Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

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The Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs was established in Northern Ireland to advise and assist the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and the Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (currently Andrew Muir), on matters within his responsibility as a Minister. The committee undertakes a scrutiny, policy development and consultation role with respect to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and plays a key role in the consideration and development of legislation. [1]

Contents

Until 2016, the committee was called the Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Membership

Membership of the committee is as follows:

PartyMember [2] Constituency
UUP Robbie Butler MLA (Chairperson) Lagan Valley
Sinn Féin Declan McAleer MLA (Deputy Chairperson) West Tyrone
Alliance John Blair MLA South Antrim
DUP Tom Buchanan MLA West Tyrone
Sinn Féin Aoife Finnegan MLA Newry and Armagh
DUP William Irwin MLA Newry and Armagh
SDLP Daniel McCrossan MLA West Tyrone
DUP Michelle McIlveen MLA Strangford
Sinn Féin Áine Murphy MLA Fermanagh and South Tyrone

2022–2027 Assembly

The committee will meet for the first time in the 2022–2027 Assembly on 14 February 2024.

PartyMember [3] Constituency
UUP Tom Elliott MLA (Chairperson) Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Sinn Féin Declan McAleer MLA (Deputy Chairperson) West Tyrone
Alliance John Blair MLA South Antrim
Sinn Féin Nicola Brogan MLA West Tyrone
DUP Tom Buchanan MLA West Tyrone
DUP William Irwin MLA Newry and Armagh
SDLP Patsy McGlone MLA Mid Ulster
DUP Michelle McIlveen MLA Strangford
Sinn Féin Áine Murphy MLA Fermanagh and South Tyrone

Changes 2022–2027

DateOutgoing member and partyConstituency→New member and partyConstituency
30 September 2024 Tom Elliott MLA (Chairperson, UUP) Fermanagh and South Tyrone → Robbie Butler MLA (Chairperson, UUP) Lagan Valley
17 February 2025 Nicola Brogan MLA (Sinn Féin) West Tyrone → Aoife Finnegan MLA (Sinn Féin) Newry and Armagh
8 September 2025 Patsy McGlone MLA (SDLP) Mid Ulster → Daniel McCrossan MLA (SDLP) West Tyrone

2017-2022 Assembly

The committee met for the first time in the 2017–2022 Assembly on 21 January 2020.

PartyMember [4] Constituency
Sinn Féin Declan McAleer MLA (Chairperson) West Tyrone
Sinn Féin Philip McGuigan MLA (Deputy Chairperson) North Antrim
Green (NI) Clare Bailey MLA Belfast South
UUP Rosemary Barton MLA Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Alliance John Blair MLA South Antrim
DUP Maurice Bradley MLA East Londonderry
SDLP John Dallat MLA East Londonderry
DUP Harry Harvey MLA Strangford
DUP William Irwin MLA Newry and Armagh

Changes 2017–2022

DateOutgoing member and partyConstituency→New member and partyConstituency
9 March 2020 John Dallat MLA (SDLP) East Londonderry → Pat Catney MLA (SDLP) Lagan Valley
26 May 2020 Pat Catney MLA (SDLP) Lagan Valley → Patsy McGlone MLA (SDLP) Mid Ulster
20 September 2021 Maurice Bradley MLA (DUP) East Londonderry → Tom Buchanan MLA (DUP) West Tyrone

2016-2017 Assembly

The committee met for the first time in the 2016–2017 Assembly on 2 June 2016.

