Debate contribution: Lough Neagh: Blue-green Algae
Debate contribution by Mr Andrew Muir on .
- MLA
- Mr Andrew Muir
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 28 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Lough Neagh: Blue-green Algae
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5762237
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I have many good relationships with farmers who are committed to nature-friendly farming and our environment, and I congratulate them for that. As I set out in my response to the substantive question, £49 million has been secured under the Shared Ireland initiative to support nature-based solutions on farms as part of the sustainable catchment programme. We are also developing and delivering our sustainable farm initiative, which is really important. As part of that, there is capital support for people in relation to technologies that are available. With regard to waste water pollution, I have set out to you that I have a paper with the Executive, which has been sitting there for months, to end the bye ball that was wrongly afforded to NI Water. The DUP is blocking that, so I encourage you to let me make sure that everyone is treated fairly. It is wrong that the corporate polluter is afforded a bye ball. That needs to end.
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