All of Mr Peter Martin’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 of Finance to detail which public body acquired the Rathgael Road car park, Bangor, following his Department’s recent disposal process.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of pothole-related compensation claims received from the North Down constituency, in each of the last five financial years.
Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will speak to the motion and summarise the debate as best I can. We have all had front seats to the growing crisis in the Department for Infrastructure over our road network. The Department should be a cornerstone for economic growth and connectivity in Northern Ireland but is…
Minister, when you were previously in the Chamber, you stated: "There is no Sinn Féin billboard at the Egyptian Arch." — [Official Report (Hansard), 20 January 2026, p57, col 1]. Why, then, did your departmental officials write, asking for it to be taken down, to the Sinn Féin constituency office in Newry, then to…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of Ards and North Down Borough Council planning application appeals that the Planning Appeals Commission (i) heard; (ii) dismissed; and (ii) allowed, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 33345/22-27, for an update on the relocation of Diabetic Eye Screening Clinics from the Ulster Hospital back to the Bangor and Newtownards area.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the rationale as to why drivers who pass their driving test on 30 September 2026, will be subject to a 45mph restriction for one year, whilst those that pass their test the following day, on the 1 October 2026, will have no such restriction.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether any local council has ever used the revocation powers set out in the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011, to cancel approval for a planning application.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether there will be any changes to the 45mph restrictions for those that pass a (i) car and trailer, category B and E; and (ii) lorry, category C1, C and CE driving tests, after the Graduated Driver licensing Scheme is introduced on 1 October 2026.
Illegal Billboards in Newry To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, following confirmation that her Department wrote to the Sinn Féin constituency office in Newry to request the removal of all illegal advertisements throughout Newry city, whether she has at any time declared a conflict of interest. [R]
To ask the Minister of Justice whether her Department has any plans in place to allow a victim of financial coercive control to reset their credit score to what it was before the abusive relationship began.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any measures in place to financially assist a victim after leaving a domestic abuse relationship, where there has been financial coercive control.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether someone who receives their provisional license before the 1 October 2026 and passes their driving test after the 1 October 2026, will be subject to the restrictions under the new Graduated Driver Licensing scheme.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any plans her Department has for the former rail bridge on the Green Road, Bangor, once its abandonment order has been secured.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department has any plans to put parent and child parking spaces on a legislative footing, to allow inappropriate use to be enforced.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any action his Department is taking to prevent lengthy delays in approvals for applications made to the Affordable Warmth Scheme.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the average waiting time between approval of an Affordable Warmth Scheme application, and the granting of funding.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of households in North Down that have availed of the Affordable Warmth Scheme, in each of the last two years.