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Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he will review (i) legislation; and (ii) sentencing guidelines, regarding (a) animal welfare; and (b) dog fighting cases, with a view of identifying and closing any legal loopholes or ambiguities that have allowed perpetrators to evade justice…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he has plans to introduce legislation to provide mandatory minimum prison sentences for those found guilty of (i) participating in; (ii) facilitating; and (iii) spectating, dog fighting.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he has considered mandatory lifetime disqualification orders from (i) keeping; (ii) owning; (iii) dealing in; and (iv) transporting, any animal for anyone convicted of participating in dog fighting.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the Consultation on the Introduction of Mandatory CCTV into Slaughterhouses.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any surveillance his Department has introduced to ensure that the UK Internal Market is protected from sub standard or harmful agriculture goods and products entering NI from the EU via the Irish Republic.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline the qualifications his Department has to process applications for marine licensing.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of the impact that digestate spreading has on water quality, particularly in the Lough Neagh catchment area.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs how his Department will ensure travellers, hauliers and businesses are aware of the rules on meat imports, including the risk of disease introduction and associated penalties.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether manure which has been granted a licence by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the Republic of Ireland is a valid route for manure from Northern Ireland livestock farms where this is subject to annual returns to the NIEA and…
To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline any support her Department is providing to enable parents in rural areas to access flexible employment opportunities.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline any support her Department is providing for low-income households struggling with high energy costs, particularly those in rural areas which are not on the gas grid.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the discussions she has had with (i) the GB Government; and (ii) the EU, regarding the introduction of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
To ask the Minister for the Economy, given her written statement on the 1 October 2025 regarding electricity supply and the increase in permitted operating hours for Kilroot power station, to detail (i) the amount it will cost the bill payers per each additional permitted hour; and (ii) the amount this will place on…
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) to detail the payments made, to date, for each of the two new gas units in Kilroot power station from (a) the balancing market; (b) the system services; and (c) the capacity market; and (ii) given that these units have run hour restrictions of 1500hrs per year, whether the (a)…
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) the number of additional permitted hours given to Kilroot power station, as per your statement on the 1 October 2025 on electricity supply; and (ii) whether these are additional hours or are they an advancement on next years permitted hours.
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) to provide the link to the UK Government press release, which includes comment from her or her Department, welcoming the jobs announcement by Bank of America, as stated by her Permanent Secretary at a meeting of the Committee for the Economy on 1 October 2025; and (ii) to detail…