AQW 38615/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any policy she used to determine whether households can or cannot afford to contribute towards infrastructure needs, such as wastewater and sewage.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 20 January 2026
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 20 January 2026
- Answer due by
- 4 February 2026
- Answered
- 4 February 202615 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The current NI Executive policy is to provide a subsidy to NI Water in lieu of domestic water charging.
I will not add to the financial burden faced by people in the North by introducing domestic water charging to hard pressed workers and families in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis.