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Minister, you recently introduced a number of small business research initiatives (SBRIs). How will those help address the issues at Lough Neagh?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Pollutants: Lough Neagh Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Pollutants: Lough Neagh
I have repeatedly said on the record that I am not involved in blame games — that is not where you will find me — and I do not believe in using some of the language that has been used in recent months. We need to work together to address the issues. We need to invest in waste water infrastructure, but we also need to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Pollutants: Lough Neagh Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Pollutants: Lough Neagh
Minister, is it not a farce that many in the House and outside it continue to point the finger at our main industry when the truth is — you just outlined it — that a significant part of the problem comes from Stormont Departments? Does Stormont not need to get its house in order before lambasting and blaming the…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Pollutants: Lough Neagh Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Pollutants: Lough Neagh
For Lough Neagh, like many waterbodies across the globe, the primary environmental problem that leads to the growth of blue-green algae is the excessive enrichment of waters with nutrients, specifically phosphorus and nitrogen. We know that the main contributing factors in that enrichment are agriculture and waste…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Pollutants: Lough Neagh Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Pollutants: Lough Neagh
There is already North/South disparity in agriculture when it comes to Budget settlements and investment. Some of that is, frankly, about the outworkings of Brexit, with Northern Ireland no longer being part of the European Union, whereas, in the Republic of Ireland, the common agricultural policy still applies and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rural Development: Ring-fenced Budget Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rural Development: Ring-fenced Budget
Given the recent announcement that funding will no longer be ring-fenced, is the Minister concerned that farming in the South will have a competitive edge? What can he do to address that?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rural Development: Ring-fenced Budget Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rural Development: Ring-fenced Budget
I will check my diary for that, but I will comment a wee bit on the issue that you have raised, which is about inheritance tax and agricultural property relief. It was a bad Budget for farmers, and one of the biggest issues is the decision on agricultural property relief. Northern Ireland will be disproportionately…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rural Development: Ring-fenced Budget Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rural Development: Ring-fenced Budget
Minister, will you join the Ulster Farmers’ Union and the National Farmers' Union at the rally in Westminster on 19 November to show solidarity with our farmers?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rural Development: Ring-fenced Budget Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rural Development: Ring-fenced Budget
Rural affairs is a priority for me and something that I have been spending time on. I have a number of ministerial priorities, which includes rural affairs. It is something that we are progressing in developing a new rural policy that we will seek to consult on in due course. I am also making efforts to see how we can…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rural Development: Ring-fenced Budget Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rural Development: Ring-fenced Budget
I thank the Minister for his answer. Minister, given the vital role that rural development plays in our communities, why does rural affairs sit as the sixth ministerial priority in your 2024-25 business plan?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rural Development: Ring-fenced Budget Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rural Development: Ring-fenced Budget
As the House will be aware, following the autumn Budget 2024 announcement last Wednesday, funding for agriculture, agri-environment and the wider rural economy will no longer be a ring-fenced addition to the Northern Ireland block grant. Instead, future funding for agriculture and fisheries will now be considered as…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rural Development: Ring-fenced Budget Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rural Development: Ring-fenced Budget
There were a number of questions from the leader of the Opposition there. One was about Lough Neagh, and the other was about working with the Minister for Infrastructure on waste water infrastructure. I entirely refute the allegation that this is a Lough Neagh inaction plan. The Member will know that we are delivering…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Pollution: Belfast Lough Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Pollution: Belfast Lough
Minister, there is a disconnect here between the seriousness of what is happening at Belfast lough and the fact that you have said that it could or will be the next Lough Neagh with regard to ecological breakdown and the urgency or lack of urgency from the Executive. Lots of people are concerned that the Lough Neagh…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Pollution: Belfast Lough Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Pollution: Belfast Lough
The impact that waste water infrastructure has on our waterways more generally in Northern Ireland is about 24%. Obviously, that varies in different areas, but, in Belfast lough, it is substantial. We know that there is a need for investment in the Kinnegar waste water treatment works in Holywood; that has a specific…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Pollution: Belfast Lough Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Pollution: Belfast Lough
Will the Minister please outline how much of a contribution waste water infrastructure makes to poor water quality in Belfast lough?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Pollution: Belfast Lough Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Pollution: Belfast Lough
My Department's role is to test bathing water quality, which you referenced. The recent report outlined that. There are a number of contributory factors to the pollution of our waterways. In Belfast lough, it is largely to do with waste water infrastructure. I continue to work with the Minister for Infrastructure on…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Pollution: Belfast Lough Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Pollution: Belfast Lough
Minister, what action, perhaps including testing, is your Department taking to improve the water quality in Belfast lough, specifically for sea swimming, which, as you know, is very popular across North Down, in order to bring it above its current status of "satisfactory"?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Pollution: Belfast Lough Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Pollution: Belfast Lough
I am very aware of the recent Northern Ireland Water report, which is titled 'Story of Belfast Lough'. It paints a very concerning picture for all of us about an area in our constituency that is for Northern Ireland to use. I have reflected on the issue, and I have read the report. It is my strong view that, if…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Pollution: Belfast Lough Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Pollution: Belfast Lough
Scientists are providing evidence that the area of dangerously polluted water in Belfast lough is expanding. It is having an adverse impact on water sports, bathing and mussel production, with the annual tonnage of that down. Will the Minister agree with the assertion of a whistle-blower, who said to me that Belfast…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Pollution: Belfast Lough Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Pollution: Belfast Lough
The high levels of nutrient and bacterial pollution in Belfast lough have an impact on marine life, particularly in the area inward of the line between Carrickfergus and Grey Point, known as the inner lough and harbour. Within the inner regions of the lough, marine life shows signs of pollution pressures. Shellfish…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Pollution: Belfast Lough Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Pollution: Belfast Lough
I thank the Member for his question. I have set the policy direction for the strategy with my officials, and they are now progressing it. Some actions will be the responsibility of other Departments, as I outlined, and I will work with my ministerial colleagues to finalise that important, cross-cutting strategy. It is…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Air Quality Improvements Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Air Quality Improvements
When will the consultation on the clean air strategy be published?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Air Quality Improvements Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Air Quality Improvements
I am very conscious of the figure that the Member has quoted, because those are individual lives that are being lost as a result of poor air quality in Northern Ireland. I will do whatever I can in my power, whether that be through the environmental improvement plan or the future air quality strategy for Northern…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Air Quality Improvements Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Air Quality Improvements
Are the actions in the environmental improvement plan sufficient to reduce the number of deaths caused by poor air quality in the North? For context, the number was recently estimated at 900 deaths a year.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Air Quality Improvements Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Air Quality Improvements
I am aware of the issues, and I am happy to respond to them. I must say that there are resource pressures in my Department around the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and, more generally, in environmental protection. That is something that I will seek to address in the Budget next year. We need to support our…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Air Quality Improvements Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Air Quality Improvements
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