Council

Council is made up of 19 members who cover a wide range of environmental expertise and experience throughout Northern Ireland. Its role as statutory advisor is to advise the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland on matters affecting nature conservation and the countryside. Council also offers advice relevant to its remit to other government departments such as DARD, DRD and DCAL and is represented on other groups and working parties. In practice much of the Council's advice is channelled through the Department's Northern Ireland Environment Agency and Planning Service and the Core DOE.