Mr Keith Buchanan

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Buchanan
Official First Name: Keith
Usual First Name: Keith
Party: Democratic Unionist Party
Constituency: Mid Ulster

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	02/03/2017 - 27/03/2022
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2016 - 25/01/2017

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
12/05/2016	Mid Ulster	Unionist, First Elected
13/03/2017	Mid Ulster	Unionist, Re-elected
13/05/2022	Mid Ulster	Unionist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
06/11/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee for the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and the Committee for Infrastructure
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for Infrastructure
06/02/2024 - 21/03/2024	Committee Deputy Chair	Audit Committee
11/10/2021 - 20/10/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Education and the Committee for the Economy
21/06/2021 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
14/06/2021 - 28/03/2022	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee for Finance
14/06/2021 - 16/06/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Executive Office, Committee for Finance and Committee for the Economy
10/03/2021 - 25/03/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy, Committee for Infrastructure and Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
27/01/2020 - 16/06/2021	Committee Member	Northern Ireland Assembly Commission
20/01/2020 - 07/06/2021	Committee Member	Business Committee
20/01/2020 - 21/06/2021	Committee Member	Committee for Infrastructure

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
22/06/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Construction
11/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Further and Higher Education
30/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on ADHD
24/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Animal Welfare
27/06/2022 - 22/06/2023	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Construction
13/01/2022 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Funerals and Bereavement
30/04/2018 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on ADHD
25/07/2017 - 30/04/2018	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on ADHD
09/05/2017 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Construction
27/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on ADHD

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

25 Questions, Page 1 of 3

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AQO 1534/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister of Education for an update on repairs to school facilities after Storm Éowyn.

View Official Report for AQO 1534/22-27

30/01/2025

Answered on 11/02/2025

AQO 1448/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister of Finance what plans are in place in relation to ensure building control regulations make provision for electric vehicle charging points for new dwellings.

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16/01/2025

Answered on 28/01/2025

AQO 1483/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to provide an update on the Rural Halls Refurbishment Scheme.

View Official Report for AQO 1483/22-27

23/01/2025

Answered on 04/02/2025

AQW 20161/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the amount his Department has been spent restocking (i) waterways; and (ii) fisheries in the last five years.

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08/01/2025

Answered on 17/01/2025

AQW 20073/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he has appraised installing defibrillators on public transport.

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07/01/2025

Answered on 22/01/2025

AQO 1350/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister for Communities to provide an update on funding for musical instruments for bands.

View Official Report for AQO 1350/22-27

06/01/2025

Answered on 14/01/2025

AQW 18984/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the number of parking tickets issued in (a) Cookstown; (b) Dungannon; (c) Magherafelt; (d) Maghera; and (e) Coalisland in the last 12 months; and (ii) the total number of hours of patrolling carried out each week in each of these areas.

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28/11/2024

Answered on 13/12/2024

AQW 18912/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether his Department has any plans to update or modify the Allotments Act (Northern Ireland) 1932.

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27/11/2024

Answered on 04/12/2024

AQW 18911/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether changes or modifications to wastewater treatment plants are required to go through a Habitats Regulations Assessment to check the impact on designated sites such as Lough Neagh.

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27/11/2024

Answered on 17/12/2024

AQW 18821/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on Magherafelt Courthouse, including (i) when it was last used; and (ii) the plans for its future use.

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26/11/2024

Answered on 05/12/2024 (Revised)

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