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
01/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Micro and Small Business
27/06/2023 - 04/08/2024	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Arts
19/06/2023 - 11/09/2024	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Fairtrade
30/06/2022 - 27/06/2024	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Press Freedom and Media Sustainability
29/06/2022 - 11/09/2024	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on Active Travel
28/06/2022 - 12/02/2024	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Visual Impairment
22/06/2022 - 06/11/2024	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

1. Employment and Earnings

None.

2. Donations and other support

Alliance Party: provided a donation of £4,970.29 towards May 2022 Election costs, received on 5 May 2022 (direct support from own party organisation).

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality

20 July 2025: I attended The Open at Royal Portrush Golf Club in my ministerial capacity as a guest of the R&A. The cost of the tickets and access to The Trophy Room hospitality for two guests (approximately £900) was met by the R&A. (Registered 14 August 2025)

4. Visits

24-26 September 2023: I travelled to Boston, USA to participate in a panel debate as part of an event to mark the Good Friday Agreement 25th Anniversary, which was organised by the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. The cost of return flights (£842.78), two nights’ accommodation (US$853.08) and transfer costs from the hotel to the Institute (US$60) were met by the Edward M. Kennedy Institute. (Registered 19 October 2023)

5. Shareholdings

None

6. Land and Property

None

7. Miscellaneous

Previously a member of the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC) Pension Scheme, arising from employment with Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Translink; and Ards and North Down Borough Council.

Previously a member of Kingfisher Retirement Trust, arising from employment with Woolworths.

My stepfather is a Quality Manager for the A6 Dungiven and Drumahoe Dualling Project.

8. Unremunerated interests

Member, Board of Governors, Rathmore Primary School, Bangor.

Honorary Member, North Down Cycling Club.

Member, Amnesty International.

Member, Ulster Architectural Heritage Society.

Member, Friends of Columbanus, Bangor.

Treasurer, Bangor Pride Committee (commenced 7 November 2023) (Registered 21 April 2024)

Member, North Down Athletic Club (ordinary membership of the Club retained after ceasing to be a member of the Members' Appeal Committee on 22 January 2025). (Registered 10 February 2025)

9. Family members who benefit from Office Cost Expenditure

None

Assembly Questions

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