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Mulholland highlights the issues of perinatal mental health during Mental Health Awareness Week
Alliance MLA Sian Mulholland, North Antrim, urges action on perinatal mental health during Mental Health Awareness Week, pointing to the absence of a Mother and Baby Unit locally for women with severe maternal mental illness and calling for it to be urgently addressed.
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Tennyson pledges to work on banning cruel conversion practices
Alliance MLA Eóin Tennyson says he will seek the Speaker's permission to introduce a private member's bill banning conversion practices if the Communities Minister does not bring forward legislation. He cites recent research on their continued harm in Northern Ireland, ahead of LGBT Awareness Week.
Disability and equality Original release: Tennyson pledges to work on banning cruel conversion practices (opens in a new tab)
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McCrossan: Housing Executive cannot continue to sell off stock
SDLP Opposition Communities Spokesperson and West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan says the Housing Executive cannot keep selling off social housing stock, citing 2,040 homes sold in five years. He calls for the Right to Buy scheme to be questioned and ended amid the worsening housing crisis.
Housing Issue: Assembly question on Housing Executive Right to Buy sales Original release: McCrossan: Housing Executive cannot continue to sell off stock (opens in a new tab)
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Rwanda ruling will cause increasing difficulties in deprived areas
TUV deputy leader Ron McDowell says a High Court Rwanda ruling will worsen pressure on deprived areas of Northern Ireland, where he says public services are already overstretched. He blames the DUP for accepting the Windsor Framework and claims its earlier assurances on immigration were false.
Immigration Constitutional affairs Issue: High Court Belfast ruling on Rwanda scheme in Northern Ireland Original release: Rwanda ruling will cause increasing difficulties in deprived areas (opens in a new tab)
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Government must assert Parliament's soverign will to protect UK…
The DUP's Gavin Robinson, as party leader, is raising an Urgent Question in Parliament after a court decision on the Illegal Immigration Act and how it applies in Northern Ireland.
Immigration Constitutional affairs Issue: High Court Belfast ruling on Rwanda scheme in Northern Ireland Original release: Government must assert Parliament's soverign will to protect UK… (opens in a new tab)
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Minister announces new funding offer to deliver affordable homes for…
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons announces a funding opportunity for an operator to build 300 affordable Intermediate Rent homes in the first phase, offered as a long-term, low interest government loan under the forthcoming Housing Supply Strategy. Applications close on 23 August 2024.
Housing Issue: Intermediate Rent funding opportunity for affordable rented homes Original release: Minister announces new funding offer to deliver affordable homes for… (opens in a new tab)
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Egan and Mathison welcome fair employment legislation for teachers coming into operation
Alliance's Connie Egan and Nick Mathison welcome the start of operation of fair employment legislation covering teachers, which ends their exclusion and bars recruitment discrimination on grounds of religion across Northern Ireland.
Disability and equality Education Issue: Fair employment legislation for teachers comes into operation Original release: Egan and Mathison welcome fair employment legislation for teachers coming into operation (opens in a new tab)
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Muir sets out priorities for economically and environmentally sustainable agri-food sector
Alliance DAERA Minister Andrew Muir MLA says the new Farm Support and Development Programme will drive a greener, more productive agri‑food sector, cutting emissions, boosting resilience, securing food supplies and improving water quality across Northern Ireland.
Agriculture and rural affairs Environment and climate Issue: Farm Support and Development Programme announcement Original release: Muir sets out priorities for economically and environmentally sustainable agri-food sector (opens in a new tab)
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SDLP seeks assurance on appointment of Intertrade UK Chair
SDLP MLA Daniel McCrossan writes to Commissioner for Public Appointments Sir William Shawcross seeking assurances that former First Minister Arlene Foster’s appointment as Chair of Intertrade UK will be made through a competitive, open and merit‑based process, given the body was created by an exclus
Constitutional affairs Issue: Arlene Foster appointment as Intertrade UK Chair Original release: SDLP seeks assurance on appointment of Intertrade UK Chair (opens in a new tab)
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Government must ensure immigration policy applies equally across the…
The DUP's Gavin Robinson MP calls on the UK Government to stop immigration policy splitting between regions after the High Court in Belfast ruled that running the Rwanda scheme in Northern Ireland would breach Protocol provisions. He says the party warned of this and that the Government declined a…
Immigration Constitutional affairs Issue: High Court Belfast ruling on Rwanda scheme in Northern Ireland Original release: Government must ensure immigration policy applies equally across the… (opens in a new tab)
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Once more EU colonial rule trumps UK legislation as Rwanda Bill provisions disapplied in NI
TUV leader Jim Allister says a High Court ruling disapplying key parts of the Rwanda Bill in Northern Ireland shows EU law and the Windsor Framework Protocol override UK legislation. He accuses the DUP of a sham over its Safeguarding the Union document and calls on it to repudiate that document.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: High Court Belfast ruling on Rwanda scheme in Northern Ireland Original release: Once more EU colonial rule trumps UK legislation as Rwanda Bill provisions disapplied in NI (opens in a new tab)
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Civil Service Reform Needed
DUP leader Gavin Robinson calls for greater integration of the Northern Ireland Civil Service with the UK Home Civil Service and more external experts in senior roles, citing delays on the York Street Interchange and A5 upgrade after comments from the Covid-19 inquiry.
