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Mr Keith Buchanan: Assembly records
All of Mr Keith Buchanan’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I had better get going, because time seems to be short today. I will run through people's comments broadly, to give a quick overview. At the start of the debate, Mark Durkan referred to the north-west being choked and strangled. That was interesting terminology. He talked about the…
Minister, you have said that your Department will not send out texts about the winter fuel payment, given that there are those who are trying to scam people of whatever age. Can you provide an update on how the roll-out of the winter fuel payment is going?
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “North West Transport”
North West Transport - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘fully funded NWTP' and insert: ‘, to ensure that the development of a new overarching Transport Strategy takes account of need in the North West, and to pursue effective cross-border cooperation in relation to the transport network, including the expansion of…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of whether illegal fishing on Lough Neagh is having a significant impact on the Lough Neagh salmon population.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of dead adult salmon recovered from illegal nets on Lough Neagh in each of the last ten years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of adult Atlantic salmon reported to Inland Fisheries resulting from commercial fishery operations on Lough Neagh in each of the last ten years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of dead adult Atlantic salmon that have been discovered by Inland Fisheries in commercial fishery nets in each of the last ten years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether Inland Fisheries has determined that commercial trout fishing on Lough Neagh has no significant impacts on (i) the trout population of Lough Neagh; and (ii) the genetic integrity of Dollaghan in each tributary river, namely (a) the Blackwater…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether any significant impacts on Atlantic salmon have been determined by Inland Fisheries as a direct result of the commercial trout fishing netting on Lough Neagh.
I am concerned about the rise of avian influenza in Mid Ulster. Last week, 64,000 birds were culled at a commercial poultry farm near Dungannon, and over the weekend, we learned that almost 16,000 birds will be culled at a site near Pomeroy. The spread of avian flu should be taken very seriously. The poultry industry…
I thank my constituency colleague for bringing the topic to the Chamber for debate. There are many challenges for the Education Authority regarding maintaining an ageing school estate and ongoing capital projects and enhancement programmes. Balancing the budget for major works and necessary maintenance can be tough.…
Minister, I come back to the point that my colleague from Mid Ulster made about compensation. You touched on lost birds. What about litter removal? The houses will obviously need to be disinfected, which will involve a massive cost because the litter is, technically, contaminated. How far beyond the cost of the birds…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of the current time taken by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency to respond to planning consultations by local councils.
On 16 February 1992, an armed IRA terrorist gang set out with the intention of murder when they attacked the RUC station in Coalisland. There is no doubt that they intended to murder. At 10.30 pm, a stolen car and lorry were driven into the centre of Coalisland and, from them, 30 rounds of armour-piercing, tracer…
What is the plan and the timeline for that? I appreciate that it is a big task, but a lot of parks are shut, and obviously we have lost a lot of trees. I appreciate that they do not grow overnight, but what is the plan to get them replanted and get the parks open?
I thank the Minister for his answer. Minister, I appreciate your response about the new rural policy unit's reviewing and evaluating the rural halls refurbishment scheme. We have seen the work that rural communities have done over the past few weeks to help keep Northern Ireland moving. Will you commit to ensuring…
Mr K Buchanan asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he has any broad indication of the damage that has been done to forest parks across Northern Ireland and not just in Mid Ulster, in light of the devastation that we have seen, including at Pomeroy and Drum Manor, which the Minister…
Farmers and landowners will be put under pressure by the figure that they might receive for compensation. I understand that they are not to be better off, but they will definitely be worse off because they cannot replace the land that has been taken from them. Obviously, the price of land will go up because everybody…