Role of street lighting in making civic environment safer for women acknowledged after Derry sex attacks  - video Dailymotion

Role of street lighting in making civic environment safer for women acknowledged after Derry sex attacks

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00:00Does the Minister agree that street lighting plays an integral role not just in road safety

00:05but in community safety too? In the light of recent events and what we have heard from

00:11many women about how unsafe they feel, does the Minister have any plans to improve response

00:17times, particularly where there are long-standing outages or delays?

00:24If the Member has any specific areas in question, he should feel free to contact my private

00:28office and I'll ensure they're followed up. But yes, street lighting provides a more safer

00:34environment for people to use pathways and walkways and active travel routes etc.

00:41And particularly, the Member's right in raising the concerns about safety for women,

00:45particularly after the recent events in Derry. So I can assure you my department will play

00:49whatever role we can in ensuring that the street lighting that's in place is serviced properly,

00:54is maintained properly and as I say, if there's any specific areas of concern,

00:57please feel free to contact my private office.