Debate contribution: Pollution: Slurry Run-off

Debate contribution by Mr Jonathan Buckley on 10 September 2024.

MLA: Mr Jonathan Buckley
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 10 September 2024
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Pollution: Slurry Run-off
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 4517732

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I thank the Minister for his answer. I want to be practical. One of the issues affecting farmers is the inflexibility surrounding a slurry season that opens on 15 October and closes on 31 January. With very unpredictable weather, to put it mildly, in Northern Ireland, that is simply not realistic for many farmers. It puts them under huge pressure to get slurry out in what are sometimes very wet conditions rather than having some flexibility and better weather predictions and conditions on the ground. Will the Minister lobby on that and look into it as a genuine way of trying to reduce run-off into waterways and Lough Neagh?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 505/22-27.

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