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Mr Andrew Muir: Assembly records

All of Mr Andrew Muir’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.

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  1. Debate contribution: Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024: Prayer of Annulment

    • Committee Business
    • As a minister

    Thank you very much, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I am grateful for the opportunity to respond to the debate on the prayer of annulment. In responding, I will set out the context to explain why my Department has laid the Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024.…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  2. Debate contribution: Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024: Prayer of Annulment

    • Committee Business
    • As a minister

    I thank the Member for giving way. He mentioned Scotland. Does the Member not recognise that Northern Ireland is an outlier on the issue that we are debating? The changes, which were made in the absence of a sitting Assembly, do not apply in Scotland, nor do they apply in Wales or in any EU member state. Is it not…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  3. Motion or amendment: The draft Farm Sustainability (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025

    • Motion · Executive Motion
    • As a minister

    The draft Farm Sustainability (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 That the draft Farm Sustainability (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 be approved.

    Not flagged

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  4. Motion or amendment: The draft Farm Sustainability (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025

    • Motion · Executive Motion
    • As a minister

    The draft Farm Sustainability (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 That the draft Farm Sustainability (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 be approved.

    Not flagged

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  5. Debate contribution: The draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025

    • Executive Committee Business
    • As a minister

    I thank the Committee Chair and the Members who contributed to the debate. To summarise, the draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025 will implement two technical and operational changes to the UK ETS that relate specifically to the treatment and definition of stationary installations that…

    Not flagged

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  6. Debate contribution: The draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025

    • Executive Committee Business
    • As a minister

    I beg to move I am grateful for the opportunity to bring this draft Order to the House. The background to and operation of the UK emissions trading scheme (ETS) has been set out in detail previously, so I do not propose to repeat it. I refer Members to my opening remarks on 26 November 2024, when I brought the then…

    Not flagged

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  7. Motion or amendment: The draft Waste (Fees and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025

    • Motion · Executive Motion
    • As a minister

    The draft Waste (Fees and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 That the draft Waste (Fees and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 be approved.

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  8. Debate contribution: Disposable Nappies: Collection and Recycling Scheme

    • Private Members' Business
    • As a minister

    Thank you for giving way. I want to provide you the reassurance that there is no rolling back on my previous commitments. I am happy to engage with the councils. I am conscious that we also have to strike a balance. You are asking me to issue statutory guidance to councils, and the consultation is about non-statutory…

    Not flagged

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  9. Debate contribution: Disposable Nappies: Collection and Recycling Scheme

    • Private Members' Business
    • As a minister

    Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I thank the Members who tabled the motion for bringing it to the House and for their interest in the important issue of recycling. As we navigate the ever-increasing impact of climate change, it is now imperative that we rethink how we deal with our resources. Our current…

    Not flagged

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  10. Debate contribution: Agriculture Bill: Extension of Committee Stage

    • Committee Business
    • As a minister

    I will speak briefly, and I do not oppose the motion. I fully understand the pressures on the Committee and its many competing priorities, but I would like to impress upon its members the need to have the Committee's consideration completed at the earliest opportunity. It is important that I put that on the record. An…

    Not flagged

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  11. Motion or amendment: The draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025

    • Motion · Executive Motion
    • As a minister

    The draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025 That the draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025 be approved.

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  12. Debate contribution: Water Pollution: Accountability

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    That is a serious issue for me and for the people of Northern Ireland. Water quality has come so much on to the public agenda, and it is on my agenda, because two consecutive years of blue-green algae in Lough Neagh is of massive concern not just for Northern Ireland but more broadly. There is also sewage pollution…

    Not flagged

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  13. Debate contribution: Gold Mine in County Tyrone: Public Inquiry

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    In my initial response to the Member, I said, "Public Accounts Committee" instead of "Planning Appeals Commission"; there are two PACs in Northern Ireland. I meant to refer to the Planning Appeals Commission and the Water Appeals Commission. It is important to assure the Member and the general public that I have every…

    Not flagged

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  14. Debate contribution: Gold Mine in County Tyrone: Public Inquiry

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    A public inquiry started today. Members will understand that I have to be careful in what I say about that. My Department will work with the inquiry and comply with any statutory requirements associated with the needs of the Public Accounts Committee and the Water Appeals Commission.

    Not flagged

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  15. Debate contribution: Landslide on Shore Road, Rostrevor

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    I am trying to recall, and I cannot, so I will check and come back to the Member. If it is appropriate, we can then have a short meeting to move the matter along, because I am conscious that it has been going on for a while.

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  16. Debate contribution: Landslide on Shore Road, Rostrevor

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    I am aware of the issue from correspondence. There has been significant correspondence from not just the Member but others. DFI also has a role to play. I will check on the latest situation and write to the Member. I understand the importance of the matter, particularly given the traffic congestion and environmental…

    Not flagged

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  17. Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Environment Agency

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    The issue of funding is key, and I will take any funding going. If it is being offered by other Ministers so that we can do that, I will say, "Thank you". The other key issue is having the resource to recruit so that we get staff into post. I am confident that the Northern Ireland Environment Agency is working hard at…

    Not flagged

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  18. Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Environment Agency

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    I have a lot of respect for the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, and I have been doing a lot of work to improve processing times for applications. There is a further bid for additional staff so that that can be done. One of the issues is to do with applications that are made but do not meet the relevant criteria…

    Not flagged

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  19. Debate contribution: Animal Cruelty Register: Update

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    I have been working alongside the Justice Minister, for whom I have utmost respect as a person with the integrity and commitment to address the issues that affect the citizens of Northern Ireland. The potential option of having the ability to look at AccessNI checks is something that I want to explore and consider as…

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  20. Debate contribution: Animal Cruelty Register: Update

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    I thank the Member for her question. There are two aspects to that. There was a discussion about an all-Ireland animal cruelty register. I met Minister Charlie McConalogue in Dublin a while ago to discuss that, and, at that meeting, he outlined that there are no current plans to bring in a register in the South.…

    Not flagged

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  22. Debate contribution: EU-Mercosur Agreement

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    We need to step back a wee bit on the wider issue of the Mercosur trade deal. I recognise the concerns that farmers not just in Northern Ireland but in the Republic of Ireland have expressed, and I listen to those concerns. However, let us look at the trade deals that the UK did with the rest of the world. They were…

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  23. Debate contribution: EU-Mercosur Agreement

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    I thank the Member for raising the question. I regularly read the 'Irish Farmers Journal'. I read it every week, cover to cover. This has been raised as a concern by the Irish Farmers' Association. Whilst a free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur was announced on 6 December 2024, it is likely to be some time…

    Not flagged

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  24. Debate contribution: Lough Neagh: Tree Planting

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    Brexit has hampered an awful lot, particularly the growth of the UK economy, and we are all paying the consequences of that. I work through the issues. There is trade between GB and NI, and there are challenges associated with that, but my officials work through such issues. If there are particular concerns about our…

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  25. Debate contribution: Lough Neagh: Tree Planting

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    There are two sides to that. The first is the work that Forest Service is taking forward. The small woodland grant scheme is open for applications, as far as I am aware, so there are current schemes. In the Lough Neagh report and action plan, we are looking at specific interventions, particularly the replanting of…

    Not flagged

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