Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs: 2022 - 2027 Mandate
2025 Research Papers
Below you will find details of Research Publications which have been prepared by the Assembly's Research and Information Service (RaISe) for the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in 2025.
Public Estate Value to Society
- Date: 01/05/2025
This Research Paper examines the approach to valuation of public land assets, such as the public estate, within Northern Ireland. It does not attempt to perform valuation of the public estate. Instead an internationally popular framework to manage these complexities as part of decision and policy making processes – natural capital and ecosystem services approach – is introduced and discussed as a concept. Relevant examples where this approach has been applied are discussed with respect to Northern Ireland and other jurisdictions.
Community Asset Transfer – provisions and support within the UK and Ireland
- Date: 28/03/2025
This briefing note provides an overview of legislative provisions and associated support across the UK and Ireland with regard to community asset transfer. Community Asset Transfer (CAT) is a process that allows a community organisation to take over publicly-owned land or buildings in a way that recognises the public benefits that the transfer will bring.
The Agriculture Bill (Northern Ireland) 2024
- Date: 17/01/2025
This Bill paper provides an overview of the Agriculture Bill (Northern Ireland) 2024 as introduced to the Assembly on 25 November 2024. The paper also identifies those areas within the Bill which may merit further consideration and, where relevant, compares similar provisions within GB and Ireland.
