AQW 13036/17-22


Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast


Tabled Date: 20/01/2021
Answered On Date: 01/02/2021
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail current pollutant levels, broken down by local council district area.


Answer:
Northern Ireland currently has twenty automatic air quality monitoring stations:
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council has one automatic monitoring station located at Antrim Road, Elmfield. Pollutants monitored; nitrogen dioxide.
Ards and North Down Borough Council has one automatic monitoring station located at Marine Parade, Holywood, A2. Pollutants monitored; nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter, known as PM10.
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council has one automatic monitoring station located at Lonsdale Road, Armagh City. Pollutants monitored; nitrogen dioxide and PM10.
Belfast City Council has five automatic monitoring stations across the city:
Belfast Centre, Lombard St. Pollutants monitored; PM10 and ultra-fine particulate matter known as PM2.5, ozone, nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide.
Belfast Stockman's Lane. Pollutants monitored; nitrogen dioxide, PM10, nitrogen oxides and nitric oxide.
Belfast Westlink, Roden Street. Pollutants monitored; nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen oxides and nitric oxide.
Belfast Ormeau Road. Pollutants monitored; nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen oxides and nitric oxide.
Belfast Newtownards Road (Ballyhackamore). Pollutants monitored; nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen oxides and nitric oxide.
Causeway Coast and Glens District Council has one automatic monitoring station located at Dungiven, Main Street. Pollutants monitored; nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen oxides and nitric oxide.
Derry City and Strabane District Council has four automatic monitoring stations:
Derry Rosemount. Pollutants monitored; PM10, PM2.5, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and nitric oxide.
Dale’s Corner. Pollutants monitored; nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen oxides and nitric oxide.
Strathfoyle, Bawnmore Place. Pollutants monitored; PM10
Strabane, Springhill Park. Pollutants monitored; PM10, sulphur dioxide.
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council has one automatic monitoring station located at Lough Navar. Pollutants monitored; ozone, PM10 and PM2.5.
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council has one automatic monitoring station located at Dunmurry Seymour Hill. Pollutants monitored; PM10 and sulphur dioxide.
Mid & East Antrim Borough Council has two automatic monitoring stations:
Ballymena, Antrim Road. Pollutants monitored; nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen oxides and nitric oxide.
Ballymena, Ballykeel. Pollutants monitored; nitrogen dioxide, PM10, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and nitric oxide.
Mid Ulster District Council monitors nitrogen dioxide through a number of non-automatic monitoring sites in located in Magherafelt, Moneymore, Cookstown, Dungannon, and Moy.
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has two automatic monitoring stations:
Newry Canal Street. Pollutants monitored; nitrogen dioxide, PM10, nitrogen oxides and nitric oxide.
Downpatrick, Market St. Pollutants monitored; nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen oxides and nitric oxide.
A large network of non-automatic nitrogen dioxide monitoring sites is also operated by the district councils across Northern Ireland.
My Department’s air quality report contains a full analysis of pollutant levels, broken down by local council district area and is available at: https://www.airqualityni.co.uk/documents/technical-reports/0369%20DAERA%20Air%20Pollution%20Report%202019-Issue2-print-optimised.pdf
Current, real-time pollution levels are available from each district council via our website at: https://www.airqualityni.co.uk/