Debate contribution: A5 Upgrade

Debate contribution by Mr Stephen Dunne on 16 March 2026.

MLA: Mr Stephen Dunne
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 16 March 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: A5 Upgrade
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5448903

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I thank the Minister for his answer. I appreciate, Minister, that you are no longer directly responsible for the Department for Infrastructure, but you cannot totally wash your hands of the failure to deliver the A5 scheme. With well over £100 million spent to date and not an inch of tarmac to show for it, do you support efforts to review and amend unrealistic climate change legislation and targets that are blocking major infrastructure projects across Northern Ireland? Just last week, Justice McAlinden hit out at what he branded an "unfair", "unacceptable", "unprincipled" and "gaslighting" approach by both the Department for Infrastructure and DAERA to the project.

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 2177/22-27.

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