Mr Stephen Dunne

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Dunne
Official First Name: Stephen
Usual First Name: Stephen
Party: Democratic Unionist Party
Constituency: North Down

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	28/06/2021 - 27/03/2022

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
28/06/2021	North Down	Unionist, Replaced Mr Gordon Dunne
13/05/2022	North Down	Unionist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
23/09/2025 - Present	Committee Member	Public Accounts Committee
06/11/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee for the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and the Committee for Infrastructure
17/10/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for Infrastructure
16/09/2024 - 23/09/2025	Committee Member	Committee for Justice
03/06/2024 - 16/09/2024	Committee Member	Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
26/02/2024 - 08/04/2024	Committee Member	Committee on Standards and Privileges
11/10/2021 - 20/10/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Education and the Committee for the Economy
20/09/2021 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for Communities
05/07/2021 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
28/06/2021 - 14/09/2021	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
04/10/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Road Safety
25/06/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Football
21/05/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party group on Sports and Physical Recreation
27/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling
24/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Animal Welfare
09/05/2023 - 21/05/2024	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party group on Sports and Physical Recreation
22/06/2022 - 06/12/2024	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Rare Disease
18/02/2022 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Rare Disease

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

226 Questions, Page 1 of 23

Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQW 41568/22-27

Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of times that the fisheries protection vessel has been deployed, in each of the last five years. [Priority Written]

27/02/2026

To be answered by 05/03/2026

AQW 41567/22-27

Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail the timeframe for finance review of the business case for enhancing the regional eating disorder service, as cited in the Northern Ireland Mental Health Strategy: A Review of the Deliverability of the Strategy’s Actions 2026-2029

27/02/2026

To be answered by 16/03/2026

AQW 41469/22-27

Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Finance for an update on his Department's engagement with the UK Government regarding the Local Growth Fund.

26/02/2026

To be answered by 13/03/2026

AQO 3281/22-27

Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)

To ask the Assembly Commission for an update on restoration work to the tomb of Lord and Lady Craigavon.

26/02/2026

To be answered on 10/03/2026

AQO 3252/22-27

Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline any action his Department is taking to support nature-based solutions to tackle pollution in Belfast Lough.

26/02/2026

To be answered on 09/03/2026

AQW 41381/22-27

Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Finance whether a response has been received to the joint letter sent by the Executive to the Secretary of State for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, regarding the Local Growth Fund.

25/02/2026

To be answered by 12/03/2026

AQW 41380/22-27

Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any consideration her Department has given to introducing mandatory drug testing, to those involved in serious or fatal road traffic collisions.

25/02/2026

To be answered by 12/03/2026

AQW 41379/22-27

Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for the Economy, pursuant to AQW 40797/22-27, to detail the location of the approved site.

25/02/2026

To be answered by 12/03/2026

AQW 41378/22-27

Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the amount of the £2.5 million, allocated to road maintenance, that has been reallocated from other areas of her Department’s budget; and (ii) from which areas of the budget it has been reallocated from.

25/02/2026

To be answered by 12/03/2026

AQW 41377/22-27

Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any recommendations that have been enacted by her Department ,following the 2024 Northern Ireland Audit Office report, Road Openings by Utilities.

25/02/2026

To be answered by 12/03/2026

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