Reviewed water quality measures out for consultation

UUP ‘cautiously’ welcomes revised NI NAP

The Ulster Unionists Party (UUP) has “cautiously welcomed” the revised Northern Ireland Nutrients Action Programme (NAP) released for public consultation. The party added that that responsibility for delivering it now rests “squarely” with Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister Andrew Muir. UUP agriculture spokesperson and chair of the Northern Ieeland Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (AERA) Committee…

Farmers were right to challenge original nutrient plans, says AERA chair Robbie Butler

Northern Ireland farmers are being urged to engage with a major new consultation on future nutrient regulations, as political pressure grows on DAERA Minister Andrew Muir to prove the revised plans can actually be delivered on the ground. The revised Nutrients Action Programme (NAP) for 2027-2030 has entered a 10-week public consultation period following nine months of negotiations involving farming organisations, environmental groups, the agri-…

Minister Muir launches public consultation on stakeholder group’s NAP proposals

DAERA Minister Andrew Muir has today launched a public consultation based on a stakeholder group’s proposals to reduce nutrient pollution from farming and improve water quality.

Reviewed water quality measures out for consultation

Farmers who sign up to a new programme could face fewer inspections, if fresh proposals to tackle water pollution from agriculture are adopted. The draft Nutrient Action Programme (NAP) 2027-2030 has been published for consultation. The previous draft document led to calls of “scrap the NAP”, with farmers saying it was out of touch with day-to-day farming. Under management consultant Karen Brosnan, a task-and-finish group of more than 70 farmers…