Democratic Unionist Party
DUP MP Carla Lockhart writes to the Department of Education’s Permanent Secretary urging the Pathway Fund to stay, saying its loss would devastate vulnerable young people and questioning the rationale for its removal.
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SDLP Education Spokesperson Daniel McCrossan calls for the Pathway Fund to be protected from cuts, warning that interim funding for early years providers ends in June and that over 10,000 children could lose support.
Education Public finance and taxation Issue: Proposed removal of the Pathway Fund Original release: McCrossan: Pathway Fund must be protected from cuts (opens in a new tab)
Alliance Education spokesperson Connie Egan MLA calls for an extension of the Pathway Fund, which ends in June 2023 without extra funding, saying cuts would hurt the most vulnerable early years children. She has written to the Permanent Secretary of Education and blames the DUP for the lack of a…
Education Public finance and taxation Issue: Proposed removal of the Pathway Fund Original release: Ending of Pathway Fund would punish our most vulnerable children, says Egan (opens in a new tab)
Alliance Strangford MLA Nick Mathison calls on the Education Minister to act quickly to secure Pathway funding for pre-schools across Northern Ireland, after Little Stars in Killyleagh was told it had not been awarded funding this year.
Education Public finance and taxation Issue: Little Stars Killyleagh pre-school Pathway funding not awarded Original release: Yearly uncertainty around Pathway funding unacceptable and minister must act, says Mathison (opens in a new tab)
People Before Profit's Cllr Shaun Harkin calls on Stormont to intervene over a £15.8 million funding cut to Community and Voluntary Sector organisations, warning of 11,000 people losing support and 400 workers facing unemployment. A council motion for Derry City and Strabane District Council seeks…
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: £15.8 million cut to Community and Voluntary Sector funding Original release: "Stormont Must Intervene" on Cuts to Community and Voluntary Sector (opens in a new tab)
UUP MLA Robbie Butler warns that budget uncertainty at Stormont risks ending the Department for Infrastructure's Disability Action Transport Scheme and Shopmobility, which have no funding guarantee beyond next month. He blames the lack of an Executive and multi-year budgets.
Infrastructure and transport Disability and equality Issue: Department for Infrastructure disability transport schemes funding at risk Original release: Butler warns cuts to key transport service will disproportionately impact people with disabilities (opens in a new tab)
Alliance MLA Andrew Muir says the finalised Department for Infrastructure budget paints a grim picture, citing cuts to road safety, cycling proficiency, Translink and NI Water, and calls on the Secretary of State to act to restore Stormont with a financial package.
Infrastructure and transport Public finance and taxation Issue: Department for Infrastructure finalised budget allocation 2023 Original release: Infrastructure budget paints grim picture, says Muir (opens in a new tab)