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DUP should end cruel and shameful boycott of the Executive – Finucane
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane urges the DUP to drop its refusal to join the Executive, after the party confirmed at its conference that it will keep boycotting the institutions amid cost-of-living pressures and health waiting lists.
Constitutional affairs Health Issue: DUP conference confirmation of continued Executive boycott Original release: DUP should end cruel and shameful boycott of the Executive – Finucane (opens in a new tab)
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Restoring Executive must be priority for Irish and British governments – Murphy
Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy urges the Irish and British governments to make restoring the Executive and Assembly their top priority, following a British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference meeting. He says ministers are needed now to address cost-of-living pressures and hospital waiting lists.
Constitutional affairs Health Issue: British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference meeting on restoring Executive Original release: Restoring Executive must be priority for Irish and British governments – Murphy (opens in a new tab)
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Aontú is Emerging as a Clear Alternative to the Political Establishment – Tóibín
Aontú leader and Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín says the party is emerging as a clear alternative to the political establishment ahead of its first in-person Ard Fheis, citing membership growth, poll ratings and criticism of the Government and DUP over housing, health, energy and Stormont.
Other Health Issue: Aontú first in-person Ard Fheis Original release: Aontú is Emerging as a Clear Alternative to the Political Establishment – Tóibín (opens in a new tab)
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Executive needed to tackle cost of living and make progress on renewables – Archibald
Sinn Féin MLA Caoimhe Archibald says an Executive must be restored immediately to address the cost-of-living crisis and budget for health and public services, while pushing renewable energy development at the Renewable NI conference.
Economy and employment Environment and climate Original release: Executive needed to tackle cost of living and make progress on renewables – Archibald (opens in a new tab)
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Executive needed to tackle challenges in the health service – Finucane
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane calls on the DUP to form an Executive immediately, citing emergency department pressure and growing waiting lists, and urges investment of an extra £1 billion in health along with a multi-year budget.
Health Public finance and taxation Issue: Emergency department pressures and health service crisis as Executive remains unformed Original release: Executive needed to tackle challenges in the health service – Finucane (opens in a new tab)
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SDLP MLAs: Ministers should listen to teachers and nurses
SDLP MLAs call on Ministers to act urgently to prevent nurses and teachers striking over pay, citing cost of living pressures. SDLP Health Spokesperson Colin McGrath urges a pay agreement with the RCN before winter, and West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan presses Education Minister McIlveen to…
Economy and employment Health Issue: Teachers' and nurses' strike action over pay Original release: SDLP MLAs: Ministers should listen to teachers and nurses (opens in a new tab)
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Hospital patients can’t wait until Protocol is sorted – Murphy
Sinn Féin MLA and Finance Minister Conor Murphy calls on the DUP to return to the Executive to tackle A&E pressures and hospital waiting lists, and to agree a three-year budget with an extra £1billion for health.
Health Public finance and taxation Issue: A&E pressures and hospital waiting lists amid Executive stalemate Original release: Hospital patients can’t wait until Protocol is sorted – Murphy (opens in a new tab)
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Gildernew concerned waiting lists will grow after surgeons’ warning
Sinn Féin health spokesperson and Fermanagh South Tyrone MLA Colm Gildernew says he is deeply concerned waiting lists will grow if elective surgeries are cancelled, following a Royal College of Surgeons warning. He calls on the DUP to return to the Executive, agree a budget and fund the health…
Health Issue: Royal College of Surgeons warning on cancelled elective surgeries Original release: Gildernew concerned waiting lists will grow after surgeons’ warning (opens in a new tab)
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Lack of beds in Altnagelvin a serious worry – Delargy
Sinn Féin MLA Pádraig Delargy says pressures at Altnagelvin Emergency Department, where over 40 patients were waiting for a bed, show an Executive must be formed urgently. He calls on the DUP to end its boycott of the political institutions so the proposed £1 billion for health can be used.
Health Issue: Over 40 patients waiting for beds at Altnagelvin Emergency Department Original release: Lack of beds in Altnagelvin a serious worry – Delargy (opens in a new tab)
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Ordinary people and public services paying price of Tory chaos – Archibald
Sinn Féin MLA Caoimhe Archibald says ordinary people and public services are paying for Tory chaos after Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed plans for around £18 billion of cuts, and calls for an Executive to be formed now, urging the DUP to end its boycott.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Kwarteng confirmation of £18 billion public spending cuts plan Original release: Ordinary people and public services paying price of Tory chaos – Archibald (opens in a new tab)
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Why Ni Housing Executive Strikers Are Extending
People Before Profit backs Unite members at the Northern Ireland Housing Executive who are extending their strike into October over a 1.75% pay offer, saying workers face inflation of 12% and calling for pay rises now.
