Debate contribution: Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

Debate contribution by Mr Patsy McGlone on 25 November 2024.

MLA: Mr Patsy McGlone
Party at the time: Social Democratic and Labour Party
Date: 25 November 2024
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 4675025

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I thank the Minister. I am not singling out his Department, because those of us who live in and represent rural areas are saying that many of our services are being stripped, whether it is health with GP services and, particularly, domiciliary care; infrastructure investment in housing or roads; or, indeed, the overall issue of sewage disposal. Therefore, it is cross-departmental. What can the Minister do, through legislative change, to drive those Departments to be much more effective in tailoring support to rural areas that are being deprived of services?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 791/22-27.

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