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Mr Declan McAleer: Assembly records
All of Mr Declan McAleer’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
The timing of my question was fortuitous. I note and welcome the cooperation and collaboration that has gone into the draft PFG and is ongoing. Does the deputy First Minister agree that ongoing cooperation and collaboration across all Departments, sectors and interests and, indeed, civic society is crucial to delivery…
I thank the First Minister and the deputy First Minister for the launch of the draft PFG. Do the Ministers agree that regional balance must be a central component of the Programme for Government?
I take the opportunity to speak about dynamic pricing. As you know, that is the practice by which the market value of tickets and products rapidly increases with demand. Last Saturday morning, along with thousands of other Oasis fans, I logged on at 7.30 to try to get tickets for the gig. I started at number 58,516 in…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail his plans to introduce a sheep scheme to ensure the future viability of sheep farmers’ incomes.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he has given consideration to the Sheep Industry Taskforce report identifying the needs of the sheep sector and a proposed package to encourage its development.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, given the difference in government support available, how he will ensure the mushroom sector in the north can compete equally with growers in the south.
Opposition to Racism That this Assembly condemns the criminal damage and targeting of businesses in recent days; rejects all forms of Islamophobia, xenophobia and racism; endorses the work of voluntary sector organisations combatting racism and supporting those impacted by it; recognises the work of the Police Service…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to provide further information on his review of the Nutrients Action Programme, including how he will ensure that any changes to the Nutrients Action Programme will create conditions that enable farmers to farm.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs when he will make a final decision on the payment per hectare under future sustainability payments.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the draft Rural Policy Framework, including the total amount of funding allocated in the 2024-25 financial year.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether his Department will provide a pathway for farmers to reduce emissions if they cannot apply the betterment approach under the draft ammonia strategy operational protocol.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline (i) how a capital investment scheme, under the Farm Support and Development programme, will operate for individual farmers; and (ii) how will it enable individual farm planning applications.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline the rationale for refusing planning permission where a farmer has demonstrated a reduction in emissions on a designated site in a future operation protocol.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of farms that participated in the Environmental Farming Scheme between 2014 and 2020, broken down by (i) Severely Disadvantaged Areas; (ii) Disadvantaged Areas; and (iii) lowlands.
I thank the Minister for his statement. Minister, in paragraph 37, you refer to the sustainable utilisation of livestock slurry project. Do you have any indication of what the main benefit of that would be to the farming community and the improvement of water quality?
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in relation to the European Commission’s proposals on animal welfare during transport, whether responsibility for (i) leading on this policy; (ii) consulting with the industry; and (iii) representing the north's views to the EU, lies with his…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) to detail his obligations as set out under annex 2 of the Protocol in relation to Legacy EU Common Market Organisation (CMO) Schemes; and (ii) how future legislation on EU CMO schemes will deliver on what is set out under annex 2 of the Protocol.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Department's statement of 19 December 2023 on Ammonia Standing Advice, to detail (i) the number of planning applications awaiting case-by-case and site-by-site specific advice; (ii) the number of planning applications that have received…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs how much Agricultural Property relief has been worth to farmers in each of the last five years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he intends to bring forward an Areas of Natural Constraints scheme, similar to the south of Ireland and Scotland.