PartyMember [5] Constituency
Sinn Féin Linda Dillon MLA (Chairperson) Mid Ulster
Sinn Féin Caoimhe Archibald MLA (Deputy Chairperson) East Londonderry
DUP Sydney Anderson MLA Upper Bann
DUP Maurice Bradley MLA East Londonderry
Alliance David Ford MLA South Antrim
DUP William Irwin MLA Newry and Armagh
SDLP Patsy McGlone MLA Mid Ulster
UUP Harold McKee MLA South Down
Sinn Féin Oliver McMullan MLA East Antrim
DUP Edwin Poots MLA Lagan Valley
UUP Robin Swann MLA North Antrim

Changes 2016–2017

DateOutgoing member and partyConstituency→New member and partyConstituency
2 December 2016 Linda Dillon MLA (Chairperson, Sinn Féin) Mid Ulster → Caoimhe Archibald MLA (Chairperson, Sinn Féin) East Londonderry
2 December 2016 Caoimhe Archibald MLA (Deputy Chairperson, Sinn Féin) East Londonderry → Oliver McMullan MLA (Deputy Chairperson, Sinn Féin) East Antrim

2011-2016 Assembly

The committee met for the first time in the 2016–2017 Assembly in May 2011.

PartyMember [6] Constituency
DUP Paul Frew MLA (Chairperson) North Antrim
SDLP Dolores Kelly MLA (Deputy Chairperson) Upper Bann
DUP Tom Buchanan MLA West Tyrone
DUP Trevor Clarke MLA South Antrim
Sinn Féin Willie Clarke MLA South Down
UUP Jo-Anne Dobson MLA Upper Bann
DUP William Irwin MLA Newry and Armagh
Sinn Féin Oliver McMullan MLA East Antrim
Alliance Kieran McCarthy MLA Strangford
Sinn Féin Conor Murphy MLA Newry and Armagh
UUP Robin Swann MLA North Antrim

Changes 2011–2016

DateOutgoing member and partyConstituency→New member and partyConstituency
23 January 2012 Conor Murphy MLA (Sinn Féin) Newry and Armagh → Michaela Boyle MLA (Sinn Féin) West Tyrone
17 April 2012 Willie Clarke MLA (Sinn Féin) South Down →Vacant
8 May 2012Vacant→ Chris Hazzard MLA (Sinn Féin) South Down
21 May 2012 Dolores Kelly MLA (Deputy Chairperson, SDLP) Upper Bann → Joe Byrne MLA (Deputy Chairperson, SDLP) West Tyrone
10 September 2012 Michaela Boyle MLA (Sinn Féin) West Tyrone → Declan McAleer MLA (Sinn Féin) West Tyrone
4 December 2012 Robin Swann MLA (UUP) North Antrim → Danny Kinahan MLA (UUP) South Antrim
21 January 2013 Danny Kinahan MLA (UUP) South Antrim → Robin Swann MLA (UUP) North Antrim
15 April 2013 Chris Hazzard MLA (Sinn Féin) South Down → Ian Milne MLA (Sinn Féin) Mid Ulster
16 September 2013 Trevor Clarke MLA (DUP) South Antrim → Michelle McIlveen MLA (DUP) Strangford
1 October 2013 Kieran McCarthy MLA (Alliance) Strangford → Trevor Lunn MLA (Alliance) Lagan Valley
27 January 2014 Trevor Lunn MLA (Alliance) Lagan Valley → Judith Cochrane MLA (Alliance) Belfast East
4 July 2014 Robin Swann MLA (UUP) North Antrim → Tom Elliott MLA (UUP) Fermanagh and South Tyrone
24 September 2014 Paul Frew MLA (Chairperson, DUP) North Antrim → William Irwin MLA (Chairperson, DUP) Newry and Armagh
29 September 2014 Judith Cochrane MLA (Alliance) Belfast East → Kieran McCarthy MLA (Alliance) Strangford
6 October 2014 Paul Frew MLA (DUP) North Antrim → Sydney Anderson MLA (DUP) Upper Bann
Michelle McIlveen MLA (DUP) Strangford Edwin Poots MLA (DUP) Lagan Valley
30 June 2015 Tom Elliott MLA (UUP) Fermanagh and South Tyrone → Robin Swann MLA (UUP) North Antrim
5 October 2015 Tom Buchanan MLA (DUP) North Antrim → Ian McCrea MLA (DUP) Mid Ulster
11 January 2016 Joe Byrne MLA (Deputy Chairperson, SDLP) West Tyrone → Seán Rogers MLA (Deputy Chairperson, SDLP) South Down

2007-2011 Assembly

The committee met for the first time in the 2016–2017 Assembly in May 2007.

