Climate Crisis

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 2:15 pm on 25 March 2025.

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Photo of Andrew Muir Andrew Muir Alliance 2:15, 25 March 2025

As part of the process for the Budget that was announced at the end of October, I made representations for a just transition fund for agriculture. I was not successful in that, so I made a bid to the Finance Minister locally, and, in the draft Budget, there is funding set aside for a just transition fund for agriculture. I continue that work. We are making representations through the Minister of Finance to the UK Government about future financial years and the support that we can give. I have also made representations to the Prime Minister and the Minister in the Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero or DESNZ — sorry, another acronym — in London about the need for us to have a green new deal in Northern Ireland. I will continue to make those representations, because they are about investing for the future and delivering benefits for people in Northern Ireland.