Debate contribution: Road Maintenance: Ards and North Down

Debate contribution by Mr Peter Martin on 8 June 2026.

MLA: Mr Peter Martin
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 8 June 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Road Maintenance: Ards and North Down
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5600630

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I thank the Minister for her answer. Minister, according to data from your Department, my constituency has the lowest level of DFI expenditure across the 11 council areas. The Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area, for example, receives 253% more than mine, yet the roads in my constituency, according to Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) data, are the second worst in Northern Ireland. Can you explain that discrepancy to me and will you, today, commit not only to re-examining how the roads budget is apportioned but to accepting a list of roads and pavements in my constituency from me, in order to see whether anything can be done about roads that are in a really bad state?

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 3675/22-27.

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