AQW 18406/11-15

Mrs Jo-Anne Dobson
Ulster Unionist Party
Upper Bann

Tabled Date: 14/01/2013
Answered On Date: 30/01/2013
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to detail the costs incurred to date by Departments in relation to the working group which is undertaking a scoping exercise into the potential for public ownership of Lough Neagh.

Answer:

The Lough Neagh Working Group comprises 6 core members (all senior civil servants) with a small secretariat providing administrative support. The scoping exercise has being taken forward as part of the normal duties of these individuals.