Latest releases
Searching a long passage? Find similar statements.
- Infrastructure and transport: remove filter
- Housing: remove filter
- Disability and equality: remove filter
- Health: remove filter
- Constitutional affairs: remove filter
5,669 releases
-
Major questions for Dublin and Home Office following illegal migrant revelations
TUV chairman Keith Ratcliffe says a Garda Commissioner report on illegal migrants returned to Belfast and Holyhead raises questions for Dublin and the Home Office, accusing Dublin of hypocrisy over the border and the Home Office of a joint operation with gardaí. He claims Northern Ireland is being…
Immigration International affairs Issue: Garda Commissioner report on illegal migrant returns to Belfast and Holyhead Original release: Major questions for Dublin and Home Office following illegal migrant revelations (opens in a new tab)
-
More work needed on restraint and seclusion guidance, say Mathison and Nicholl
Alliance MLAs Nick Mathison and Kate Nicholl say more work is needed on the Department of Education's draft statutory guidance on restraint and seclusion in schools, citing concerns over SEND children, teacher training and misalignment with Department of Health guidance.
Education Disability and equality Issue: Department of Education draft restraint and seclusion statutory guidance Original release: More work needed on restraint and seclusion guidance, say Mathison and Nicholl (opens in a new tab)
-
Call for action against ‘deep fake’ content influencing elections
DUP MP Gregory Campbell calls for action against AI-generated 'deep fake' video and other offensive content, particularly where it could be used to influence the General Election outcome. He raised the issue with the Minister for Women and Equalities in Parliament and urges continued action and…
Disability and equality Original release: Call for action against ‘deep fake’ content influencing elections (opens in a new tab)
-
DUP Deal now sees TB eradication removed from DAERA
TUV leader Jim Allister says a DAERA ministerial answer shows responsibility for eradicating animal diseases, including bovine TB, under the Windsor Framework Implementation Regulations 2024 now sits with the Secretary of State. He accuses the DUP of agreeing a deal that removed local powers and…
Agriculture and rural affairs Constitutional affairs Issue: Windsor Framework Implementation Regulations 2024 transfer of animal disease powers Original release: DUP Deal now sees TB eradication removed from DAERA (opens in a new tab)
-
Sinn Fein Economy Minister rubbishes DUP claims about Safeguarding the Union
TUV leader Jim Allister says a written answer from Economy Minister Deirdre Hargey shows the Command Paper has no meaningful effect on the all-Ireland economy, which he argues contradicts DUP claims about the Safeguarding the Union deal and its 'all-island economy' commitments.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: Economy Minister written answer on Safeguarding the Union and all-Ireland economy Original release: Sinn Fein Economy Minister rubbishes DUP claims about Safeguarding the Union (opens in a new tab)
-
Health Minister must take action to ensure continued supply of ADHD medication, says Donnelly
Alliance health spokesperson Danny Donnelly MLA calls on the Health Minister to take steps to ensure continued supply of ADHD medication such as methylphenidate, citing manufacturing problems and rising global demand. He says he has submitted urgent questions on actions, contingency plans and…
Health Issue: ADHD medication shortage methylphenidate supply Original release: Health Minister must take action to ensure continued supply of ADHD medication, says Donnelly (opens in a new tab)
-
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.
-
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)
-
McGrath: Narrow Water Bridge will transform border communities
SDLP South Down MLA Colin McGrath says the newly contracted Narrow Water Bridge will reshape border life, easing travel, creating tourism jobs and aiming for completion by 2027 after work starts imminently.
Infrastructure and transport Economy and employment Issue: Narrow Water Bridge construction contract awarded to BAM Original release: McGrath: Narrow Water Bridge will transform border communities (opens in a new tab)
-
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)
-
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)
-
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)
-
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)
-
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)
-
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)
-
Narrow Water Bridge another step closer – Hazzard
Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard welcomes the award of a €60 million contract to BAM to build the Narrow Water Bridge, saying work is due to start within a fortnight over 36 months. He says the project will boost jobs, tourism and the all-Ireland economy in South Down.
Infrastructure and transport Economy and employment Issue: Narrow Water Bridge construction contract awarded to BAM Original release: Narrow Water Bridge another step closer – Hazzard (opens in a new tab)
-
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)
-
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)
-
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)
-
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)