Latest releases
Searching a long passage? Find similar statements.
- Disability and equality: remove filter
- Social security and welfare: remove filter
- Health: remove filter
2,940 releases
-
Department for Infrastructure must ensure inconsiderate pavement parking options are ready to be taken forward by a Minister - Allen
UUP Communities spokesperson Andy Allen MBE MLA welcomes new parking restrictions taking effect that ban stopping on pavements at several named locations. He urges the Department for Infrastructure to finish preparing options on inconsiderate pavement parking so a new Minister can act quickly, and…
Infrastructure and transport Disability and equality Issue: New pavement parking restrictions taking effect at specified locations Original release: Department for Infrastructure must ensure inconsiderate pavement parking options are ready to be taken forward by a Minister - Allen (opens in a new tab)
-
Durkan: Accommodation for families with sick children within reach
SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan welcomes progress on a Ronald McDonald House for families of sick children in the North, noting Department of Health support and engagement by the SPPG and Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, and announces a review to extend the Hospital Travel Costs Scheme to parents.
Health Housing Issue: Ronald McDonald House accommodation proposal in Belfast Original release: Durkan: Accommodation for families with sick children within reach (opens in a new tab)
-
All parties must take a clear stand on antisemitism: Buckley
DUP MLA Jonathan Buckley says all Northern Ireland parties must clearly oppose antisemitism after meeting the UK's antisemitism adviser, Lord Mann. He also asks Sinn Féin to explain why none of its members met him and when it was first told of the visit.
Disability and equality Issue: DUP delegation meeting with Lord Mann on antisemitism Original release: All parties must take a clear stand on antisemitism: Buckley (opens in a new tab)
-
Posters erected in Belvoir do not represent the people of South Belfast, say Nicholl and Bradshaw
Alliance MLAs Kate Nicholl and Paula Bradshaw condemn signs in the Belvoir estate telling certain people they are no longer welcome, which have been reported to the PSNI, Department for Communities and Housing Executive for removal. They call for a functioning Executive to accelerate housing…
Community relations and legacy Immigration Issue: Signs in Belvoir estate telling certain people they are unwelcome Original release: Posters erected in Belvoir do not represent the people of South Belfast, say Nicholl and Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
-
Women must be kept updated during smear testing review – Dillon
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon says women must receive full information throughout the cervical smear testing review, which will start on 30 October and cover 17,500 tests. She urges timely, accurate handling, urgent rollout of HPV testing across the north, welcomes the Department of Health’s December‑t
Health Disability and equality Issue: Southern Trust cervical cancer screening review smear test re-checks Original release: Women must be kept updated during smear testing review – Dillon (opens in a new tab)
-
Bowel cancer screening age must be reduced to tackle the significant increase of cases across Northern Ireland, says Bradshaw
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA calls for the minimum bowel cancer screening age to be lowered to 50 after Northern Ireland Cancer Registry figures showed a 17 per cent rise in cases. She also urges the Executive to be restored so a Health Minister can act.
Health Issue: Northern Ireland Cancer Registry bowel cancer figures showing 17 per cent rise Original release: Bowel cancer screening age must be reduced to tackle the significant increase of cases across Northern Ireland, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
-
Anniversary of ending of Ministers' terms should make us all reflect and increases need for reform, says Muir
Alliance's Andrew Muir MLA says the first anniversary of the Executive's collapse should prompt reflection on the hardship caused by no Ministers, and calls for reform of the Executive, including weighted majority voting, to stop parties blocking government.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: One year anniversary of Northern Ireland Executive collapse Original release: Anniversary of ending of Ministers' terms should make us all reflect and increases need for reform, says Muir (opens in a new tab)
-
Alliance calls for review of carers allowance
Alliance MLAs Patrick Brown, spokesperson on Poverty, and Kellie Armstrong call for a review of Carers Allowance, backing Carers NI recommendations including a higher earnings threshold, a taper and a working carer's element. They also urge Westminster to uplift the benefit.
Social security and welfare Economy and employment Original release: Alliance calls for review of carers allowance (opens in a new tab)
-
DUP should take action against Councillor over comments linking LGBTQ+ people to terrorism
An Alliance spokesperson calls on DUP leadership to take immediate action against Councillor Colin Kennedy over homophobic comments linking LGBTQ+ people with Hamas at an Ards and North Down Borough Council meeting. The spokesperson says the DUP must say whether it will suspend him.
