AQW 14236/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 08/02/2021
Answered On Date: 26/02/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of historical assets in private hands, that the Historic Environment section has not been able to take action to protect due to lack of funding for legal challenges from 2016 to date.

Answer:

I am not aware of any occasions on which Historic Environment Division has been prevented from taking action regarding historic assets in private hands, due to lack of funding for legal challenges during that time period.