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As the Member may be aware, the issue around unadopted roads is an ongoing one. We see it in relation to retail parks or housing developments. There are many examples in my constituency, so I share the frustrations. However, there is a process that we have to go through with unadopted roads. Essentially, it is the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Unadopted Roads Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Unadopted Roads
That is certainly the intention. I looked at the allocations to the various divisions, which probably cross some of the areas that the Member has mentioned. Given what he said, although the amount allocated does not necessarily reflect the level of work that is done, southern division, for example, has one of the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance: Budget Allocations Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance: Budget Allocations
Thank you, Minister. I would appreciate that. Following on from what you said about the needs-based approach, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council in my constituency of South Down has the largest number of road surface defects of all local government districts and the worst ratio of defects to road length. Both…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance: Budget Allocations Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance: Budget Allocations
As I mentioned in my answer to Diana Armstrong, the methodology is very technical, so I do not intend to go through the detail of how it is worked out. However, I have spoken to officials, and they have provided me with answers to questions for written answer and questions for oral answer from other Members on how it…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance: Budget Allocations Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance: Budget Allocations
As we have talked about quite a lot in the Chamber, we in the North have seen underinvestment in the water and sewerage infrastructure for decades. Capacity issues caused by that underinvestment can and do constrain the development of housing and businesses and potentially harm our natural environment. To counter…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Water, Sustainable Drainage and Flood Management Bill Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Water, Sustainable Drainage and Flood Management Bill
Thank you, Minister, for that comprehensive answer. You touched on this, but can you explain how important the Bill is to your approach to upgrading our waste water infrastructure?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Water, Sustainable Drainage and Flood Management Bill Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Water, Sustainable Drainage and Flood Management Bill
The drafting of the water, sustainable drainage and flood management Bill is complete. I tabled the Bill for discussion at the Executive meeting on 29 May. Debate took place over certain aspects of the Bill, but I hope to secure Executive approval for its introduction at the next meeting on 5 June. The legislation is…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Water, Sustainable Drainage and Flood Management Bill Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Water, Sustainable Drainage and Flood Management Bill
I do not play politics with anything. I am doing what is best for the people whom we all represent. That is what I endeavour to do on all such issues.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Arc21: Hightown Road, Mallusk Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Arc21: Hightown Road, Mallusk
Minister, given that that application has been in the system for some years and that successive Ministers have made various decisions on it, will you play politics with it, like other Ministers, or will you adhere to the planning policy and that of your officials?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Arc21: Hightown Road, Mallusk Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Arc21: Hightown Road, Mallusk
Like everything that we are seeing on the back of the Climate Change Act 2022, lots of things have to be taken into consideration. The recent A5 case is another example. As with all such matters, where we need to undertake further consideration, make amendments or try to address issues, we will do so as required where…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Arc21: Hightown Road, Mallusk Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Arc21: Hightown Road, Mallusk
As I said, we are still finalising the budget allocations. I hope that, following that process, we can look at the timelines, and I will ensure that I keep the Member updated.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Suicide Prevention: Divis and Clifton Street Bridges, Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Suicide Prevention: Divis and Clifton Street Bridges, Belfast
I thank the Minister for her response and her efforts to deliver the suicide prevention measures. It may be hard for the Minister to answer this question, but given that £1·8 million funding is required, does she have any timeline for when the barriers will be erected?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Suicide Prevention: Divis and Clifton Street Bridges, Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Suicide Prevention: Divis and Clifton Street Bridges, Belfast
I thank the Member for that important question. I fully appreciate the significance of providing those measures to the Divis and Clifton Street bridges over the Westlink. I can confirm that my officials have been finalising the detailed design contract documents and business case for the scheme at an estimated…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Suicide Prevention: Divis and Clifton Street Bridges, Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Suicide Prevention: Divis and Clifton Street Bridges, Belfast
I am not aware of that being part of the development. I will speak to officials to see whether there are any such plans as part of the broader piece of work. I am happy to come back to the Member on that, because I recognise that, as we are trying to attract more people to use the park-and-ride and subsequently public…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Park-and-ride: Moira Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Park-and-ride: Moira
I thank the Minister for her answer. It is really good news that work will start, but DFI Roads has failed to address the urgent need to upgrade the junction on the A26 as you turn towards the station and the street lighting from the station towards the village. Will the Minister ensure that the scheme to upgrade…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Park-and-ride: Moira Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Park-and-ride: Moira
I thank the Member for that question. As he will know, in October 2024, my Department issued a letter of offer of £6·6 million to Translink to provide 466 new car parking spaces with safe and convenient links to Moira train station. The project will also deliver 23 new disabled parking spaces along with secure cycle…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Park-and-ride: Moira Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Park-and-ride: Moira
We could look at lots of things and say that they will bring income for the Executive, but that does not mean that we will do them. We have to look at everything in the round. The Finance Minister does not make those decisions, so her saying that does not mean that that is the direction of travel. I recognise,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Public Transport Fares Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Public Transport Fares
I thank the Minister for her answer. Minister, your party colleague Dr Caoimhe Archibald, as Finance Minister, stated that fare hikes had been earmarked as a means of getting more income into Executive coffers this year. Does the Minister agree that, given the need to make public transport more attractive — more…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Public Transport Fares Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Public Transport Fares
As I said, we are still considering budget allocations. I have been working with Translink, as the Member will be aware, to look at how we move forward. I hope to make a decision on that fairly soon.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Public Transport Fares Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Public Transport Fares
Since the Belfast cycling network delivery plan was published just over three years ago, significant progress has been made on many of the short-term schemes in the plan. A scheme on Lagmore Avenue is in construction, and phase 1A of the west Belfast greenway is programmed to commence in early autumn. Work is also…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Belfast Cycling Network Delivery Plan 2022-2031 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Belfast Cycling Network Delivery Plan 2022-2031
I thank the Member for raising that. In response to the issues that he raised — it is fair to say that he documented and clearly showed me the key issues about which he and his constituents have been concerned — I spoke to officials and got some updates on why that was done in the first place. The wire mesh is an…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Shoreline Barriers, Whiteabbey: Public Consultation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Shoreline Barriers, Whiteabbey: Public Consultation
Thank you very much, Minister, for your answer and for meeting me on the issue, when, as you know, we had the opportunity to express local concerns. You undertook to re-examine the unnecessarily overly engineered barrier, and particularly the chicken wire that covers it, not only blocking the view but causing further…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Shoreline Barriers, Whiteabbey: Public Consultation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Shoreline Barriers, Whiteabbey: Public Consultation
I have met the Member on this issue. He knows that my Department has legislative responsibility to maintain roads and footpaths to an appropriate standard, ensuring the safety of all road users, including pedestrians and cyclists. That is managed through the provision of infrastructure that is designed and installed…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Shoreline Barriers, Whiteabbey: Public Consultation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Shoreline Barriers, Whiteabbey: Public Consultation
That question comes up quite a lot: as I have said, it is one that I have also asked as a constituency MLA. It is fair to say that funding allocations are made in the most equitable way across all DFI Roads divisions in the North. There is a complex methodology for how funding is allocated, but it is based primarily…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance: Budget 2025-26 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance: Budget 2025-26
Can the Minister give an assurance that funding allocations for road maintenance are fair across Northern Ireland, given that, in the current mandate, the spending on a two-mile project in Belfast was £4 million, compared with £1·5 million on a 30-mile stretch in my constituency of Fermanagh and South Tyrone?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance: Budget 2025-26 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance: Budget 2025-26
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