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Mr Declan McAleer

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: McAleer
Official First Name: Declan
Usual First Name: Declan
Date of Birth: 10/07/1973
Party: Sinn Féin
Constituency: West Tyrone

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Sinn Féin	Party Member	02/03/2017 - Present
Sinn Féin	Party Member	05/05/2016 - 25/01/2017
Sinn Féin	Party Member	02/07/2012 - 30/03/2016

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
02/07/2012	West Tyrone	Nationalist, Replaced Mr P Doherty
12/05/2016	West Tyrone	Nationalist, elected following substitution
13/03/2017	West Tyrone	Nationalist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
31/03/2020 - Present	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
20/01/2020 - Present	Committee Member	Committee on Standards and Privileges
20/01/2020 - Present	Committee Member	Chairpersons' Liaison Group
14/01/2020 - Present	Committee Chair	Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
11/01/2020 - 19/01/2020	Committee Member	Business Committee
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for Infrastructure
25/05/2016 - 06/06/2016	Committee Chair	Audit Committee
25/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Business Committee
01/03/2016 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment and the Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development
15/04/2013 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Committee on Standards and Privileges
11/02/2013 - 28/02/2013	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee for Health, Social Services and Public Safety
10/09/2012 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development
10/09/2012 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Committee for Regional Development

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
09/05/2017 - 24/01/2018	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Construction

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

74 Questions, Page 1 of 8

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQO 542/17-22

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the Management Board for Rebuilding Health and Social Care Services' most recent interaction with the Transformation Advisory Board and health trade unions regarding the Rebuilding Health and Social Care Services Strategic Framework.

25/06/2020

To be answered on 07/07/2020

AQW 5080/17-22

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) whether his Department has considered and prepared for a no deal scenario between the British Government and the EU; and (ii) how this would impact on (a) points of entry; and (b) sanitary and phytosanitary checks. [Priority Written]

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22/06/2020

Answered on 30/06/2020

AQW 5079/17-22

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he has conducted an assessment of the potential impact the new immigration system will have on the capacity of veterinary businesses.

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22/06/2020

Answered on 30/06/2020

AQW 5078/17-22

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the £1.3 million that was announced in December 2019 for eight new agri-food research projects.

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22/06/2020

Answered on 30/06/2020

AQW 5077/17-22

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether there will be adequate veterinary capacity to meet the demands for veterinary certification, supervision for goods and equine and pet animals moving from Britain from 01 January 2021.

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22/06/2020

Answered on 30/06/2020

AQW 5049/17-22

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on determining the facility requirements for (i) the points of entry; and (ii) potential border control posts. [Priority Written]

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19/06/2020

Answered on 26/06/2020

AQW 5048/17-22

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether any meetings or operational workshops have taken place with port officials, in preparation for the points of entry plan, in the last six months.

19/06/2020

To be answered by 06/07/2020

AQO 518/17-22

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Finance whether the UK Treasury has confirmed that it will cover the costs of checking sanitary and phytosanitary measures following the end of the transition period.

18/06/2020

To be answered on 30/06/2020

AQW 4960/17-22

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the rural policy framework.

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17/06/2020

Answered on 26/06/2020

AQW 4959/17-22

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on Tackling Rural Poverty and Social Isolation initiatives.

17/06/2020

To be answered by 02/07/2020

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