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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether in-house electricians within (i) her Department; and (ii) its arm's-length bodies are required to be registered on license to practice schemes.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline (i) her Department’s process for following up on road defects that have been marked for repair; and (ii) what measures are in place to ensure that such defects are addressed within a reasonable timeframe, particularly where initial markings have worn away before…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on (i) discussions with the developer of Loughshore Manor, Newtownabbey; and (ii) when the works to bring the roads and footways to an adoptable standard will be complete.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on progress to appoint an independent specialist electrical engineer to investigate the propriety of a number of contracts at NI Water.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an estimate of the cost of increases to employers' National Insurance contributions for Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, broken down by (i) Ulsterbus; (ii) Metro; and (iii) Northern Ireland Railways.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) when the road markings on the A48 Gransha Road South, between the Kerrs Road junction and the approach to Six Road Ends, was last inspected; and (ii) whether any refurbishment of the road markings is scheduled.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any plans his Department has to introduce funding streams to improve access to (i) community buildings; and (ii) places of worship, for those with a disability.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any consideration he has given to issuing guidance to local councils in relation to the prioritisation of planning applications that (i) exist as part of a Disabled Facilities Grant application; and (ii) relate to household adaptations connected to disability.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the total number of unoccupied (i) two-bed; (ii) three-bed; and (iii) four-bed, ground floor properties in each of the last five years per local council area.
To ask the Minister for Communities if he will consider extending the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to include housing associations in the list of named Public Authorities, to ensure transparency on issues related to social housing potential contributing factors leading to homelessness and transfer requests.
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline what action his Department is taking to (i) increase the availability of ground floor social homes; and (ii) ensure that adaptable or 'life homes' within the social housing stock are being included as offers for ground-floor applicants.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the total number of applicants on the social housing waiting list for a (a) two-bed; (b) three-bed; and (c) 4-bed, ground floor property, in each of the last five years per local council area.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail: (i) the funding opportunities available through his Department to support the work of the Brain Injury Foundation; and (ii) his assessment of the means by which the Brain Injury Foundation can secure the funding necessary to continue the work they do.
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline (i) the eligibility criteria for the Access to Work (NI) programme; and (ii) whether this criteria has changed over the past five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department has approved the Outline Business Case for the Reawakening project at the Ulster Folk Museum.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people that will be impacted when eligibility for the Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity element of Universal Credit is raised to 22 years old.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail: (i) his Department's current contractually committed role in the Queens Parade, Bangor, Redevelopment Scheme; and (ii) who has legal title to the land involved.
Go raibh maith agat, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I thank the Member for securing this Adjournment debate and welcome the opportunity for this discussion. I very much recognise the frustration of poor coverage. Like Deborah, I live in a rural area where coverage is very patchy indeed. I also recognise the reliance…
I was not going to say anything. I just want to pick up on one small thing. Matthew said that his constituency is next door to West Belfast. My constituency is on the other side of West Belfast, and I travel through it every day on my way here. It is frustrating for me, but it is much more frustrating for the…
I appreciate the Member giving way. I appreciate also that he has not had a huge amount of correspondence on the issue. I agree with him on challenging the conspiracy theories about 5G and 4G. However, we have a concern that network companies could use the attacks as the sole excuse for there being bad signal, rather…
I had not planned to speak, but I will say some words in support of the request for better mobile phone coverage in West Belfast. When I saw that the matter had been raised for debate, I spoke to various people who live in the greater Shankill area of the West Belfast constituency, and they told me that they do not…
I am glad to be able to speak today about this important subject. I welcome the fact that the Economy Minister is here. I commend the Member for West Belfast for securing the debate, and I hope that we will see some positive and practical steps arising from it. Notwithstanding the fact that telecommunications is a…