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 for Infrastructure, regarding the proposed Graduated Driver Licensing scheme, to detail the rationale as to why the booking of a driving test is based on a six-month wait from the issue of the provisional licence, rather than once the learner driver has completed the required 14 modules of the…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any evidence base used to support her answer to the Urgent Oral Question in the Assembly on 27 January 2026, that the Graduated Driver licensing scheme could potentially lower car insurance for newly qualified young drivers.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail a breakdown of the additional £30 million, allocated to roads via the December Monitoring, broken down by DFI Roads (i) Division; and (ii) Section Office.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, as part of the restrictions introduced under the Graduated Driver Licensing scheme, whether engine size has been considered as a measure.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, as part of the restrictions introduced under the Graduated Driver Licensing scheme, whether a requirement for a black box has been considered as a measure.
To ask the Minister of Finance, in relation to the September 2024 Civil Service Administrative Officer recruitment drive, to detail the number of vacancies filled, in the North Down local council area.
To ask the Minister of Finance, in relation to the September 2024 Civil Service Administrative Officer recruitment drive, whether there are any plans to fill more vacancies,in the next six months.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the rationale for the requirement of a six-month wait between the issue of the provisional driving license and a driving test, under the Graduated Driver Licensing scheme, rather than a specific number of lessons or hours of driving.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the length of the road network, broken down by road classification, for each DfI Roads section office.
To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the accountability and governance arrangements in place for the Planning Appeals Commission, for which her Department is the sponsoring body.
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to individuals residing in long-stay inpatient psychiatric units that have been assessed as being ready for discharge into supported living accommodation, to outline any barriers that prevent this transition.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the (i) number of actionable road defects; and (ii) budget allocated, in each local council area, over the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether the Driving Instructors Association was consulted, before her announcement on 27 January 2026, regarding the introduction of a Graduated Driving Licensing scheme.
To ask the Minister of Finance, following NI Reval2026, whether his Department has carried out any assessment on the viability of the hospitality sector, given the proposed increase in business rates liability in 2026.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any involvement that driving instructors had with the planning and development of the Graduated Driver Licensing scheme.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail on what date did her Department first raise with the BBC that the announcement on Graduated Driver Licensing scheme could be made on the BBC’s day of road safety coverage.
I beg to move Thank you very much, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. The motion addresses a persistent driver of commercial sexual exploitation in Northern Ireland: the rise of so-called pimping websites. Such websites allow the advertisement and purchase of sexual access to women in a way that mirrors online retail.…
Minister, this morning you announced what you called the biggest ever change to driver tests and licensing, and I cautiously welcomed that on the BBC's 'The Nolan Show', as I believe that anything that reduces road deaths is helpful. Minister, you failed to sight the Committee on any of the proposals that you brought…
Driver Testing and Licensing Reforms To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, following the media coverage that Northern Ireland will become the first part of the United Kingdom to bring in Graduated Driver Licensing, to outline how this decision was taken.