AQW 51751/22-27

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 11/09/2026
Answered On Date: 08/10/2026
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any monitoring her Department undertakes on the quality of repairs to potholes, in comparison with repairs in neighbouring jurisdictions.

Answer:

My Department does not hold the information in the format requested.

I recognise the importance of maintaining and improving our road network, and a considerable volume of work has already been done in terms of repairs and resurfacing. We all want our roads to be better and to achieve that, we must be ambitious and innovative in equal measure, using the resources we have in a more targeted and effective way.

The new Road Maintenance Strategy was published on 27 July 2026 and sets out how we can get there.