AQW 35369/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of road gully maintenance machines her Department (i) owns; and (ii) contracts in.

Asked by Andrew McMurray MLA on 12 November 2025

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Tabled
12 November 2025
Answer due by
27 November 2025
Answered
17 November 20255 days after tabling
Department
Department for Infrastructure
Priority question
No

Answer

There are a total of 57 vehicles available to the Department for the purposes of gully cleaning. The Department does not contract-in gully-emptiers, rather the contract provides a gully emptying service and therefore the number of vehicles provided indicates those that are both owned by the Department or available through the contract.

It should be noted that due to required servicing and maintenance of the vehicles, not all units may be available at any given time.

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