Mr Declan McAleer

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: McAleer
Official First Name: Declan
Usual First Name: Declan
Party: Sinn Féin
Constituency: West Tyrone

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Sinn Féin	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Sinn Féin	Party Member	02/03/2017 - 27/03/2022
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
13/05/2022	West Tyrone	Nationalist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
10/02/2025 - Present	Committee Member	Committee on Standards and Privileges
06/11/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee for the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and the Committee for Infrastructure
06/02/2024 - Present	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
27/02/2025 - 29/05/2025	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy and Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
12/02/2024 - 03/02/2025	Committee Deputy Chair	Assembly and Executive Review Committee
10/03/2021 - 25/03/2021	Committee Deputy Chair	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
20/01/2020 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee on Standards and Privileges
20/01/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Chairpersons' Liaison Group
14/01/2020 - 27/03/2022	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
08/01/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Built Environment
09/05/2017 - 24/01/2018	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Built Environment

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

35 Questions, Page 1 of 4

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQO 2844/22-27

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on work undertaken through their Department to end violence against women and girls.

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27/11/2025

Answered on 16/12/2025

AQW 37372/22-27

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the rationale behind the policy that provides only 50 per cent compensation for livestock affected by bluetongue disease, including the evidence or considerations that informed this decision. [Priority Written]

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12/12/2025

Answered on 18/12/2025

AQW 37078/22-27

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail whether (i) any current or planned grant schemes support the installation of rubber matting or rubber flooring on concrete slabs in cattle housing, given its benefits for animal welfare and farm safety; and (ii) consideration will be given to including such flooring under future farm investment or animal-welfare related funding programmes.

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09/12/2025

Answered on 19/12/2025

AQW 36472/22-27

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of whether the ability to produce an accurate statement of environmental impact is fully embedded in the existing NI Environment Agency Operational Protocol, when assessing pollution from current farming systems.

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28/11/2025

Answered on 07/01/2026

AQW 36471/22-27

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he will ensure that the draft Future Operational Protocol to Assess the Impacts of Air Pollution on the Natural Environment, does not unintentionally create barriers to the adoption of pollution-reducing technologies on farms.

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28/11/2025

Answered on 19/12/2025

AQO 2803/22-27

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline the criteria that will be used by the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Transformation Programme to determine whether existing powers under The Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 or licences issued under The Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 are the most appropriate legislative route for implementing any preferred wildlife intervention.

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20/11/2025

Answered on 02/12/2025

AQW 35819/22-27

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 33962/22-27, whether the €9 million funding is being used to establish two new anaerobic digestion plants. [Priority Written]

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19/11/2025

Answered on 28/11/2025

AQW 35280/22-27

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) for an update on the current NI Environmental Agency agricultural caseload planning position; and (ii) to detail the status of the existing backlog.

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12/11/2025

Answered on 10/12/2025

AQW 35279/22-27

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, regarding the Planning Appeals Commission’s letter dated 9 September 2025 on the Dalradian Public Inquiry, to detail (i) the conflict of interest that exists; and (ii) any steps her Department intends to take to resolve this.

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12/11/2025

Answered on 18/12/2025

AQW 35042/22-27

Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the rational behind Small Business Research Initiative measures, such as the Sustainable Utilisation of Layer Manure to prevent phosphates entering waterways, not being given time to be implemented before the proposed Nutrients Action Programme for 2026 - 2029 reduces phosphate levels on farms; (ii) any transition support will be provided to farmers.

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10/11/2025

Answered on 11/12/2025

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