Economy and employment Housing Issue: NIHE Unite strike extended into October over pay offer Original release: Why Ni Housing Executive Strikers Are Extending (opens in a new tab)
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Executive needed to help tackle the crises in our health service – Ní Chulín
Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilín says the Belfast Trust made an error about Dr Michael Watt's information during a neurology working group meeting, and the Trust has written to correct it. She calls on the Health Minister to meet affected patients and families and urges the DUP to rejoin the…
Health Issue: Belfast Trust correction on Dr Michael Watt neurology information Original release: Executive needed to help tackle the crises in our health service – Ní Chulín (opens in a new tab)
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Patients misdiagnosed in Neurology scandal must get access to truth – Ní Chuilín
Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilín says Neurology scandal patients still lack truth and accountability and calls for the Belfast Trust to publish its response to the Neurology Public Inquiry recommendations, following an APG appearance.
Health Issue: Belfast Trust appearance before Neurology APG on Inquiry response Original release: Patients misdiagnosed in Neurology scandal must get access to truth – Ní Chuilín (opens in a new tab)
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Cancer patients need Executive formed now – Gildernew
Sinn Féin MLA Com Gildernew calls for an Executive to be formed immediately and for £1 billion of investment in health, after NISRA figures showed under 40 percent of urgent GP cancer referrals began treatment within 62 days.
Health Issue: NISRA cancer waiting times figures showing fewer than 40 percent treated within 62 days Original release: Cancer patients need Executive formed now – Gildernew (opens in a new tab)
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Cllr Barry McKee reacts to the removal of 141 trees in Carnalea
Green Party Councillor Barry McKee expresses dismay at plans by Translink contractors to fell up to 141 trees near Carnalea station, warning of biodiversity loss and overnight disturbance. He calls on the council to require replanting in Carnalea.
Environment and climate Infrastructure and transport Issue: Translink tree felling at Carnalea train station Original release: Cllr Barry McKee reacts to the removal of 141 trees in Carnalea (opens in a new tab)
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Hanna: People must be protected from crippling mortgage rates
SDLP South Belfast MP Claire Hanna urges the Treasury to meet financial institutions about extra protections for homeowners facing uncertain mortgage rates, after parliamentary question responses. She says lenders should offer forbearance such as payment holidays.
Economy and employment Housing Issue: Treasury response to parliamentary questions on mortgage rate protections Original release: Hanna: People must be protected from crippling mortgage rates (opens in a new tab)
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Ireland’s Future Cannot Be Built On Ireland’s Past
People Before Profit says a united Ireland must be radically different from the two existing states, calling for a border poll without delay and a socialist country that ends partition, church control of schools, and tax havens. It rejects confederation and Commonwealth membership as 'more of the…
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Original release: Ireland’s Future Cannot Be Built On Ireland’s Past (opens in a new tab)
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Government’s economic gamble “reckless” - Aiken
UUP Finance spokesperson Steve Aiken OBE MLA calls the Chancellor's mini-budget a reckless gamble, warning of mortgage rises and urging the Prime Minister and Chancellor to act now to fix the economic problem.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Chancellor's September 2022 fiscal statement on tax and energy support Original release: Government’s economic gamble “reckless” - Aiken (opens in a new tab)
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Durkan slams lack of funding to deliver crucial suicide prevention strategy
SDLP Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan says he is dismayed that the Protect Life 2 suicide prevention strategy cannot be fully implemented without an Executive, after Health Minister Robin Swann confirmed in an Assembly answer that no confirmed budget exists. He blames the DUP for the stalemate.
Health Issue: Protect Life 2 suicide prevention strategy funding shortfall Original release: Durkan slams lack of funding to deliver crucial suicide prevention strategy (opens in a new tab)
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‘Health service needs three-year budget to plan for future’ – Gildernew
Sinn Féin MLA Colm Gildernew calls for an Executive to be formed now so a multi-year budget can be set, and urges an extra £1 billion for health following the Fiscal Council's sustainability report on health. He accuses the DUP of blocking that investment.
Health Public finance and taxation Issue: Fiscal Council Sustainability Report release Original release: ‘Health service needs three-year budget to plan for future’ – Gildernew (opens in a new tab)