To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail his Department's plans to address blue-green algae blooms at Lough Neagh.

The situation in Lough Neagh cannot be addressed in isolation from the need to improve the quality of our environment more generally. It is my intention to bring a detailed action plan for Lough Neagh to the Executive. However, I will first bring a new Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) to the Executive for consideration in March. The EIP, which is a plan for significantly improving our natural environment, will contain actions relevant to improving water quality across Northern Ireland.