Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs – in the Northern Ireland Assembly am 2:45 pm ar 17 Mehefin 2024.
I thank the Member for her question. I am aware of other sites in Northern Ireland. The issue of environmental crime, particularly waste crime, is something that I take seriously. I have engaged with colleagues on how we can better ensure that we practise the "polluter pays principle" and secure proper outcomes from that. That means working with the organised crime task force and HMRC, and it also means resourcing the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA). I will put a focus on it and engage with officials in the time ahead, because we need to eliminate waste crime in Northern Ireland.