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Mr Peter Martin: Assembly records
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.
I thank the Members opposite for tabling this important motion. I do not doubt their sincerity in proposing it. Our amendment reflects the original motion but recognises the significant progress that has been made on the issue since the establishment of the Executive earlier this year. The implementation of the…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any consideration he has given to allow council planners to condition developer contributions outside of the red line of an application.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department has any plans allow departmental regeneration funding to be used to regenerate commercial and retail areas outside the core city or town centre boundaries, such as Ballyholme and Rathmore in Bangor.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any consideration he has been given to granting local councils the power to vary business rates throughout their council area in order to help the regeneration of city and town centres.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he plans to give local councils more powers to address the issue of bins left on public footways beyond their collection date.
To ask the Minister for the Economy, pursuant to AQW 15749/22-27 and AQW 17681/22-27, for his assessment of whether the figures for North Down brings into question his strategy to focus investment outside of the Greater Belfast area.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the schools in North Down that will be included in the next roll-out of the part-time 20mph speed limit zoning.
Universal, Affordable Child-centred Childcare - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘providers;’ and insert: ‘welcomes progress toward addressing these challenges, and the expansion and stabilisation of existing early years and childcare provision, through the Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme and transitioning…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I apologise to you for my phone going off. It was on silent, but my 13-year-old daughter has found a way to override that function. If any Member knows how to un-override it, I would really appreciate knowing that. You can see me afterwards. Thanks for that, Lucy. She will be watching…
I thank the Member for giving way. He mentioned recently that the anti-poverty strategy was funded. The Alliance amendment: "calls on the Minister to develop a plan to widen access to free school meals". Is that funded?
The Minister has just mentioned that he received assurances from the vice chancellor of Ulster University that an established process was followed and exercised. To quote from the policy that he referenced, the established process can: "only be used in a very small number of cases where the potential exists to recruit…
I want to highlight the work of the Clandeboye Nature Rangers in my constituency and the Northern Ireland Forest School Association more generally. The Clandeboye Nature Rangers club was established in 2018. Just like any plant or tree, it started small, with 12 children attending the preschool. Over time, that seed…
To ask the Minister of Finance whether she plans to use any of the Barnett consequential of the 40 per cent rate relief scheme in England, announced by the Chancellor in the Autumn Budget 2024, to provide rates relief to independent retailers.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the support provided by his Department to Ards and North Down Borough Council to meet the 70 per cent recycling target, as set out in the Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any action his Department will be taking to encourage footfall and to assist city centre retailers in Bangor whilst the Queen’s Parade development takes place.
In light of the Budget the week before last and the changes to employers' National Insurance contributions and the minimum wage, is the Minister considering additional support for the childcare sector generally?