Question Results

Tuesday 13 October 2015


 
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1 AQO 8852/11-16 Mr Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
(SF - South Belfast)
To ask the Minister of the Environment whether he plans to meet with local residents groups and universities following reports that planning permission is being sought or has been granted for over 6,000 student accommodation units in Belfast without any assessment of need.

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2 AQO 8853/11-16 Mrs Dolores Kelly
(SDLP - Upper Bann)
To ask the Minister of the Environment to outline the flexibility available to councils in relation to planning issues in rural communities.

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3 AQO 8854/11-16 Mr Oliver McMullan
(SF - East Antrim)
To ask the Minister of the Environment to outline any discussions he has had with the British Ministry of Defence regarding munitions being washed up on the Antrim coastline.

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4 AQO 8855/11-16 Mr Fearghal McKinney
(SDLP - South Belfast)
To ask the Minister of the Environment for his assessment of how current planning policy can support the local retail sector.

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5 AQO 8856/11-16 Ms Bronwyn McGahan
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
To ask the Minister of the Environment how he plans to address ongoing sand dredging in Lough Neagh.

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6 AQO 8857/11-16 Mr Cathal Ó hOisín
(SF - East Londonderry)
To ask the Minister of the Environment when he plans to introduce guidelines and a design brief for run-of-river hydroelectric schemes.

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7 AQO 8858/11-16 Mr Ross Hussey
(UUP - West Tyrone)
To ask the Minister of the Environment how the number of successful prosecutions by the Enforcement Team compares to the number of pollution incidents reported to the Northern Ireland Environment Agency since 2012.

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8 AQO 8859/11-16 Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)
To ask the Minister of the Environment whether he has liaised with the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government ahead of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris regarding climate change priorities for the island of Ireland.

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9 AQO 8860/11-16 Mrs Jo-Anne Dobson
(UUP - Upper Bann)
To ask the Minister of the Environment how the new Strategic Planning Policy Statement will assist in achieving sustainable populations in rural areas.

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10 AQO 8861/11-16 Mr Seán Lynch
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
To ask the Minister of the Environment whether the announced Strategic Planning Policy Statement will prevent fracking in County Fermanagh.

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11 AQO 8862/11-16 Mr Alex Maskey
(SF - West Belfast)
To ask the Minister of the Environment to outline the timeframe for the reviews of strategic policy on development in the countryside and strategic policy on renewable energy, recently announced as part of the Strategic Planning Policy Statement.

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12 AQO 8863/11-16 Mr Samuel Gardiner MBE
(UUP - Upper Bann)
To ask the Minister of the Environment to detail how many fish have been killed due to pollution incidents since 2012.

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13 AQO 8864/11-16 Ms Rosaleen McCorley
(SF - West Belfast)
To ask the Minister of the Environment, given local green house gas emissions targets, how he is working with the Department for Regional Development to introduce local incentives for electric and hybrid cars.

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14 AQO 8865/11-16 Mr Steven Agnew
(GPNI - North Down)
To ask the Minister of the Environment to outline the impact of the presumption against fracking in the Strategic Planning Policy Statement.

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15 AQO 8866/11-16 Mrs Judith Cochrane
(APNI - East Belfast)
To ask the Minister of the Environment, given the increased authority provided to local councils regarding planning enforcement, whether he has any plans to reduce the time it takes to resolve planning issues.

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