Northern Ireland Environment Agency

The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) is an Executive Agency within the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.

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Strategic purpose

The Agency’s primary purpose is to protect and enhance Northern Ireland’s environment, and in doing so, deliver health and well-being benefits and support economic growth.

As an Executive Agency within DAERA, NIEA is a key contributor to DAERA’s vision of ‘Sustainability at the heart of a living, working, active landscape valued by everyone’. In line with NIEA’s overall purpose, the Agency has established its own five Key Priorities:

  1. Working towards a fully compliant regulated industry
  2. Delivering freshwater environment at ‘good status’
  3. Tackling waste sector crime
  4. Supporting good habitat, earth science and landscape quality and enhancing species abundance and diversity
  5. Promotion of environmentally sustainable development, infrastructure and access to quality green and blue spaces.

Business Plan

Annual Reports and Accounts

Organisation and structures

The Agency is headed by a Chief Executive and two Directors:

Role Person
Chief Executive David Reid
Director of Resource Efficiency Division Richard Crowe
Director of Natural Environment Division Larissa Strutt

NIEA Board

The Board, consisting of the NIEA Chief Executive, its two Directors and two non-Executive Board Members, meets on a monthly basis to ensure the Agency carries out its statutory functions and activities.

Role Person
Chief Executive (Chair) David Reid
Director of Resource Efficiency Division Richard Crowe
Director of Natural Environment Division Larissa Strutt
Non-Executive Board Member Paul Douglas
Non-Executive Board Member Stephen Welch

Customer Service

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