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Written questions on the subject NI Water


 
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AQW 53487/22-27 Mrs Deborah Erskine
(DUP - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on any discussions she has had with the Minister for Agriculture, Environmental and Rural Affairs, regarding the proposal to remove the zero-detriment policy with NI Water.

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01/10/2026 Answered on 08/10/2026
AQW 53036/22-27 Mr Patsy McGlone
(SDLP - Mid Ulster)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any recent discussions she has had with NI Water to ensure customers are adequately informed on (i) planned; and (ii) unplanned, water infrastructure repairs.

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25/09/2026 Answered on 08/10/2026
AQW 52264/22-27 Mr Patsy McGlone
(SDLP - Mid Ulster)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the number of bidders for NI Water contract C1247 by the tender closing date; (ii) the date on which the tender process, including due diligence of contractors, was completed; (iii) the date on which the decision was taken to award contract C1247 to the successful contractor; (iv) the date on which the decision was taken to subsidise the successful contractors TUPE obligations, under contract C1247; (v) the date on which the successful contractor formally accepted the offer to subsidise their TUPE obligation; and (vi) the date on which the successful contractor officially signed contract C1247. [Priority Written]

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17/09/2026 Answered on 30/09/2026
AQW 51962/22-27 Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on any potential non-compliance of NI Water wastewater treatment works that discharge into Belfast Lough.

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15/09/2026 Answered on 29/09/2026
AQW 50652/22-27 Mrs Deborah Erskine
(DUP - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether she has been briefed by NI Water on their next Price Control plans.

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02/09/2026 Answered on 01/10/2026
AQW 50603/22-27 Mr Brian Kingston
(DUP - North Belfast)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any action planned, in association with NI Water, to address the network Unsatisfactory Intermittent Discharges at (i) Springfield Road Workman Combined Sewage Overflow; and (ii) North Queen Street Cultra Combined Sewerage Overflow, which are impacting negatively on planning applications in parts of North and West Belfast. [Priority Written]

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01/09/2026 Answered on 08/09/2026
AQW 50588/22-27 Mr Patsy McGlone
(SDLP - Mid Ulster)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the total cost to date of the 2025 reports by (i) Deloitte; and (ii) Mott MacDonald, relating to the investigation into alleged fraud at NI Water. [Priority Written]

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01/09/2026 Answered on 08/09/2026
AQW 50297/22-27 Mr Patsy McGlone
(SDLP - Mid Ulster)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in relation to NI Water Electrical Inspection, Testing Repair Contract, C1247, since 27 May 2025, to detail (i) the number of exceptional payments that were brought to the Board of NI Water for authorisation, including the value and purpose of each of those payments; (ii) the number of exceptional payments that were authorised by the Board of NI Water, including the value and purpose of each of those payments; and (iii) the total value of exceptional payments authorised by the Board.

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02/07/2026 Answered on 22/07/2026
AQW 50296/22-27 Mr Patsy McGlone
(SDLP - Mid Ulster)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 33492/22-27 and AQW 44408/22-27, to detail when NI Water will make the full, completed report by Deloitte on its investigation into alleged fraud at NI Water publicly available, in the interests of openness and transparency.

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02/07/2026 Answered on 10/07/2026
AQW 49838/22-27 Mr Patsy McGlone
(SDLP - Mid Ulster)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 48099/22-27, to detail: (i) the number of NI Water operational sites that currently remain in service with outstanding C2 electrical defects; (ii) the number that remain in service with outstanding C3 electrical defects; (iii) whether a written engineering risk assessment exists for each such site; (iv) who approved each risk assessment; and (v) whether NI Water considers each site to remain compliant with its statutory duties under electricity and health and safety legislation.

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29/06/2026 Answered on 10/07/2026
AQW 49837/22-27 Mr Patsy McGlone
(SDLP - Mid Ulster)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 48100/22-27, given that Contract C1247 provides for service credits of £50 per site, per week, until completion, to detail whether the disclosed total value of service credits accrued the figure of £1,800, represents the full contractual entitlement available to NI Water.

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29/06/2026 Answered on 08/07/2026
AQW 47951/22-27 Mr Peter Martin
(DUP - North Down)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether NI Water has any plans to dispose of any reservoirs, in the North Down constituency.

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04/06/2026 Answered on 11/06/2026
AQW 46141/22-27 Mr Patsy McGlone
(SDLP - Mid Ulster)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in relation to NI Water contracts C1247 Lot one and Lot two, to detail the number of (i) C1; (ii) C2; and (iii) C3 remedial electrical repairs that remain incomplete beyond the contractual 10 working day completion period from the date of NI Water work allocation instruction or Purchase Order, broken down by (a) contract Lot; and (b) defect classification.

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13/05/2026 Answered on 04/06/2026
AQW 46138/22-27 Mr Patsy McGlone
(SDLP - Mid Ulster)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in relation to NI Water contracts C1247 Lot one and Lot two, to detail the number of NI Water sites that are currently beyond the required statutory electrical inspection and testing due date, under NI Water’s four year inspection cycle, broken down by contract Lot.

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13/05/2026 Answered on 04/06/2026
AQW 46083/22-27 Miss Michelle McIlveen
(DUP - Strangford)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of NI Water development applications that are currently constrained by wastewater infrastructure capacity, in the Strangford constituency.

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12/05/2026 Answered on 22/05/2026
AQW 45604/22-27 Ms Kellie Armstrong
(APNI - Strangford)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any legislation or regulation that permits NI Water to decline to provide a connection to a building that has been derelict for at least five years.

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06/05/2026 Answered on 21/05/2026
AQW 45153/22-27 Mr Peter Martin
(DUP - North Down)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 44248/22-27, AQW 44250/22-27 and AQW 44251/22-27, whether the decision to approve the scheme was made by NI Water alone or with her Department's input.

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29/04/2026 Answered on 21/05/2026
AQW 44464/22-27 Miss Michelle McIlveen
(DUP - Strangford)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of pollution incidents that have been attributed to NI Water, as a proportion of the total number of pollution incidents, in each of the last five years.

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21/04/2026 Answered on 05/05/2026
AQW 44454/22-27 Mr Justin McNulty
(SDLP - Newry and Armagh)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) whether any assessment has been made of NI Water's 28 January 2026 press release, stating that short-term injections of funding do not provide a sustainable solution for critical infrastructure and that long-term, fully funded investment through future Price Control periods is essential to meet housing demand, protect the environment and support economic development; and (ii) to detail how her Department will provide NI Water with long-term fully funded investment. [Priority Written]

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21/04/2026 Answered on 24/04/2026
AQW 44451/22-27 Mr Justin McNulty
(SDLP - Newry and Armagh)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 42889/22-27, in light of her confirmation that voluntary developer contributions will not close the funding gap between the amount that NI Water receives from the Executive and the amount that is needed to address wastewater constraints, to detail (i) the projected funding gap for Price Control periods 2021-27 and 2028-33; and (ii) the estimated proportion of the funding gap that will be addressed by the current three-pronged approach, during each Price Control period.

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21/04/2026 Answered on 06/05/2026
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