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What work is the Minister doing to support the local fishing industry?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund
I understand the Member's concerns, and it is important that that funding come to Northern Ireland and not on the basis of a Barnett calculation. The share needs to be much bigger than that. I will write again to the Minister to say that Members have raised the issue with me today in the Chamber. It is important that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund
When the announcement was made just over a month ago on access to water for the next 12 years, the fishing industry was devastated. Then, hand in hand, the fund was announced. It is a huge number — £360 million — for the fund, but it feels very like something that has been put out there to pacify the industry. Will…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund
As I said, I have already raised the issue of the fund with the relevant Minister. I will continue to argue for Northern Ireland to get its fair share of that funding. I have concerns, because there is no more detail about the fund, but I will continue to argue for funding, because harbours in Northern Ireland,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund
I thank the Minister for his answer. Minister, you are well aware of the specific needs of fisheries in Ardglass, Kilkeel and Portavogie. What funding do you hope to see? What initiatives would you like to implement to support those fisheries, and when do you expect to see such initiatives in place? You know that…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund
I have written to Minister Daniel Zeichner in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to emphasise the need for Northern Ireland to secure an equitable share of the fund and to seek an assurance that my officials will be fully and meaningfully involved in its design, delivery and promotion.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund
Anaerobic digestion has a lot of benefits for Northern Ireland. Sustainable utilisation of livestock slurry, which is part of a small business research initiative (SBRI), is now in phase 2. I want to see that scaled up. We work in conjunction with the Department for the Economy on that, and wider collaboration is…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy
The Minister will agree that the burning of fossil fuels is a massive contributor to the pollution of our air. Will the Minister update us on anaerobic digestion and its benefits when it comes to promoting a clean air strategy? Will he outline what the hold-ups are in interdepartmental working?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy
I thank the Member for his question. Just before coming into the Chamber for Question Time, I was updated on that situation. Over the weekend, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency's waste management licensing team received a significant number of communications — approximately 25 — regarding odours from the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy
While we await broader progress on the clean air strategy, the people of Warrenpoint are dealing with the very immediate, ongoing issue of nauseating odours. They have been doing so regularly, but the odours have been especially bad over the past seven days. Those people deserve to breathe clean air too. Following the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy
Air pollution and climate change share some similar sources of pollutants, specifically in relation to the combustion of fossil fuels, which leads to the emission of carbon dioxide and many air pollutants that adversely impact on human health. Climate action commitments for Northern Ireland, such as replacing fossil…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy
If I may, I will take us back to the original question on air quality. Will the Minister outline how climate action can also improve air quality?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy
Climate change is a real issue. It affects Northern Ireland and the rest of the world as well. It is having a real impact now. The Assembly cared about that, because it unanimously endorsed the legislation at its Final Reading in 2022. It is a legislative obligation that was set out by the Assembly. I understand the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy
The Department for Infrastructure is part of the clean air strategy, as I am sure that the Minister will agree. However, the AERA Minister cares so much about climate change emissions and targets that his Department did not have input into the A5 project. That project, therefore, is effectively stopped at the moment.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy
The management of annual bonfires is recognised as being a challenging and complex issue that requires a range of agreed multi-agency preventative and, where appropriate, enforcement activity. The deposit and burning of controlled waste at a bonfire site has the potential to be a breach of the law. In line with DAERA…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy
Minister, recent media reports have revealed the presence of asbestos at a bonfire site in Meridi Street in Belfast. What engagement have you had with the NI Environment Agency (NIEA) on the removal of that asbestos? Do you agree that no bonfire should take place where asbestos is present at or in close proximity to…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy
My Department has been engaging and continues to engage with the other Departments that have responsibility for minimising pollutant emissions to air in order to agree the actions that each Department can include in the draft clean air strategy. Good progress has been made on the development of that strategy. I have…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Clean Air Strategy
The future agricultural policy decisions that were announced by my predecessor in March 2022 did not include proposals for sheep support but indicated that work would be undertaken to explore options for support that would improve the overall performance and resilience of the sheep sector. On 29 January 2025, I…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Sheep Sector: Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Sheep Sector: Support
I ask the Minister for an update on the rationale behind not previously including sheep support in the sustainable agriculture programme.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Sheep Sector: Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Sheep Sector: Support
I met the Infrastructure Minister last week, I have written to her, and there will be further engagement at official and ministerial level between our Departments on the land that was vested as a result of the potential construction of the A5. Responsibilities lie with DFI and, when it comes to requests relating to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Sheep Sector: Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Sheep Sector: Support
I thank the Minister for his response. Three thousand acres of land were vested by DFI for the A5. Many of the people affected by that are sheep farmers. What support does the Minister intend to give those who have been caught up in that debacle? In particular, will there be any amendments to the payment scheme this…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Sheep Sector: Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Sheep Sector: Support
My officials have presented a proposed forward work plan for new areas of policy development work in my Department’s sustainable agriculture programme (SAP) to the agricultural policy stakeholder group to seek its views on prioritisation. The work plan includes support for the sheep sector. It is my intention that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Sheep Sector: Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Sheep Sector: Support
It remains the case that Intertrade UK has no independent offices; no budget; no staff, apart from those seconded from the NIO; and no website that people can be directed to. Does the deputy First Minister agree that the current footing for Intertrade UK is a poor parallel to the bloated body that is…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: East-West Council: Second Meeting Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: East-West Council: Second Meeting
Will the deputy First Minister inform the House of how the work of the East-West Council differs from the British-Irish Council or the North/South Ministerial Council? How can other parts of the UK get more involved?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: East-West Council: Second Meeting Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: East-West Council: Second Meeting
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: East-West Council: Second Meeting Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: East-West Council: Second Meeting
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