Debate contribution: Animal Carcasses: Dumping

Debate contribution by Mrs Deborah Erskine on 15 June 2026.

MLA: Mrs Deborah Erskine
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 15 June 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Animal Carcasses: Dumping
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5613946

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I thank the Minister for that answer. I am deeply concerned about it, as well. He will know that I have raised water quality issues with him quite a lot. This is a water quality issue — right here, right now. I have previously raised with him a waterway that is adjacent to Rhone Road. Over the weekend, we have also seen animal carcasses dumped in a waterway on Tullybryan Road in Ballygawley. How can we be more agile in getting agencies to work together quickly to get those carcasses removed from the waterways? In the Rhone Road situation, which I wrote to him about, the carcasses had disintegrated into the waterway before any action was taken. That is a water quality issue.

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 2445/22-27.

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