AQW 47020/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 10/06/2015
Answered On Date: 22/06/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Regional Development, pursuant to AQW 46216/11-15, to detail the groups that his Department has engaged with in the pre-consultation phase.

Answer:

During the pre-consultation stage on the Accessible Transport Strategy my officials engaged in discussions with a number of organisations as set out below. In addition to meetings, this engagement included participation in focus groups organised by a number of these organisations to seek the views from a wider range of individuals and interest groups.

1. Age Friendly Belfast

2. Action Mental Health – New Horizons

3. Action on Hearing Loss

4. Barnardos

5. Disability Action

6. Guide Dogs in Northern Ireland

7. IMTAC (Inclusive Mobility Transport Advisory Committee)

8. MENCAP

9. National Autistic Society

10. Omnibus Partnership

11. Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)

12. The Cedar Foundation

13. The Consumer Council

At the commencement of the development process, officials also contacted 19 other stakeholder groups who did not respond to my department’s offer for pre- consultation engagement.