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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.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) any amount spent by his Department on external consultants, in each of the last five years, including any proportion of that work that could have been undertaken by departmental staff.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any (i) cost of administrative errors across all agriculture, environment and rural development support schemes, including any costs of (a) overpayments; (b) underpayments; (c) appeals; (d) legal challenges; and (e) corrective actions, in the…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 49349/22-27, given the uncertainty facing farmers considering participation in peatland restoration schemes, to detail (i) any representations he has made to the Minister of Finance in relation to the potential impact of Agricultural…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 32325/22-27, whether there are any plans to bring forward any legislation necessary to implement a wildlife intervention for bovine tuberculosis before the end of the 2022-2027 Assembly mandate.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 47006/22-27, to detail how farmers will be credited for existing carbon sequestration measures identified through the Carbon Footprinting Project.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the expenditure on agency staff by his Department and its arm's-length bodies; and (ii) the number of agency staff employed within each directorate, including the duration of their employment, in each of the last five financial years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any cost of site-specific Remedial Management Plans under the Environmental Farming Scheme, including (i) total expenditure; (ii) average cost per farm; and (iii) the proportion of overall scheme funding allocated to planning and…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether an Equality Impact Assessment has been undertaken in relation to the potential income impacts of reduced stocking densities under the Farming with Nature Scheme.
The regulations are designed to strengthen and complement the existing framework governing the welfare of animals at the time of killing. They build upon EU regulation 1099/2009 and the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations 2014, ensuring that the North maintains high standards of animal welfare. The…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 48741/22-27, to detail any criteria used within site-specific Remedial Management Plans (ssRMPs) to determine when reduced stocking densities are required under the Farming with Nature Higher Scheme, including any quantitative…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether any assessment has been made of the impact of reduced stocking densities under the Farming with Nature Scheme on farm incomes, broken down by land classification, including how this has informed his Department’s compliance with its Equality…
To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 29098/17-22, to detail (i) an update on the procurement and implementation of the new Land Registry IT system; and (ii) whether it will include the capability to identify the largest landowners by (a) land owned and (b) value.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether, ten years after Brexit, any assessment has been made of the financial impact on rural communities, including a comparison of funding provided to date against the levels of support previously available under (i) pillar one; and (ii) pillar two,…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 10147/22-27, whether any assessment has been made of the uncertainty faced by farmers, arising from the absence of engagement with HM Treasury or HMRC, regarding the potential loss of eligibility for Agricultural Property Relief when…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the implementation of the Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme, including (i) an assessment of the economic benefits to farm businesses and the environmental impact achieved to date; and (ii) a breakdown of (a) uptake; (b) payments; and (c)…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for a update on any proposed sheep support scheme, including (i) progress to date; (ii) key policy decisions; (iii) funding considerations; and (iv) indicative timelines for implementation.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the quantity of beef (i) imported; and (ii) exported, in each of the last three years.
I will follow on from the key points made by my colleague Aoife Finnegan MLA. First, I record our appreciation of the Committee staff, including Janice and Glenda, for the work that they did. I also thank the Bill Office for its assistance during our scrutiny of the Bill. We have had more than 22 Committee sessions on…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 47606/22-27, to detail (i) any criteria used to determine when reduced stocking densities are required under the Farming with Nature scheme; and (ii) how these decisions will be applied across farms, broken down by land classification.
Minister, one farmer of many whom I met at the weekend told me that he has spent over £20,000 on a planning application on which no decision has yet been made. Has the Department carried out any assessment of the financial impact of the delays in responses on the farming community, some of whom are trying to get…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any steps he is taking to strengthen public sector procurement by increasing the sourcing of locally produced fresh food for government agencies, schools, hospitals and other public buildings.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the amount spent on agency staff by his Department and its arm's-length agencies, broken down by (a) business area; (b) directorate; and (c) agency; (ii) the number of agency staff employed within each area; and (iii) the principal…