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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 engagement he has had with local councils regarding the role of Shared Environmental Services (SES) in planning and environmental assessment processes affecting poultry development and licences for exporting hen manures; (ii) whether…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 44827/22-27 and AQW 44707/22-27, to detail any circumstances, evidence or findings arising from the finalisation of the Ammonia Strategy that would prompt his Department to undertake a full Equality Impact Assessment, including whether…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) whether the Farming with Nature scheme requires reduced stocking densities in Less Favoured Areas; and (ii) to detail how this will be applied.
Thank you, Minister, for your answer. My office, that of my colleague Órfhlaith Begley MP and those of all the other elected representatives in West Tyrone have been contacted by families who have had to travel considerable distances outside the constituency to access specialist education for their young children.…
I have repeatedly raised the poultry litter issue with you and with the Departments, North and South. Farmers in the South want poultry litter, and farmers in the North want to export it, given the phosphorus (P) surplus here and P deficit in the South. Have there been any discussions at ministerial level to help…
I thank the Minister for his statement. Have there been any discussions at North/South Ministerial Council level on the issue of strengthening all-island cooperation on nutrient management, particularly in light of the phosphate surplus that we have in the North versus the deficit in the South and the fact that…
Thank you, Minister. The previous Member touched on the A5. I am heartened to hear that the A5 remains a key priority for the NSMC. Have the Dublin Government reaffirmed their commitment to that project?
Mr McAleer asked the Minister of Education to outline what his Department is doing to address the serious lack of SEN early years provision in West Tyrone.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) for an update on the arrangements for the transfer of poultry litter to the south of Ireland; (ii) to detail any engagements he has had with the Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine on this, including at the most recent North…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether (i) he has any plans to make the completion of carbon audits a condition for receiving Farm Sustainability Payments; and (ii) any consideration has been given to issues raised by farmers in relation to any such requirement.
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 ensure that existing carbon sequestration measures already being carried out on farms are accurately assessed, recorded, and fully recognised within any future proposed carbon auditing process, so that farmers receive…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) whether any assessment has been made of the threat posed by bluetongue disease to the local agriculture sector; (ii) to detail any engagement he has had with the Irish Government on a coordinated all-island response; and (iii) whether he has any…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any engagement he has had with the British Government and Irish Government on (i) developing an all-island and wider market monitoring and transparency framework for fuel and fertiliser pricing; (ii) introducing a one-off, time-limited…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 44827/22-27, whether his Department will give any further consideration to the decision not to undertake a full Equality Impact Assessment in respect of the revised Proposed Ammonia Strategy, given that policies to reduce ammonia…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail, under revised land eligibility rules, any additional eligible land that is available, broken down by (i) Severely Disadvantaged Areas; (ii) Disadvantaged Areas; and (iii) lowland.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of entitlements that have been lost due to (i) the historic years rule; and (ii) inactivity, broken down by land classification.
Given that the areas in question are areas of natural constraint (ANCs), has the Minister given any further consideration to the implementation of an ANC scheme to support grazing livestock as a land management tool in those areas to prevent the risk of wildfires in the future?
Impact of BrexitTen Years On That this Assembly acknowledges that 23 June 2026 marks ten years since the Brexit referendum; notes that the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 was enacted, despite 56 per cent of voters in this jurisdiction having voted to remain in the EU; further acknowledges that Brexit…
I am pleased to welcome the return of the Balmoral show this week. It starts tomorrow, Wednesday, and runs until Saturday. The Balmoral show is a key event in our agricultural calendar and is an important celebration of rural communities. Tens of thousands of people will visit the Balmoral show this week. It is one of…
I thank the Minister for her answer. If unionists are so confident in their not-so-United Kingdom, does the deputy First Minister support calls for the people here to decide our collective futures in a unity referendum, as set out in the Good Friday Agreement?
Mr McAleer asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they accept that independence referenda are now a democratic imperative in the context of the seismic results in Wales and Scotland.
The motion proposes to extend the Committee Stage of the ANC Bill to allow for more thorough scrutiny. Given the Bill's importance to farmers operating in challenging environments, it is essential that the Committee has adequate time to examine its provisions in detail. The Bill provides financial support to those who…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether any assessment has been made of (i) the Food and Agriculture Organization’s recent guidance on methane reducing feed additives, in particular the use of the methane inhibitor bovaer in livestock systems; and (ii) its safety, regulatory approval,…
I beg to move Go raibh maith agat. The motion is on an issue of immense importance to the agriculture community. It goes far beyond animal health and strikes at the heart of our rural economy, environment and public health. I will begin by stating that we tabled a similar motion in the House in November 2024, and it…