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SDLP Assembly leader Matthew O’Toole submitted the motion on Tuesday, saying the algae growth on the Lough is ‘a catastrophe’.
Other waterways in Northern Ireland have also been affected.
The event was organised by the Save Our Shores group, set up in August in response to the outbreak of algae
A public meeting to express concern around a huge bloom of toxic blue-green algae in Lough Neagh has heard that the situation should be categorised as an emergency.
The party is calling on the Northern Ireland Assembly to declare "an ecological crisis".