Constitutional affairs Infrastructure and transport Original release: Civil Service Reform Needed (opens in a new tab)
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Reform of institutions essential to allow full delivery, says Bradshaw
Alliance Chief Whip Paula Bradshaw MLA says Stormont cannot fully deliver until the institutions are reformed, citing two years of impasse after the DUP collapsed power-sharing and calling for action 100 days into the new mandate.
Constitutional affairs Issue: Stormont 100 days into new mandate delivery assessment Original release: Reform of institutions essential to allow full delivery, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
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Windsor Framework and Good Friday Agreement protecting Northern Ireland from horrible immigration legislation, says Farry after court ruling
Alliance MP Stephen Farry welcomes a High Court ruling in Belfast that parts of the Illegal Migration Act should not apply in Northern Ireland because they undercut human rights protections under the Windsor Framework. He calls on the UK Government to repeal that Act and the Rwanda Act and adopt a…
Immigration Constitutional affairs Issue: High Court Belfast ruling on Rwanda scheme in Northern Ireland Original release: Windsor Framework and Good Friday Agreement protecting Northern Ireland from horrible immigration legislation, says Farry after court ruling (opens in a new tab)
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O’Toole: Public expect delivery after 100 days of devolution
SDLP Leader of the Opposition Matthew O'Toole MLA calls for firm deadlines ahead of Monday's Assembly Opposition Day, including a Programme for Government published before summer recess. He also seeks a timeline for creating an independent environmental regulator and urgent aid for hospitality…
Constitutional affairs Issue: Stormont 100 days into new mandate delivery assessment Original release: O’Toole: Public expect delivery after 100 days of devolution (opens in a new tab)
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O’Toole: Time for Executive to publish Programme for Government
SDLP Leader of the Opposition Matthew O'Toole MLA urges the Executive to publish its Programme for Government before the summer recess, after the Assembly backed an SDLP motion to that effect. He says the public sees little plan or delivery since the Assembly's return.
Constitutional affairs Issue: Assembly backs SDLP motion on Executive's Programme for Government timetable Original release: O’Toole: Time for Executive to publish Programme for Government (opens in a new tab)
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McGlone calls for delivery on promise to protect Lough Neagh
SDLP Opposition AERA Spokesperson Patsy McGlone calls on Executive parties to fulfil their pledge to protect Lough Neagh, urging the AERA Minister to introduce legislation for an independent Environmental Protection Agency before the Assembly term ends, after recent toxic algae blooms.
Environment and climate Issue: Assembly motion on Lough Neagh crisis Original release: McGlone calls for delivery on promise to protect Lough Neagh (opens in a new tab)
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McAllister calls for urgent and meaningful engagement on junior doctor pay from the Health Minister
Alliance Health Spokesperson Nuala McAllister MLA expresses concern that the Health Minister has not personally engaged with the BMA before planned junior doctor strikes. She says Alliance is bringing an Assembly motion urging the Minister to meaningfully engage with the BMA on junior doctor pay.
Health Economy and employment Issue: Junior doctor strikes and Health Minister's engagement with BMA on pay Original release: McAllister calls for urgent and meaningful engagement on junior doctor pay from the Health Minister (opens in a new tab)
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‘Rural Communities in a New Ireland’ event to take place at Balmoral Show
Constitutional affairs Agriculture and rural affairs Original release: ‘Rural Communities in a New Ireland’ event to take place at Balmoral Show (opens in a new tab)
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Dunne calls for introduction of Baby Loss Certificates in Northern…
North Down DUP MLA Stephen Dunne calls on the Finance Minister to work quickly with the Health Minister to introduce a Baby Loss Certificate scheme in Northern Ireland, similar to the one in England. He says the Minister gave no timescale for its introduction during Assembly Question Time.
Health Issue: Assembly Question Time on Baby Loss Certificate scheme timescale Original release: Dunne calls for introduction of Baby Loss Certificates in Northern… (opens in a new tab)