Ref No | Member | Question | Tabled | Status | Index Terms |
AQW 10702/22-27
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Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether his Department intends to introduce real-time water quality reports.
| 23/04/2024 |
To be answered by 09/05/2024
| Water; Quality control; Northern Ireland Water; Local councils |
AQW 10651/22-27
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Ms Kate Nicholl
(APNI - South Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities what additional support he can provide to local councils to encourage them to make all public toilets Stoma Friendly.
| 23/04/2024 |
To be answered by 09/05/2024
| Disability; Toilets; Local councils |
AQW 10511/22-27
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Mr Justin McNulty
(SDLP - Newry and Armagh)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the efforts he is making to ensure that planning offices are fully resourced.
| 19/04/2024 |
To be answered by 07/05/2024
| Offices; Staff; Planning permission; Local councils |
AQW 10447/22-27
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Mr John Blair
(APNI - South Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of Parking Charge Notices issued for pavement parking in the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area in the last five years.
| 19/04/2024 |
To be answered by 07/05/2024
| Local councils; Enforcement; Parking; Footpaths; South Antrim |
AQW 10293/22-27
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Ms Sinéad McLaughlin
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister for Communities what steps he intends to take in relation to (i) the closure of Waterside Theatre; (ii) the recent funding loss experienced by organisations in Derry City and Strabane District Council from the Arts Council; and (iii) the regional imbalance in funding provided by the Arts Council.
| 17/04/2024 |
To be answered by 02/05/2024
| Foyle; Closures; Theatres; Local councils; Arts |
AQW 10276/22-27
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any (i) guidance provided by; and (ii) conversations between, his Department, Tourism NI and local councils in relation to making public car parking easier for tourists, specifically the variety of methods required to pay, often within the same town or council area.
| 17/04/2024 |
To be answered by 02/05/2024
| Tourism; Parking; Vehicles; Local councils; Tourism Northern Ireland |
AQW 10275/22-27
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) his plans to reinitiate the dilapidation bill; and (ii) the stage the bill is currently at in its creation.
+ Display Answer
| 17/04/2024 |
Answered on 23/04/2024
| Empty property; Vacant land; Local councils; Safety |
AQW 10274/22-27
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) how he is liaising with local councils to ensure the proper application of animal welfare rights and policy; (ii) how performance, and the application of legislation and policy by animal welfare officers is monitored and assessed; and (iii) whether there are plans to strengthen animal welfare laws to counter increasing instances of animal cruelty.
+ Display Answer
| 17/04/2024 |
Answered on 23/04/2024
| Local councils; Animal welfare; Abuse; Regulation; Enforcement |
AQW 10250/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the rationale in relation to the decision not to intervene in the expansion of the Cloghan Point oil terminal.
| 17/04/2024 |
To be answered by 02/05/2024
| Oil; Infrastructure; Planning permission; Local councils |
AQW 10217/22-27
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the percentage of rates raised that has been spent on staff wages in each of the last six years, broken down by local council.
| 16/04/2024 |
To be answered by 01/05/2024
| Local councils; Staff; Pay; Rates and rating |
AQW 10212/22-27
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Mr Daniel McCrossan
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the spend on the greenways strategy, broken down by constituency, for the last five years.
| 16/04/2024 |
To be answered by 01/05/2024
| Expenditure; Greenways; Local councils; Government departments |
AQW 10190/22-27
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Ms Diane Forsythe
(DUP - South Down)
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To ask the Minister of Finance whether her Department has conducted an appraisal of the costs and savings to the Executive realised by the move from 26 local councils to 11.
| 16/04/2024 |
To be answered by 01/05/2024
| Reform; Local councils; Costs; Efficiency scrutinies |
AQW 10122/22-27
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Communities how far the street sign policies of some councils, based on meeting 15 per cent demand, take account of the sensitivities of those with different national and cultural identities, as required by Section 78F(2) of the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022.
[Priority Written]
| 15/04/2024 |
To be answered by 18/04/2024
| Local councils; Road signs and markings; Culture; Languages |
AQW 10120/22-27
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Communities, given his local council oversight role, whether he will examine if the street sign policies of some councils are compliant with the requirements of Section 78F(2) of the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022.
| 15/04/2024 |
To be answered by 30/04/2024
| Local councils; Road signs and markings; Policy; Culture; Languages |
AQW 10005/22-27
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) for his assessment of how wastewater limits are preventing the opening of new businesses in town centres; (ii) to detail the impact this is having on the revitalisation of town centres; and (iii) to detail what (a) work; and (b) engagement has taken place, or is planned, with the Department for Infrastructure and NI Water to remedy this.
| 12/04/2024 |
Question Withdrawn
| Sewers; Business; Local councils; Impact assessments |
AQW 10004/22-27
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) for his assessment of how wastewater limits are preventing the opening of new businesses in town centres; (ii) whether the Department or local council’s understanding of the wastewater situation in the area is, or can be, shared with the applicant prior to them paying for a wastewater impact assessment; and (iii) to detail the difference in cost between private and NI Water wastewater impact assessments.
| 12/04/2024 |
To be answered by 29/04/2024
| Sewers; Business; Local councils; Impact assessments |
AQW 9990/22-27
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Ms Carál Ní Chuilín
(SF - North Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities what discussions he has had with Executive colleagues to introduce legislation to bring the regulation of funfairs under the responsibility of local councils.
+ Display Answer
| 12/04/2024 |
Answered on 23/04/2024
| Local councils; Entertainments; Regulation |
AQW 9962/22-27
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Ms Cheryl Brownlee
(DUP - East Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the proposed dilapidation bill.
+ Display Answer
| 11/04/2024 |
Answered on 16/04/2024
| Empty property; Vacant land; Local councils; Safety; Assembly questions |
AQW 9876/22-27
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Mr Danny Donnelly
(APNI - East Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of fixed penalty notices issued to sunbed operators, broken down by (i) year; and (ii) district council area, since the provisions of the Sunbeds Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 came into effect in 2012.
| 11/04/2024 |
To be answered by 26/04/2024
| Sunbeds; Enforcement; Local councils; Regulation |
AQW 9842/22-27
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Miss Michelle McIlveen
(DUP - Strangford)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what powers local planning authorities have to revoke Tree Preservation Orders which were made, but not confirmed by the Planning Service, prior to the transfer of functions to local councils.
| 10/04/2024 |
To be answered by 25/04/2024
| Local councils; Tree preservation orders; Planning permission |
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