Debate contribution: Parliament Buildings: Disabled Toilets
Debate contribution by Mr Andy Allen MBE on .
- MLA
- Mr Andy Allen MBE
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 23 June 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Parliament Buildings: Disabled Toilets
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5637139
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I thank the Member for her follow-up question. While no formal assessment has been undertaken to establish a direct correlation between facilities and attendance by people with disabilities, we regularly engage with and welcome to Parliament Buildings people with disabilities through a range of forums, including involvement with the Youth Assembly, the Disabled People's Parliament and targeted engagement activities. We also welcome regular visitors with disabilities. Feedback from such forums and visitors continues to play a key role in shaping our approach to improving accessibility and inclusion, and the Assembly Commission endeavours to cater for specific individual requirements. An external disability advisory group consisting of representatives from disability groups was established in 2009. Any issues raised by the group are considered. A recently completed disability access audit provided some further recommendations that are being actively progressed. I am sure that the officials will have picked up on the comments made by the Member, and, if she wishes to correspond directly with the Commission, I am sure that we will consider that as well. It is important that we make the Building as accessible as possible within the confines of its grade A listed status to everybody who wants to come to it.
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