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Written questions on the subject Northern Ireland Water


 
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AQW 48436/22-27 Mrs Deborah Erskine
(DUP - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any work he has undertaken around the zero detriment policy between Northern Ireland Water and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, in the last two years.

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11/06/2026 Answered on 25/06/2026
AQW 48435/22-27 Mrs Deborah Erskine
(DUP - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail who he has engaged with in relation to his proposal to remove the zero detriment policy between Northern Ireland Water and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, in the last two years.

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11/06/2026 Answered on 25/06/2026
AQW 48403/22-27 Mr Peter Martin
(DUP - North Down)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether some Northern Ireland Water staff are owed pay from the 2023-24 financial year.

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10/06/2026 Answered on 29/06/2026
AQW 48402/22-27 Mr Peter Martin
(DUP - North Down)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on any steps taken to resolve the Northern Ireland Water pay dispute.

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10/06/2026 Answered on 29/06/2026
AQW 48146/22-27 Mr Matthew O'Toole
(SDLP - South Belfast)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the percentage of funding for Northern Ireland Water, which has been allocated in-year, in each of the last ten years.

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08/06/2026 Answered on 22/06/2026
AQW 46082/22-27 Miss Michelle McIlveen
(DUP - Strangford)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to provide a list of the Northern Ireland Water closed catchment areas, in the Strangford constituency.

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12/05/2026 Answered on 22/05/2026
AQO 3556/22-27 Mrs Deborah Erskine
(DUP - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline any recent assessment that has been made of NI Water’s remit in relation to water quality at Lough Neagh.

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07/05/2026 Answered on 18/05/2026
AQW 41214/22-27 Miss Michelle McIlveen
(DUP - Strangford)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on any work his Department has undertaken with Northern Ireland Water to address wastewater infrastructure deficiencies contributing to nutrient pollution, in the last five years.

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23/02/2026 Answered on 09/03/2026
AQW 38293/22-27 Mr Phillip Brett
(DUP - North Belfast)
To ask the Minister for the Economy for her assessment of the earmarked funding awarded by the Minister of Finance to Northern Ireland Water, in terms of stalling economic growth.

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15/01/2026 Answered on 27/01/2026
AQW 34764/22-27 Miss Michelle McIlveen
(DUP - Strangford)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail what (i) correspondence; (ii) telephone calls; (iii) meetings; and (iii) requests for meetings, that have taken place between him or his officials and the Minister for Infrastructure or her officials to discuss sewage pollution by Northern Ireland Water, since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.

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05/11/2025 Answered on 11/12/2025
AQW 34763/22-27 Miss Michelle McIlveen
(DUP - Strangford)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the (i) correspondence; (ii) telephone calls; (iii) meetings; and (iii) requests for meetings that have taken place between her or her officials and the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs or his officials, to discuss sewage pollution by Northern Ireland Water, since the re-establishment of the Northern Ireland Executive in February 2024.

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05/11/2025 Answered on 21/11/2025
AQW 31739/22-27 Ms Paula Bradshaw
(APNI - South Belfast)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline any measures her Department is taking to ensure that Northern Ireland Water releases comprehensive, real-time data, on sewage discharges, in line with practice across other UK jurisdictions.

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22/09/2025 Answered on 02/10/2025
AQW 29732/22-27 Mr Patsy McGlone
(SDLP - Mid Ulster)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure how NI Water has complied with Recommendation 64 of the March 2013 NI Audit Office report, Northern Ireland Water's Response to a Suspected Fraud.

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02/07/2025 Answered on 10/07/2025
AQW 23794/22-27 Mr Daniel McCrossan
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) for his assessment of the Northern Ireland Water Classification Statistics 2024 Report; and (ii) to detail any work he is undertaking to increase the number of transitional or coastal water bodies achieving high ecological status from the current zero level.

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04/03/2025 Answered on 12/03/2025
AQO 1660/22-27 Mr Andrew McMurray
(APNI - South Down)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for her assessment of the current funding model for Northern Ireland Water.

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20/02/2025 Answered on 04/03/2025
AQO 967/22-27 Mr Peter McReynolds
(APNI - East Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Finance what discussions have taken place with the Minister for Infrastructure to address the shortfall in funding for Northern Ireland Water.

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03/10/2024 Answered on 15/10/2024
AQW 6167/22-27 Mr Phillip Brett
(DUP - North Belfast)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for his assessment of (i) the current moratorium that Northern Ireland Water has in place to carry out ground investigation works due to budgetary constraints; (ii) the delays this is causing to housing development; and; (II) when the moratorium will be lifted.

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12/02/2024 Answered on 22/02/2024
AQW 1196/22-27 Mr John Blair
(APNI - South Antrim)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what recent assessment his Department has made of the levels of pyridine in Northern Ireland waters.

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09/06/2022 Answered on 24/06/2022
AQW 27099/17-22 Mr David Hilditch
(DUP - East Antrim)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) how many capital projects have been identified by Northern Ireland Water in East Antrim for delivery; (ii) how many of the capital projects identified by Northern Ireland Water for East Antrim will address (a) waste water treatment; and (b) sewer networks; and (iii) the catchment areas for each of the capital works planned by Northern Ireland Water in East Antrim, in each of the next six years.

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09/12/2021 Answered on 21/12/2021
AQW 25184/17-22 Mr Andrew Muir
(APNI - North Down)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for her assessment of the impact arising from only £1.5million being received from October 2021 Monitoring Round bids for NI Water.

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03/11/2021 Answered on 15/11/2021
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