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  • Public Consultation Responses to the 2024 Review of the List of Bodies and Persons set out in the Schedule to the Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

    Topics:
    • Rural Affairs, 
    • Rural Policy

    Date published: 13 August 2026

    The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has published a summary of responses to the 2024 Review of the List of Bodies and Persons set out in the Schedule to the Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.

    The summary sets out the responses received to the public consultation, which took place from 22 July 2024 to 13 September 2024. The consultation sought views on the list of bodies and persons set out in the Schedule to the Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.

    The responses will help inform the Department’s review of the Schedule and any further steps required under the Act.

    DAERA is grateful to everyone who took time to respond to this consultation.

    The consultation document is available for reference:

    Review of the List of Bodies and Persons set out in the Schedule to the Rural Needs Act NI 2016

    Please see the summary of responses below;

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    • Public Consultation Responses to the 2024 Review of the List of Bodies and Persons set out in the Schedule to the Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016Adobe PDF (1.14 MB)

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