minister for his answers so far. Minister, as constituency MLAs, you and I share Belfast lough. You will know at first hand, as I do, just how bad the lough is, as is shown through water testing at the minute. Was anything raised about that at the meeting? What more can be done to protect the ecosystem in…
Despite the commitments from the British Government to raise awareness and provide training for companies in GB supplying Northern Ireland, many companies are now telling businesses here that they are simply not willing to supply Northern Ireland, because, in their opinion, it is just too much hassle. That is having a…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “End the Forced Starvation in Gaza”
End the Forced Starvation in Gaza - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘suffering from famine;’ and insert: ‘further notes that this crisis is man-made and results from restrictions on humanitarian access, obstruction by Israeli authorities, and diversion of aid by armed groups including Hamas; condemns the use of…
Committee Membership (Revised Wording) That Mr Jon Burrows be appointed as a member of the Committee for Education; and that Mr Robbie Butler replace Mr Andy Allen as a member of the Business Committee.
To ask the Minister of Finance to outline any work being carried out to ensure maximum savings to the public purse from combined purchasing powers and economies of scale.
To ask the Minister of Health whether the Public Health Agency will consider relaunching an advertising campaign for Act FAST stroke awareness campaign on social media channels.
I thank the First Minister for her answer. I too commend the work of the Northern Ireland Bureau. One important role that it has is, as you said, First Minister, to liaise with Invest NI and councils to help our entrepreneurs and our manufacturing sector to get opportunities in America that they may not otherwise have…
I thank the Minister for giving way. I want to come back to the point that you raised about why councils do not compel people and why the options are there. It is not that I am being critical of councils, because great work is done up and down the country. The Minister will know, as I do, that, in some areas where the…
I apologise, Mr Deputy Speaker, for coming in late. It had not been my intention to speak at this stage, but I take the opportunity to praise the Minister and his officials for introducing the Bill. I agree with much of what has been said today. The Bill is long overdue. A lot of work has gone into getting it to this…
This is another monumental failure. My thoughts are with the families and loved ones of those who lost their life on the A5. Minister, to date, over £110 million has been spent on the scheme, diggers are on-site, and contractors have been appointed. Have you made an assessment of the compensation payments that may…
I thank the Member for giving way. I thank him and many other Members, particularly the Member for North Belfast who spoke just before him, for their contributions to the debate. I want to pay tribute to the work of the Executive Office. I am not on the Executive Office Committee this time round, but I was during the…