The Committee received two briefings during todays meeting.Both briefings from the Department, one on Permitted Development Rights and the other on Driver & Vehicle Agency – MOT’s, Lifts & Driving Tests. View Agenda
Minister for Infrastructure Nichola Mallon answers Members’ questions. View the questions asked of the Minister.
The Committee considered a number of pieces of subordinate legislation. The Committee also received a Departmental Briefing on Brexit.
https://youtu.be/BsK9n-lOQFY Minister for Infrastructure Nichola Mallon answers Members’ questions. View the questions asked of the Minister.
https://youtu.be/F4mE8KDXTVY Cathal Boylan MLA asks an urgent oral question of Minister for Infrastructure Nichola Mallon in relation to the North South Electricity Interconnector.
Read the Official Report (Hansard) for this Plenary Session.
The committee heard from the Minister, Nichola Mallon MLA, on the resumption of driving tests and addressing the current backlog. https://youtu.be/UG5lWVSBDt4?t=910
https://youtu.be/I04EdsHH0hI This motion, proposed by Michelle McIlveen Chairperson of the Infrastructure Committee, asks that the Assembly recognises the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the taxi, haulage, driving instruction, and private hire bus and coach sectors; acknowledges that these industries have not been prioritised in terms of guidance and support packages; and calls on the… Continue Reading Concerns over COVID-19 Guidance and Financial Support to Industry Sectors – Tuesday 7 July 2020
https://youtu.be/cXXjAmdwCPA Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon asks Members to approve the Legislative Consent Motion (LCM) for the Business and Planning Bill, introduced in Westminster on 25 June 2020. An LCM allows for legislation from Westminster to apply to Northern Ireland when it would normally be a devolved matter legislated by the Assembly. The Bill includes a… Continue Reading Legislative Consent Motion: Business and Planning Bill – Tuesday 7 July 2020
https://youtu.be/UpzCLP4dZD8 Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon asks Members to affirm the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2020. The purpose of this Statutory Rule is to exempt persons riding in a motor ambulance from the requirement to wear a seat belt while that person is providing medical treatment to a patient which due… Continue Reading The Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2020 – Tuesday 30 June 2020