Debate contribution: Road Infrastructure Projects: Climate Change

Debate contribution by Mr Jonathan Buckley on 7 October 2025.

MLA: Mr Jonathan Buckley
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 7 October 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Road Infrastructure Projects: Climate Change
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5164717

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Thank you, Minister, for your answer. I have said previously that current climate change targets are an act of infrastructural vandalism when it comes to delivering timely projects. Notwithstanding what the Minister said about the A5 and her inability to speak specifically to that — I welcome the fact that there is an appeal — has the Minister, her Department or, indeed, her party given consideration to amending current climate change targets to ensure that, in the future, unrealistic targets are not a noose around the neck of infrastructure projects in Northern Ireland?

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 2493/22-27.

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