The Department has repeatedly made clear that sustained investment is required to address the waiting list backlog.

Head of DAERA’s Environment, Marine and Fisheries Group, David Small, has welcomed the latest environmental statistics which show Northern Ireland’s household recycling rate has increased to over 48%, whilst landfill rates are the lowest ever recorded.

The Department for Infrastructure will apply an inflationary increase in planning fees of approximately 1.99%, across all planning application fee categories, from 17 June 2019.

The Northern Ireland Environmental Statistics Report has been published today by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).

The Department of Health today published the quarterly Northern Ireland Waiting Times Statistics, relating to the position at 31st March 2019 for Outpatients and Diagnostic Testing.