Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any steps he is taking to help support rewilding. Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs: Protecting and restoring our natural environment is one of my key priorities and the Sustainable Agriculture Programme (SAP) is incentivising enabling actions … Continue reading AQW 45685/22-27 – Rewilding support
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any steps her Department is taking to help micro-businesses invest in onsite renewable energy generation. Minister for the Economy: My Department is committed to increasing investment in renewable energy technologies aimed at delivering improved business competitiveness through reduced energy costs. Initiatives, … Continue reading AQW 45683/22-27 – Onsite renewable energy generation
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any steps he is taking to support insulation upgrades for fuel-poor households in the private rented sector. Minister for Communities: The Housing Executive administers the Affordable Warmth Scheme on behalf of my Department. The scheme supports lowincome private sector households, including owneroccupiers … Continue reading AQW 44405/22-27 – Insulation upgrades for fuel-poor households
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether any assessment has been made of the benefits of expanding the Maghera Park and Ride facility. Minister for Infrastructure: I am aware that the existing Park and Ride at Maghera is well used. The site has been expanded on a number of occasions … Continue reading AQW 44850/22-27 – Maghera Park and Ride facility
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the number of illegal waste sites that are known to the NI Environment Agency, in each constituency, in the most recent year for which data is available; and (ii) whether any estimate has made of the total … Continue reading AQW 44514/22-27 – Illegal waste sites
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether any assessment has been made of the potential merits of distributing venison, produced as a result of deer culling, to food banks and other initiatives which support people in food poverty. Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs: My … Continue reading AQW 44516/22-27 – Deer culling
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the number of waste crime officers currently employed by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in the Environmental Crime Unit; and (ii) the number of illegal waste sites which have a designated waste crime officer assigned to them. … Continue reading AQW 44406/22-27 – Waste crime officers
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the total cost to the public purse of landfill site (i) regulation; (ii) monitoring; and (iii) remediation, in each of the last five years. Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs: Authorised landfill sites are regulated by a … Continue reading AQW 44515/22-27 – Authorised landfill sites
