To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment whether her Department will implement a strategy to develop the green economy.

The framework for the new Economic Strategy, which is currently being developed by the Executive Sub-Committee on the Economy, has identified the important contribution made by the green economy in encouraging business growth and growing the private sector.

Within my Department, Invest NI has developed a strategy to maximise the return to Northern Ireland from heightened global activity in the development and deployment of renewable energy and resource efficient technologies. This includes identifying opportunities in the renewable energy sector and promoting and implementing energy and resource efficiency measures within business.