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Andrew Muir
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Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister for Northern Ireland.
Notable Quotes
""This funding represents a joint commitment to our island's largest freshwater lake and a substantial investment in its future.""View Story →
"There are no quick fixes for the wider issues threatening our environment."View Story →
"The revised NAP was critical to improving water quality and creating a thriving, resilient and environmentally sustainable future for agriculture."View Story →
"Woodland cover delivers so many benefits, whether it's in relation to carbon storage, but also in terms of nature recovery, in terms of better resilience, in terms of flooding - there's multiple benefits associated with that."View Story →
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