Information released by DAERA 2025
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The table below summarises the requests received by the Department during 2025 which are considered to be of wider public interest.
To read the Department's response to each request click on the DAERA reference number.
| Date received | Summary of information requested | DAERA reference number |
|---|---|---|
| 03/11/2025 | Provide me with copies of the discharge data from DuPont into the Lough for the 20-year period January 1, 2005, to December 31, 2024 (or the most recent available date. | DAERA/25-651 |
| 08/10/2025 | Breakdown of the number of water pollution incidents in Northern Ireland between 2020 to 2025 (to date). | DAERA/25-592 |
| 01/10/2025 | Recorded percentage difference of the 'blue-green algae' pollutant in Lough Neagh (from October 1st, 2024 to October 1st 2025 & Other Lough Neagh questions. | DAERA/25-576 |
| 25/09/2025 | Annual figures for DAERA and the NIEA's funding of the Lough Neagh Partnership - including a breakdown of core and non-core funding - during 2024 and up to the latest point where data is available in 2025. | DAERA/25-557 |
| 24/09/2025 | Requesting details in relation to a bonfire site near Meridi Street in South Belfast – summary of actions taken relating to suspected asbestos and costs incurred. | DAERA/25-547 |
| 15/09/2025 | Information on calves, cattle, pigs and sheep exported from NI From 20th May 2024 to present. | DAERA/25-514 |
| 08/09/2025 | Requesting recorded information regarding site monitoring, inspections, and environmental performance at Lisbane Landfill, Lisbane Road, Tandragee, County Armagh. | DAERA/25-501 |
| 28/08/2025 | Please provide summary details of catch and release returns indicating fish loss (mortality) per species and catchment on an annual basis since 2021. | DAERA/25-461 |
| 20/08/2025 | Questions re phosphorus and nitrates levels in Lough Neagh. | DAERA/25-440 |
| 13/08/2025 | Information regarding the number of sites within Northern Ireland that have asbestos on them – covering a 10-year period from 2015-2024. | DAERA/25-439 |
| 28/07/2025 | Please provide the following details of all sites containing asbestos that have been identified by DAERA/the former Department of the Environment/the NIEA over the last 15 years:). | DAERA/25-396 |
| 11/07/2025 | Provide all meeting records to date connected with the 'Forever Lough Neagh' initiative, which has been spearheaded by the National Trust (via DAERA funding and in partial collaboration with the department). | DAERA/25-393 |
| 23/07/2025 | All correspondence received by Minister for Environment, Andrew Muir, in relation to Blue-Green Algae on Lough Erne, between July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025. | DAERA/25-378 |
| 07/07/2025 | Regarding Moy Park Ballymena please provide -Number of permit breaches from 2022 until now 2. Total CCS scores 3. The sites compliance banding. | DAERA/25-349 |
| 16/06/2025 | Please provide details of all legal and illegal dumping sites within the Lough Neagh catchment. | DAERA/25-325 |
| 09/06/2025 | A list of registered poultry farms in Northern Ireland and any records held by DAERA relating to predator attacks or poultry losses attributed to wild animals. | DAERA/25-285 |
| 28/05/2025 | Total annual figures for DAERA and NIEA’s funding of the Ulster Wildlife Trust – including a breakdown of core and non-core funding – since body was established. | DAERA/25-264 |
| 25/08/2025 | Total annual figures for DAERA and NIEA’s funding of every rivers trust – including a breakdown of core and non-core funding – since bodies were established. | DAERA/25-263 |
| 28/05/2025 | Total annual figures for DAERA and NIEA’s funding of the National Trust NI – including a breakdown of core and non-core funding – from when funding began. | DAERA/25-262 |
| 15/05/2025 | Details of all environmental breaches - including trade effluent consents and other legal/regulatory areas regulated by DAERA/NIEA - at Lough Neagh relating to Randox between 2014 and the present date. | DAERA/25-229 |
| 15/05/2025 | Details of all environmental/pollution and monitoring reports of former and operational military sites - such as the former RAF Cluntoe and ex-RAF Aldergrove/JHC FS Aldergrove - within 5 miles of Lough Neagh between 2014 and the present day. | DAERA/25-226 |
| 15/05/2025 | Details of all environmental breaches - including trade effluent consents and other legal/regulatory areas regulated by DAERA/NIEA - at Lough Neagh relating to the Langford Lodge Engineering Company Ltd between 2014 and the present date. | DAERA/25-225 |
| 25/04/2025 | Request any and all records held by your department relating to the potential involvement of DuPont (UK) Limited, specifically its Maydown chemical facility, in any waste disposal activities linked to the Mobuoy illegal dump site near Derry/Londonderry. | DAERA/25-207 |
| 22/04/2025 | Information relating to Randox Laboratories and TMAH Contamination in Lough Neagh. | DAERA/25-196 |
| 16/04/2025 | The minutes from meetings that were held about Lough Neagh and the blue-green algae issue at Lough Neagh from the 1 January 2025 to the latest date possible. | DAERA/25-181 |
| 28/03/2025 | All internal and external communications and correspondence to or from DAERA and its various agencies or associated bodies in relation to Lough Neagh sand extraction during 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date. | DAERA/25-175 |
| 04/04/2025 | Information and costs held by DAERA for Bovine TB testing over the last 10 years and a prediction of costs for the next 10 years. | DAERA/25-168 |
| 25/03/2025 | Commercial Netting figures in Lough Neagh and Lough Erne for all species on record over the last 10 years. | DAERA/25-140 |
| 11/03/2025 | Information relating to pollution specifically water in relation to Moy Park. | DAERA/25-122 |
| 19/02/2025 | The amount of reported incidents of pollution and the number of fines issued for water pollution in Northern Irish Rivers and lakes for the years; 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. | DAERA/25-83 |
| 11/02/2025 | The amount of reported incidents of pollution and the number of fines issued for water pollution in Northern Irish Rivers and lakes for the years; 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. | DAERA/25-59 |
| 09/01/2025 | Information on the spend by DAERA Inland Fisheries for each of the Lough Neagh Rivers for the last 10 years. | DAERA/25-16 |
| 28/02/2025 | Staffing information, salary information and internal training relating to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion. | DAERA/25-14 |