To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail all correspondence between her Department and the owner of a hedge that encroaches onto the public footpath on the A20 from Newtownards to Teal Rocks.

My Department has had no formal contact with the owner of the hedge adjacent to the footway that runs between Old Shore Road and Teal Rocks. As is normal practice when overgrown hedges obstruct the movement of pedestrians on footways, informal contact was made with the owner of the hedge advising that overgrowth was reducing the footway width. In response to this informal approach, the hedge has been cut back and it has not been necessary for my Department to issue any formal notices to have hedge cutting carried out at this location.