Debate contribution: "United Ireland" Billboard: Camlough Road Roundabout, Newry

Debate contribution by Mr Timothy Gaston on 23 June 2025.

MLA: Mr Timothy Gaston
Party at the time: Traditional Unionist Voice
Date: 23 June 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: "United Ireland" Billboard: Camlough Road Roundabout, Newry
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5046246

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That is news to me and a lot of ones in the Chamber. Sinn Féin has a history of erecting posters on the billboard at that roundabout; maybe that is why the Minister is reluctant to provide a time frame for its removal. My understanding is that the billboard is on Department-owned land: on that basis, how can anybody but the Department apply for planning permission? How do you square that with your Pledge of Office? How do you plan to take action? If it is your Department's land, obviously, your Department would have to lodge the planning application. Sinn Féin has used the billboard in the past. Surely, you are not applying for permission for a Sinn Féin billboard.

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 1454/22-27.

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