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Mr Andrew Muir: Assembly records
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When I took up office, I took a pledge to serve all the people of Northern Ireland equally, which is something that other people struggle to do. I am the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. An awful lot of people seek to speak on behalf of farmers. I will quote from one of the letters that I have…
I can give the Member that assurance. It is important that we look at all issues that relate to that operation. As the Member knows, and as many people know but fail to recognise publicly, the operation at Fivemiletown was neither authorised nor directed by me. I ordered an independent external review of that…
I expected better from you, Harry. Farmers deserve an apology, and it is the DUP that needs to offer it. Look at the legacy that I inherited. Very little action was taken on TB. There was unlawful action on ammonia. Northern Ireland was treated as an environmental sacrifice zone. The situation that the DUP left for me…
My officials and I continue to engage directly and regularly with the farming community and its representative bodies on the work that my Department does in order to ensure open dialogue, practical engagement and continued partnership working. That engagement takes place through established forums, including the…
Thank you very much, Danny. I get the concerns that we need to be moving towards remediation of the site. We have adopted the remediation strategy, and the steps ahead of us relate to that. We need to get the costings for remediation, followed by business case approval and the formal adoption of the remediation…
I will publish the remediation strategy for Mobuoy once the costings are finalised and are with me. I will meet you later this year to discuss the issue.
Thank you. I look forward to meeting you next week to discuss the issue further. The concerns relating to drinking water are of real importance. That is why we carry out daily testing. We have an environmental monitoring programme there, and we publish the results on the internet. We can have more discussion next week…
Thank you, Sinéad. I have had meetings with the current and previous Finance Ministers to highlight the potential costs of remediation. I need to know the final estimated costs, and we will get those in the next few weeks. Engagement with Treasury is primarily for the Department of Finance, which will take that…
The updated draft remediation strategy, informed by consultation feedback and supported by significant additional technical work, was presented to me in May this year. There has been significant work to bring the draft remediation strategy to this stage, and further important decisions will be required regarding the…
Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. As Minister, I am grateful to the Chair of the Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee and to Members from all sides of the Chamber for their consideration of the Bill and their contributions to the debate, which have been valuable and useful. I will respond to a…
I beg to move First, I thank my Executive colleagues for their support in bringing the important Bill before the Assembly. I look forward to working constructively with Members as it progresses. The Bill is a significant and necessary step forward in how we manage, protect and develop Northern Ireland's fisheries,…
Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the Members who contributed to the debate. It might have been a short debate, but it is on an important issue. The regulations represent my Department's ongoing commitment to driving forward the highest possible standards of animal welfare. This is one of the key areas…
I am grateful for the opportunity to debate this motion, which seeks the Assembly's approval to introduce the draft Mandatory Use of Closed Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026. In 2015, the then Farm Animal Welfare Committee, now the Animal Welfare Committee, which is an expert…
I beg to introduce the Fisheries, Aquaculture and Water Environment Bill [NIA 38/22-27], which is a Bill to make provision about the functions of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in relation to fisheries and inland waters; about enforcement powers in relation to sea fisheries; about…
I thank Members for the debate and for raising the issues that they did. It is important that I put on record my thanks to the Committee for its deliberations. It was an extended Committee Stage, and good work was done in taking evidence from witnesses. I will pick up on a couple of the issues that were raised during…
Does the Member understand my disappointment at hearing her contribution on this? It is an Executive Bill, to which I got Executive agreement to progress. The first time that those concerns have been outlined to me, as a partner in government with her party, has been in the Chamber today. I would have liked to have…
Does the Member accept that, whilst that consultation was undertaken in 2016, the Committee, during its deliberations, had a call for evidence and was able to engage with people on that? We need to strike a balance because, often, I hear from Members about the number of consultations that we undertake, rather than…