Armstrong demands Murphy and DRD Act to rectify County Londonderry Name Blunder
Billy Armstrong, the Ulster Unionist MLA for Mid Ulster has demanded that the Department of Regional Development takes urgent action to ensure that all correspondence issued by them, and the Water Service to constituents in County Londonderry uses the County’s correct title.
“My constituency of Mid-Ulster incorporates part of County Londonderry and part of County Tyrone. I have received numerous complaints from constituents in County Londonderry who are most unhappy that correspondence and bills received from the Water Service are addressed to ‘County Derry’ rather than the proper and full name of County Londonderry.
County Londonderry is the official name of the County and it is right and proper that all Government bodies and especially Departments within the Northern Ireland Assembly use its correct name.
I have already written to Conor Murphy the Minister for Regional Development demanding that action be taken to immediately rectify this unacceptable situation.”