PartyMember [7] Constituency
DUP William McCrea MLA (Chairperson) South Antrim
UUP Tom Elliott MLA (Deputy Chairperson) Fermanagh and South Tyrone
SDLP P. J. Bradley MLA South Down
DUP Allan Bresland MLA West Tyrone
SDLP Thomas Burns MLA South Antrim
DUP Trevor Clarke MLA South Antrim
Sinn Féin Willie Clarke MLA South Down
Sinn Féin Gerry McHugh MLA Fermanagh and South Tyrone
DUP William Irwin MLA Newry and Armagh
Sinn Féin Francie Molloy MLA Mid Ulster
UUP George Savage MLA Upper Bann

Changes 2007-2011

DateOutgoing member and partyConstituency→New member and partyConstituency
21 January 2008 Gerry McHugh MLA (Sinn Féin) Fermanagh and South Tyrone → Pat Doherty MLA (Sinn Féin) West Tyrone
14 September 2008 Allan Bresland MLA (DUP) West Tyrone → Edwin Poots MLA (DUP) Lagan Valley
28 May 2009 P. J. Bradley MLA (SDLP) South Down → Patsy McGlone MLA (SDLP) Mid Ulster
4 July 2007 Trevor Clarke MLA (DUP) South Antrim → Ian Paisley Jr MLA (DUP) North Antrim
Edwin Poots MLA (DUP) Lagan Valley Jim Shannon MLA (DUP) Strangford
4 July 2009 William McCrea MLA (Chairperson, DUP) South Antrim → Ian Paisley Jr MLA (Chairperson, DUP) North Antrim
9 March 2010 Patsy McGlone MLA (SDLP) Mid Ulster → P. J. Bradley MLA (SDLP) South Down
14 April 2010 Thomas Burns MLA (SDLP) South Antrim → Kieran McCarthy MLA (Alliance) Strangford
23 June 2010 Ian Paisley Jr MLA (Chairperson, DUP) North Antrim → Stephen Moutray MLA (Chairperson, DUP) Upper Bann
1 July 2010 William McCrea MLA (DUP) South Antrim →Vacant
3 August 2010 Jim Shannon MLA (DUP) Strangford →Vacant
14 September 2010Vacant→ Trevor Clarke MLA (DUP) South Antrim
Vacant Simpson Gibson MLA (DUP) Strangford
6 October 2010 Tom Elliott MLA (Deputy Chairperson, UUP) Fermanagh and South Tyrone → Roy Beggs Jr MLA (Chairperson, UUP) East Antrim

1998-2003 Assembly

The committee met for the first time in the 2016–2017 Assembly in November 1999.

PartyMember [8] Constituency
DUP Ian Paisley MLA (Chairperson) North Antrim
UUP Billy Armstrong MLA Mid Ulster
SDLP P. J. Bradley MLA South Down
Ind. Unionist Boyd Douglas MLA East Londonderry
Alliance David Ford MLA South Antrim
SDLP Denis Haughey MLA Mid Ulster
DUP Gardiner Kane MLA North Antrim
DUP Ian Paisley Jr MLA North Antrim
Sinn Féin Francie Molloy MLA Mid Ulster
UUP George Savage MLA Upper Bann

Changes 1998-2003

DateOutgoing member and partyConstituency→New member and partyConstituency
24 January 2000 Denis Haughey MLA (SDLP) Mid Ulster → John Dallat MLA (SDLP) East Londonderry
4 February 2002 Francie Molloy MLA (Sinn Féin) Mid Ulster → Mick Murphy MLA (Sinn Féin) South Down
1 July 2002 Mick Murphy MLA (Sinn Féin) South Down → Pat Doherty MLA (Sinn Féin) West Tyrone

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs" (PDF). Northern Ireland Assembly. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  8. ↑ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
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