AQW 36323/22-27

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 26/11/2025
Answered On Date: 05/12/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for her assessment of the investigation, by the Office for Environmental Protection, into her Department and its role in the regulation of sewage discharges into Belfast Lough.

Answer:

I welcome the Office for Environmental Protection’s investigation into the regulation of sewage discharges into Belfast Lough and can advise that my Department will cooperate fully with this investigation.

However, it is important to note that the Department of Environment, Agriculture and Rural Affairs’ Northern Ireland Environment Agency regulates the sewage discharges into Belfast Lough, not DFI.