It comes after the Lough Neagh Action Plan was approved by the Stormont Executive last week.
The meeting with Andrew Muir comes after the Lough Neagh Action Plan was approved by the executive last week
Groups including farming representatives are meeting the Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs minister to discuss the Lough Neagh Action Plan.Andrew Muir is briefing the Lough Neagh Partnership, Ulster Farmers’ Union, NI Agricultural Producers’ Association and Northern Ireland Environment Link on the plan.The algae has reappeared in parts of Lough Neagh in recent days, due to the return of settled weather.
This is the first opportunity the groups have had to hear from the minister and to express to him their thoughts on the plan. Lough Neagh, the UK's largest freshwater lake, supplies about half of Belfast's drinking water and about 40% of Northern Ireland's overall.Speaking after the Executive approved the action plan for last week, Mr Muir said a lot of work that was already under way to tackle the issues but that more needed to be done in relation to the lough's future."I am going to be working night and day with officials in terms of taking this forward," he added.
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