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To ask the Minister for Communities (i) to detail any factors, in addition to the published application scoring system, which were applied in determining which clubs progressed through the Northern Ireland Football Fund process for stadia funding; and (ii) to publish (a) the scoring breakdown; (b) any additional…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the percentage of unsuccessful Personal Independence Payment assessments that were appealed to a tribunal were subsequently overturned, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any targeted measures being developed to support older people in rural areas facing higher heating costs.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail how the Anti-Poverty Strategy will address the needs of older people, including (i) fuel poverty; and (ii) the rising cost of living.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any action his Department is taking to prevent lengthy delays in approvals for applications made to the Affordable Warmth Scheme, particularly for pensioners and other vulnerable applicants.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail how his Department engaged with clubs prior to the application deadline for the Northern Ireland Football Fund to ensure they (i) understood the requirements; and (ii) had adequate support in completing their applications.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any (i) support mechanisms; and (ii) feedback being offered to football clubs that did not move to the next phase of the Northern Ireland Football Fund, to help them strengthen future applications or access alternative funding sources.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) how many clubs in the North West did not move to the next phase of the Northern Ireland Football Fund due to technical or administrative errors rather than the quality or merit of their proposals; and (ii) whether they were given a chance to rectify these errors.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) an assessment of the clarity of the guidance provided to clubs for the Northern Ireland Football Fund; (ii) any feedback received regarding the clarity of this guidance; and (ii) an assessment of his Department’s outreach strategy.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department intends to carry out any assessment of the potential (i) economic; and (ii) community impact on the North West of local clubs not receiving funding from the Northern Ireland Football Fund.
To ask the Minister for Communities to provide an update on funding that will be made available for the Supporting People programme this financial year.
I remind the Member that there used to be an excellent train line across his constituency — it went to Antrim, Coleraine and elsewhere — and that it was the dividing and partition of this country that ruined it. I am sure that the Member already knows that.
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I do not intend to take all that time. I will briefly run through some of the comments that Members have made, and put in my own bits and pieces during that. First, Stephen touched on road safety's being compromised by different issues, such as potholes etc. He talked about road freight's…
I appreciate the Minister's giving way. Obviously, symbols and leading by example are important. Will the Minister commit to looking at installing late-night buses from the Building, not just for me — I will declare an interest — but for other Members who, I know, use public transport? The last bus out of the Stormont…
Just a quick point on that, Minister. I read from my notes that, in the previous financial year, approximately £8 million was paid out for 4,615 claims due to potholes. Have you any way of looking at it and saying, "Right, if we do x, we will save on that to a degree"? Is there any way of reducing that? Are you…
You used the analogy of painting a picture, and I was thinking of the yellow can in your hand and you actually painting the roads. You have recognised what the MPA said about new projects coming forward, and you are quite right about underfunding, but some of the new roads — I can think of one in my constituency —…
Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I thank the Members for tabling this important motion on the condition of the road network in the North, specifically the high number of potholes recorded and the increase in expenditure on public liability claims in the past five years. I note the concerns about the…
Between January and June of this year, some 1,800 surface defects were reported in my constituency: that is one constituency. That gives a sense of the scale of the problem. This summer, I spent a lot of time talking directly to residents about their concerns, a lot of which amounted to road safety issues. One thing…
I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion as Sinn Féin's spokesperson for rural communities. There is no doubt that the condition of our road network is a matter of real concern. I am sure that the constituency offices of most of us, if not all of us, have been inundated daily with roads issues and queries. In…