AQW 38615/22-27

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 20/01/2026
Answered On Date: 04/02/2026
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any policy she used to determine whether households can or cannot afford to contribute towards infrastructure needs, such as wastewater and sewage.

Answer:

The current NI Executive policy is to provide a subsidy to NI Water in lieu of domestic water charging.

I will not add to the financial burden faced by people in the North by introducing domestic water charging to hard pressed workers and families in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis.