| Ref No | Member | Question | Tabled | Status |
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AQW 50409/22-27
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Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the amount of funding his Department has provided through (i) agricultural; (ii) environmental; and (iii) rural development schemes and programmes, in the financial years (a) 2024–25; and (b) 2025–26, broken down by constituency.
| 03/07/2026 |
To be answered by 22/07/2026
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AQW 50408/22-27
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Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 48440/22-27, to detail (i) the membership of the Public Sector Food Procurement Working Group; (ii) any actions that have been agreed to increase the sourcing of locally produced food across schools, hospitals, prisons and other public sector organisations; (iii) any barriers identified by the Working Group, including the steps being taken to address them; (iv) any targets, benchmarks or performance indicators that have been established to measure the proportion of locally sourced food purchased by the public sector; (v) the current estimated percentage and value of locally sourced food procured by (a) schools; (b) hospitals; (c) prisons; and (d) government departments and agencies, including a breakdown of these figures in each of the last five years; and (vi) any anticipated timeframe for the completion of the Working Group's work and the implementation of any recommendations.
| 03/07/2026 |
To be answered by 22/07/2026
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AQW 50407/22-27
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Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs how stakeholders and Section 75 groups will be involved in the Audit of Inequalities and the development of the subsequent action plan.
| 03/07/2026 |
To be answered by 22/07/2026
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AQW 50261/22-27
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Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether any assessment has been made of opportunities to reduce duplication of functions and administrative costs in his Department and its arm's-length bodies.
| 02/07/2026 |
To be answered by 21/07/2026
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AQW 50260/22-27
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Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the number of successful appeals that have been made against decisions, in each of the last five years; and (ii) the associated cost to his Department.
| 02/07/2026 |
To be answered by 21/07/2026
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AQW 50259/22-27
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Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) any amount spent on IT systems, upgrades and digital transformation projects, in the last five years; and (ii) any projects that have exceeded their original budget or delivery timescales.
| 02/07/2026 |
To be answered by 21/07/2026
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AQW 50258/22-27
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Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) any amount spent by his Department on external consultants, in each of the last five years, including any proportion of that work that could have been undertaken by departmental staff.
| 02/07/2026 |
To be answered by 21/07/2026
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AQW 50257/22-27
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Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any (i) cost of administrative errors across all agriculture, environment and rural development support schemes, including any costs of (a) overpayments; (b) underpayments; (c) appeals; (d) legal challenges; and (e) corrective actions, in the last five years; and (ii) schemes included in this.
| 02/07/2026 |
To be answered by 21/07/2026
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AQW 50115/22-27
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Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 49349/22-27, given the uncertainty facing farmers considering participation in peatland restoration schemes, to detail (i) any representations he has made to the Minister of Finance in relation to the potential impact of Agricultural Property Relief rules on such land; and (ii) whether he has requested that the Department of Finance engage with HM Treasury and HMRC to seek clarification and reassurance for farm businesses.
[Priority Written]
| 01/07/2026 |
To be answered by 09/07/2026
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AQW 50114/22-27
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Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 32325/22-27, whether there are any plans to bring forward any legislation necessary to implement a wildlife intervention for bovine tuberculosis before the end of the 2022-2027 Assembly mandate.
| 01/07/2026 |
To be answered by 20/07/2026
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