All of Ms Liz Kimmins’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
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Insurance is not within my gift to address. However, the Member will be aware that we have a grant scheme for flood protection measures for homes that have been flooded. The work on flood maps is significant. As I have said previously, it continues to evolve as we deal with the extreme weather that we have seen,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Flood Prevention Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Flood Prevention
I have outlined some of the issues that we are working to address. In my response to my colleague, I said that we are looking at the assessment criteria to ensure that we are investing properly and reducing impacts on people. It is also important to say that we cannot build our way out of flooding. It is something…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Flood Prevention Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Flood Prevention
Yes. As the Member mentioned, we have experienced the impact of flooding in both of our constituencies. That impact is not just from the damage to property or the effect on business; there is lasting impact on people, physically and emotionally, when their home or their business is flooded. There is always the anxiety…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Flood Prevention Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Flood Prevention
The Member will know that there is joint responsibility for coastal erosion and all of that. Officials have been engaging with those in the local area. I fully recognise that that presents challenges as time goes on. The work that I outlined in my previous answer shows that the picture is ever-changing, and we are…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Flood Prevention Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Flood Prevention
I recognise that the Assembly process must complete before I comment in detail. However, it is important to recognise the real and sustained progress that my Department has made in recent years to strengthen flood risk management, including increased investment and continued improvement in the overall condition of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Flood Prevention Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Flood Prevention
As the Member knows, the Executive and, in particular, the Finance Minister are negotiating with the British Treasury to get a better deal for this place. It is not simply that the Executive are not agreeing a Budget; the Executive are standing up for people here to ensure that we get a better Budget that will enable…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy
The Member will know that, on many occasions, I have highlighted rural needs in terms of road maintenance and our road network. I, too, represent a rural constituency, so I know that there are significant challenges with deterioration and the inability to address it in the way that we would expect. Those are the types…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy
I really appreciate the opportunity to state the facts on that. It has been extremely disappointing to see senior figures in the UUP and some in the SDLP misleading the public on what the £181 million figure represented. Whether their doing so was deliberate is for them to answer Like every Minister and every…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy
As I said in my previous response, we have taken into consideration the comments and issues that were raised through the consultation process. That is an important part of the process. I have been engaging with officials on the role of utilities and how we improve reinstatements and make sure that they are more…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy
The consultation on my Department's draft road maintenance strategy ran from 2 December 2025 to 30 January this year. First, I thank all of those who engaged with the consultation and provided feedback, which has been very positive and constructive. Officials are in the process of finalising the consultation report…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy
I will speak in solidarity with the workers at Haldane Fisher in Newry who have almost completed their third week of industrial action at the site. I recently met the workers on the picket line. Haldane Fisher is an institution in Newry — a leader in the building industry — to which many of the workers on the picket…
Assessment details for Member's statement: Haldane Fisher, Newry: Industrial Action Official Assembly record for Member's statement: Haldane Fisher, Newry: Industrial Action
Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. I genuinely want to thank everyone for their contributions to the debate. First, I want to acknowledge the work of the Committee to complete its scrutiny. This has been a fast-moving process, some of which has been out of my control, but we are keen to get it in place for all…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Motor Vehicles (Specified Restrictions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Motor Vehicles (Specified Restrictions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
I beg to move Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. The regulations before us today will amend the Motor Vehicles (Specified Restrictions) Regulations (NI) 1998. These amending regulations are required to facilitate the introduction of graduated driver licensing (GDL). I believe that the GDL has the potential to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Motor Vehicles (Specified Restrictions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Motor Vehicles (Specified Restrictions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
Yes, absolutely. The experience of Warrenpoint is one that many will look to in the future when taking on new tenants. Just to finish on that aspect of this, the removal of the power of direction in relation to trust ports does not mean that all control will be removed from the ports. That has to be made absolutely…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Harbours Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Harbours Bill: Second Stage
I thank the Chairperson of the Infrastructure Committee, Committee members and MLAs for their comments on the Bill. I will start by addressing some general issues and points that were raised. I thank everyone for their support for the Bill. You are right in doing so in that this is a significant opportunity to ensure…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Harbours Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Harbours Bill: Second Stage
I beg to move Go raibh maith agat. The Harbours Bill represents a significant and necessary reform of the legislative framework that governs our trust ports and harbour authorities. The Bill is the first step in implementing updates arising from a comprehensive review of trust ports. The review identified a number of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Harbours Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Harbours Bill: Second Stage
Second Stage: Harbours Bill (NIA Bill 37/22-27)
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I beg to introduce the Harbours Bill [NIA 37/22-27], which is a Bill to amend the law relating to harbours and harbour authorities.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Harbours Bill: First Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Harbours Bill: First Stage
Absolutely. We are looking at it in the round. There have been historical budgetary issues regarding what we want to do, what we need to do and what we can do on street lighting. It is challenging, but we have to look at where lighting must be prioritised. You gave a good example. The park-and-ride at Moira is well…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Street Lighting: Station Road, Moira Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Street Lighting: Station Road, Moira
As the Member will know, I was out on-site last year and saw it for myself. Work is ongoing. I can get a more detailed update on that. On the day that I was on-site, we looked at a number of different issues in and around Moira, including the connection to the railway station. I am happy to come back to the Member in…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Street Lighting: Station Road, Moira Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Street Lighting: Station Road, Moira
As I have said, I know how the public feel. I think that it is fair to say that we all feel the same. I think that we should and do expect better than what we have. As the Member will know and as his colleagues in the Executive know, because of the hugely challenging situation that we have from a financial…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Repairs: Backlog Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Repairs: Backlog
As I said in response to previous questions, I recognise that there have been significant challenges with our road maintenance and the road network. We all see it, and we live with it every day. It is not something that any of us in the House is immune to, and I am very aware of that. I am also very aware of how the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Repairs: Backlog Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Repairs: Backlog
I concur with what the Member has said about rural road safety, and that is why there has been a specific focus on school buses in rural areas. Given the experiences that we have had and the fatalities that we have seen, there is an amount of work that is required to make those routes safer for children and young…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Safer Journeys to School Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Safer Journeys to School
I thank the Member for his comments. I am really keen to progress that work, given some of the very sad experiences that we have seen, particularly in the past number of years. The consultation on safer journeys to school closed in May. I am pleased that there was a very strong level of public engagement: more than…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Safer Journeys to School Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Safer Journeys to School
Yes. Whilst I outlined that the primary purpose of the work on graduated driver licensing is to improve road safety, and the safety of our new and young drivers in particular, it is also acknowledged that one of the key factors in the cost of insurance premiums is the number and severity of collisions that we see…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Graduated Driver Licences Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Graduated Driver Licences
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