AQW 36239/22-27

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 25/11/2025
Answered On Date: 10/12/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any actions she will take to (i) ensure all sections and divisions within her Department use the spelling of Cloughey, for the village on the Ards Peninsula Irish Sea coast, and (ii) stop the use of and replace signs, with the incorrect spelling of Cloghy and Cloughy.

Answer:

My officials advise that they are aware of several older directional signs that use the spelling Cloghy.

As the Member will be aware, my Department has been operating in a difficult financial environment for a number of years due to underfunding and austerity by the British Government and limited budget resources mean we must prioritise our interventions to those locations deemed most in need. For this reason, the spelling will be amended as and when signage comes to the end of its natural life and is in need of replacement.