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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 12703/22-27, to detail any plans his Department has to upgrade and resurface footways on Locksley Park, South Belfast.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the development of a grant scheme to assist reservoir managers to meet their obligations under the Reservoirs Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on progressing the secondary legislation that will establish a framework for controlled reservoirs under the Reservoirs Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the cost to ratepayers of seeking to defend the call-in in Ards and North Down Borough Council in relation to the decision to fly the Union Flag from war memorials in the borough.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any action his Department will be taking to encourage footfall and to assist city centre retailers in Bangor whilst the Queen’s Parade development takes place.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people estimated to be living in fuel poverty (i) currently; and (ii) in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 16562/22-27, when changes to the Housing Selection Scheme to allow the allocation of intimidation points for victims of domestic and gender-based violence will be implemented.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department will introduce a fit and proper persons requirement for providers of standard and non-standard temporary accommodation, similar to the fitness of premises standards applied to temporary accommodation.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail his plans to sign off on 1,400 new social build homes in the next four months before the end of 2024-25 financial year.
To ask the Minister for Communities for a breakdown of the number of households on the social housing waiting list for each Common Landlord Area in West Belfast in the last five years, broken down by (i) those with Full Duty Applicant status; and (ii) those in housing stress.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department's Residential Building Safety team will explore possible avenues of redress for homeowners affected by defective blocks, such as potential VAT exemptions.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any engagement his Department has had with Derry City and Strabane District Council in relation to (i) homeowners affected by defective blocks.; and (ii) homeowners suspected to be affected by defective blocks.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any discussions his Department has had with HMRC in relation to possible VAT exemptions for homeowners affected by defective blocks.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) whether the Access and Inclusion Programme will open for applications this year; (ii) when it will open; and (iii) the budget that has been allocated to it.
Thank you, Deputy Speaker. I do not think that it will take me 10 minutes. I am going to rattle through this very quickly, because, to be fair, other comments have covered it. I was looking at my notes, and I think that some of you have spotted them and taken notes from them. A lot of points have been covered, but I…
I do not favour using consultants, except when necessary. It is to deal with the backlog. While we work our way through the backlog, I can continue to recruit staff into my team.
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the Minister and Members for their comments and support of the amendment. Members raised various concerns about the plight of unadopted housing developments. The increase in the Strabane area was mentioned. The Member for Foyle said that there had been an almost 50% increase in…
I thank the Minister for giving way. I sense a real commitment from him, particularly in relation to the developments of up to five years old. He does not have a magic wand and those older ones will be much more difficult. He has tasked officials with producing new guidance. When does he hope that it will be produced,…
On enforcement, I think that I read somewhere that the legislation includes a penalty to developers of about £500. Five hundred pounds is a pittance for developers. I do not want to stop housebuilding in Northern Ireland, but we need to ensure that enforcement is stringent, so that things like this do not happen again.