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Declan McAleer A Private Members Bill proposing the reinstatement of support payments for Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) in Northern Ireland has received more than 1,000 responses. Sinn Féin MLA Declan McAleer, who drafted the ANC Bill, has said the level of response was “clear evidence” of the need to restore the support payment for hill farmers and those who farm on severely disadvantaged land. McAleer said: “The public consultation ended last week and at the close of play there were 965 people who took part. I have continued to receive responses since then and the total has now ...

record. Taking place via an online forum on Wednesday (April 7) senior party figures including West Tyrone MP, Órfhlaith Begley and MLAs, Maolíosa McHugh and Declan McAleer met with Minister Mallon, with Ms Begley saying that she had expressed her disbelief at yet another public inquiry into the A5. Last month, Nichola Mallon reaffirmed her commitment to progressing the proposed dual carriageway, after it emerged that the public inquiry into the muchdelayed road scheme will have to be reopened early next year. Advertisement The SDLP MLA was speaking after the publication of an interim Plann...

record. Taking place via an online forum on Wednesday (April 7) senior party figures including West Tyrone MP, Órfhlaith Begley and MLAs, Maolíosa McHugh and Declan McAleer met with Minister Mallon, with Ms Begley saying that she had expressed her disbelief at yet another public inquiry into the A5. Last month, Nichola Mallon reaffirmed her commitment to progressing the proposed dual carriageway, after it emerged that the public inquiry into the muchdelayed road scheme will have to be reopened early next year. Advertisement The SDLP MLA was speaking after the publication of an interim Plann...

Fight to reinstate £20m NI scheme gathers momentum >More in © Adobe Stock A battle to have a key disadvantaged area payment reinstated in Northern Ireland has gained support among assembly politicians. The £20m payment fund for farms within designated areas of natural constraint (ANC) was removed in 2018. It was worth £26.57/ha for the first 200ha and £19.93/ha for any area above that threshold when payments were last issued three years ago. Because 75% of NI farmland is classified as less-favoured, the scheme drew applications fr...

SHARING OPTIONS: In the Republic of Ireland, Sinn Féin want to introduce front loaded, flat rate payments per hectare. \ Peter McCann Area-based payments where the same rates apply to all farmers in NI is Sinn Féin’s preferred option for future farm support. “We want to broadly retain the architecture of the CAP. We want to move towards an equal rate for single farm payment,” said Sinn Féin MLA Declan McAleer. Speaking to farmers during an online meeting last week, the chair of Stormont’s agriculture committee appeared supportive of various dec...