details.aspx MLA Details: Mr Andrew Muir

Mr Andrew Muir

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Muir
Official First Name: Andrew
Usual First Name: Andrew
Party: Alliance Party
Constituency: North Down

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Alliance Party	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Alliance Party	Party Member	23/12/2019 - 27/03/2022

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
23/12/2019	North Down	Other, Replaced Dr S Farry
13/05/2022	North Down	Other, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
03/02/2024 - Present	Minister	Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
10/03/2021 - 25/03/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy, Committee for Infrastructure and Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Public Accounts Committee
26/01/2020 - 26/01/2020	Committee Member	Northern Ireland Assembly Commission
20/01/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for Infrastructure
13/01/2020 - 10/03/2020	Committee Deputy Chair	Audit Committee
11/01/2020 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Business Committee

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
27/06/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Arts
19/06/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Fairtrade
01/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Micro and Small Business
30/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Press Freedom and Media Sustainability
29/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on Cycling
28/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Visual Impairment
22/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Climate Action
20/06/2022 - 27/02/2024	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party group on Sports and Physical Recreation
13/01/2022 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All Party Group on Funerals and Bereavement
26/01/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Arts
20/01/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Press Freedom and Media Sustainability
07/12/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Micro and Small Business
30/09/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Lung Health
18/03/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Fairtrade
05/02/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Climate Action

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

79 Questions, Page 1 of 8

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AQW 5190/22-27

Mr Andrew Muir
(APNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether departmental officials have conducted an impact assessment regarding fuel consumption and the switch to E10 petrol. [Priority Written]

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24/10/2022

Answered on 28/10/2022

AQW 5054/22-27

Mr Andrew Muir
(APNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) for an update on the development of the new Road Safety strategy; and (ii) whether it will reference road users having shared or hierarchy of responsibilities. [Priority Written]

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20/10/2022

Answered on 28/10/2022

AQW 4979/22-27

Mr Andrew Muir
(APNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what work has been carried out by his Department to facilitate the creation of car sharing clubs. [Priority Written]

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19/10/2022

Answered on 24/10/2022

AQW 4896/22-27

Mr Andrew Muir
(APNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the appointment of a replacement contractor for Priory and Springhill GP Surgeries. [Priority Written]

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18/10/2022

Answered on 27/10/2022

AQW 4794/22-27

Mr Andrew Muir
(APNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 16250/17-22, to provide an up to date list of the requested road resurfacing projects in Ards and North Down Council area. [Priority Written]

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17/10/2022

Answered on 25/10/2022

AQW 4745/22-27

Mr Andrew Muir
(APNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister for the Economy what assessment has been made of the impact a vacancy in the ministerial office post 28th October 2022 will have on departmental (i) decision making; and (ii) spending. [Priority Written]

14/10/2022

Question Withdrawn

AQW 4672/22-27

Mr Andrew Muir
(APNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to list the planning applications with his Department after being called in from district councils under the 2011 Planning Act.

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13/10/2022

Answered on 28/10/2022

AQW 4671/22-27

Mr Andrew Muir
(APNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the identified risks which could endanger the delivery of planned (i) network maintenance; and (ii) network developments, in the Ards and North Down Council Area by the end of 2022-23 financial year.

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13/10/2022

Answered on 28/10/2022

AQW 4651/22-27

Mr Andrew Muir
(APNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline plans for Apprenticeship funding following the end of European Social Fund support.

13/10/2022

Question Withdrawn

AQW 4650/22-27

Mr Andrew Muir
(APNI - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what assessment has been made of the impact a vacancy in the ministerial office post 28 October 2022 will have on departmental (i) decision making; and (ii) spending. [Priority Written]

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13/10/2022

Answered on 20/10/2022

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