Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs how his Department (i) monitors; and (ii) recognises the work carried out by (a) farmers; and (b) other land managers undertaking measures to reduce their carbon output. Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs: My Department is seeking to ensure … Continue reading AQW 19817/22-27 – Reducing carbon output
SDLP Opposition AERA Spokesperson Patsy McGlone has said the Executive must provide dedicated ring-fenced funding for farming and agriculture. He was speaking after a debate in the Assembly on Tuesday. From next year funding for agriculture from the UK Government will no longer be ring-fenced and instead be included as part of the block grant. … Continue reading McGlone: Executive must provide dedicated funding for farmers
SDLP Opposition AERA Spokesperson Patsy McGlone has called for clarity on support for family farms. Mr McGlone said the Executive must provide urgent ring-fenced funding for the next year, alongside a long-term commitment to replace lost funding from the UK Government and EU. He was speaking in the Assembly after changes to the agricultural budget … Continue reading McGlone: Farms need certainty over funding
SDLP AERA Spokesperson Patsy McGlone has welcomed recognition of the need to support farmers and rural communities in the North. He was speaking after an Assembly motion on the Farmers’ Basic Payment Scheme on Monday. An SDLP amendment lighting the importance of funding for rural development was passed. Mid Ulster MLA Mr McGlone said, “The … Continue reading McGlone welcomes recognition of need to support farmers and rural communities
Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA for Mid Ulster Patsy McGlone has called on the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to confirm the level of support he intends to provide for rural communities through the Just Transition Fund for Agriculture. The Climate Change Act 2022 requires the Minister to establish a Just Transition … Continue reading McGlone: Minister must confirm support for rural communities to drive just transition
Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has said the Executive must act following the publication of the Auditor General’s report on Water Quality in Northern Ireland’s lakes and rivers. Dorinnia Carville’s report warns that European targets for improving water quality in Northern Ireland’s rivers and lakes by 2027 will not … Continue reading McGlone: Water Quality Report Demands Action by NI Executive
SDLP Agriculture Spokesperson Patsy McGlone MLA has branded statutory rules introduced by the AERA Minister today as a ‘missed opportunity’ to set out a bold new vision for farming and rural communities. The Mid Ulster MLA said that Brexit has already cost farming communities £50m in loss of Rural Development and Bovine TD eradication funds. … Continue reading McGlone: Minister has missed opportunity to set out vision for future of farming
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has welcomed a constructive virtual discussion between representatives of the Ulster Famers’ Union (UFU) and Irish Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue. The online meeting, which was facilitated by the Mid Ulster MLA, involved UFU office bearers, chief executive and beef and lamb policy officer and took place at the … Continue reading McGlone Welcomes Constructive Meeting with UFU and Irish Minister
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