Disability and equality Local government Issue: Councillor Colin Kennedy comments linking LGBTQ+ people to Hamas Original release: DUP should take action against Councillor over comments linking LGBTQ+ people to terrorism (opens in a new tab)
-
Time for Government to step in on nurses pay – Lockhart
DUP MP Carla Lockhart calls on the UK Government to fund a pay award for Northern Ireland nurses and healthcare workers, saying the Secretary of State should intervene now after raising the issue at the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
Health Economy and employment Original release: Time for Government to step in on nurses pay – Lockhart (opens in a new tab)
-
Fine Gael Senator must publicly retract false ambulance claim and apologise – Chambers
UUP health spokesperson Alan Chambers MLA calls on Fine Gael Senator Emer Currie to publicly retract and apologise for claims that Northern Ireland paramedics were prevented from helping at the Creeslough explosion, which he says were refuted.
Health Issue: Creeslough explosion Northern Ireland paramedics claims by Senator Emer Currie Original release: Fine Gael Senator must publicly retract false ambulance claim and apologise – Chambers (opens in a new tab)
-
Barr welcomes Anti-Domestic Violence Action within Mid and East Antrim
UUP Councillor Alan Barr welcomes a recent council motion in Mid and East Antrim committing the council to work with other agencies on tackling domestic violence, and says his amendment on violence against men and boys was accepted. He urges men affected to report it to police or contact the Men's…
Justice and policing Local government Issue: Mid and East Antrim council domestic violence notice of motion Original release: Barr welcomes Anti-Domestic Violence Action within Mid and East Antrim (opens in a new tab)
-
Health minister urgently needed to direct availability of vital prostate cancer drug, says Bradshaw
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA calls for a health minister to be appointed quickly so that Abiraterone, a prostate cancer drug, can be made available in Northern Ireland as it already is in Scotland and Wales. She says she has written to the Permanent Secretary urging preparations…
Health Issue: Abiraterone prostate cancer drug availability in Northern Ireland Original release: Health minister urgently needed to direct availability of vital prostate cancer drug, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
-
Executive needed to fully implement cancer strategy – Dillon
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon calls for an Executive to be restored now so the cancer strategy can be fully implemented, after meeting cancer charity Macmillan and hearing patients' experiences of long waits and palliative care.
Health Original release: Executive needed to fully implement cancer strategy – Dillon (opens in a new tab)
-
‘Health and social care workers deserve fair pay’ – Murphy
Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy calls on the British Government to urgently deliver a fair pay deal and better conditions for health and social care workers, extend the pay offer to Northern Ireland, and restore the Assembly to tackle waiting lists and systemic health service problems.
Health Economy and employment Issue: UK health and social care pay offer exclusion for Northern Ireland Original release: ‘Health and social care workers deserve fair pay’ – Murphy (opens in a new tab)
-
RQIA must review IVF treatment in NI, says Bradshaw
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA calls on the RQIA to urgently review private IVF services in Northern Ireland after reports of couples being sold unproven fertility add-ons. She also calls for NHS IVF provision here to match the three cycles offered in England, Scotland and Wales.
Health Issue: Reports of unproven IVF treatment add-ons sold to couples Original release: RQIA must review IVF treatment in NI, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
-
Alliance representatives repeat call for Women's Health Strategy on World Menopause Day
Alliance MLAs Kellie Armstrong and Paula Bradshaw call for a Women's Health Strategy including specialist menopause clinics in the public health system on World Menopause Day, citing difficulty accessing primary care support and medication.
-
Benefits should be brought in line with the rate of inflation, says Armstrong
Alliance Communities spokesperson and Strangford MLA Kellie Armstrong calls on the UK Government to uprate benefits in line with the 6.7 per cent September CPI inflation figure, warning that a freeze would push more children into poverty and blaming the Stormont impasse for worsening the situation.
Social security and welfare Economy and employment Issue: September 2023 CPI inflation figure of 6.7 per cent Original release: Benefits should be brought in line with the rate of inflation, says Armstrong (opens in a new tab)
-
Assembly should be restored to support women going through menopause – Flynn
Sinn Féin MLA Órlaithí Flynn calls for the Assembly to be restored immediately to support women experiencing menopause, citing stigma, a lack of awareness and the absence of a women's health strategy in the north. She urges the DUP to end its boycott and return to work.
Health Disability and equality Original release: Assembly should be restored to support women going through menopause – Flynn (opens in a new tab)
-
British government should provide proper funding to support children with special educational needs – Sheehan
Sinn Féin MLA Pat Sheehan welcomes Education Department approval for a new special school in Belfast and an expansion of Harberton school, adding 450 places, and calls for the Assembly to be restored so funding can start construction.
Education Disability and equality Issue: Belfast special school and Harberton expansion approval by Education Department Original release: British government should provide proper funding to support children with special educational needs – Sheehan (opens in a new tab)