Mark Durkan has called for stronger action to remove unauthorised flags, posters and signage from street furniture and roadsides. - video Dailymotion

Mark Durkan has called for stronger action to remove unauthorised flags, posters and signage from street furniture and roadsides.

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00:00Can the Minister outline what role her department has and what action it takes

00:05in terms of the removal of unauthorised flags, posters and signage from our

00:12street furniture and road sites?

00:15Well I think this has been an issue for ongoing debate.

00:18My department has a specific remit in relation to things that are

00:24obstructing roads or visual impact on motorists. However there are

00:30engaging, as the member will know, through, I suppose the member for

00:35South Belfast as well, has outlined around the removal of flags and who is

00:39responsible for those things because of some of the the contentious nature and

00:42the difficulties that those can cause.

00:45Mr. Duggan.

00:47I thank the Minister for her answer yes and I'm aware of the action that the PSNI has taken with the

00:52department and sometimes in the absence of support from the department around

00:56items that are considered inflammatory. But in terms of those that don't meet

01:00that threshold, what sort of message does the Minister think it sends out when

01:06our roundabouts and roadsides are festooned with her own party's political

01:12posters that are completely unauthorised?

01:14Well if you can point me to the examples of that I'm happy to ask

01:18officials to consider it but I'm sure there's many political parties have

01:21signs and banners up everywhere and we look at each one of them in

01:25individual cases.