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DUP Conference 2022 - Leader's Speech
DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP, speaking at the 2022 Annual Conference, expresses sympathy for families bereaved and people injured in the Cresslough explosion in Donegal, and sets out a vision for unionism built on support for the Union across the community.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Original release: DUP Conference 2022 - Leader's Speech (opens in a new tab)
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DUP Conference 2022 - Gordon Lyons MLA - Director of Elections
DUP Director of Elections Gordon Lyons MLA, speaking at the 2022 DUP Annual Conference, says the party will stay ready for upcoming elections and lists DUP-secured funding, including a £165 million broadband scheme and £1 billion from the Confidence and Supply Agreement. He also attacks Sinn…
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Original release: DUP Conference 2022 - Gordon Lyons MLA - Director of Elections (opens in a new tab)
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DUP Conference 2022 - Stephen Dunne MLA
DUP MLA Stephen Dunne, addressing the 2022 DUP Annual Conference as North Down MLA, says the party offers grassroots representation and backs the Union, and argues Westminster is best placed to protect households facing soaring bills.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Original release: DUP Conference 2022 - Stephen Dunne MLA (opens in a new tab)
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Conference 2022 - Education Minister Michelle McIlveen
DUP Education Minister Michelle McIlveen MLA, addressing the 2022 DUP Conference, says the party kept schools open during Covid and lists its education record, including a new post-primary school building programme, Nurture Units, Healthy Happy Minds counselling and the School Age Act.
Education Public finance and taxation Original release: Conference 2022 - Education Minister Michelle McIlveen (opens in a new tab)
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Conference Welcome - Lord Morrow
Other Constitutional affairs Original release: Conference Welcome - Lord Morrow (opens in a new tab)
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Talks that don’t address the sovereignty grab of the Protocol can’t deliver
TUV leader Jim Allister says technical talks on the Protocol cannot deliver the sovereignty change unionists need, because the EU's negotiating mandate has not changed. He calls for full removal of Protocol checks and warns against giving up the refusal to operate Stormont institutions.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Resumption of UK-EU talks on the Northern Ireland Protocol Original release: Talks that don’t address the sovereignty grab of the Protocol can’t deliver (opens in a new tab)
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Executive needed to support businesses struggling with soaring costs – Archibald
Sinn Féin MLA Caoimhe Archibald urges the restoration of the Executive, citing the CBI Chair's warning about lost opportunities and rising costs, and calls on the DUP to work with Sinn Féin to restore it.
Economy and employment Constitutional affairs Issue: CBI annual lunch remarks on Executive restoration and costs Original release: Executive needed to support businesses struggling with soaring costs – Archibald (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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Varadkar’s hard border comments challenged
DUP MP Gregory Campbell challenges Tánaiste Leo Varadkar over his claim there is no hard border, saying he should apologise for past suggestions of soldiers at border checkpoints. Campbell cites differences in tax rates, education, currency and health funding between the Republic and Northern…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Varadkar comments on no hard border between north and south Original release: Varadkar’s hard border comments challenged (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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TUV Leader presses Secretary of State on Protocol
TUV leader Jim Allister says he met Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris at his Ballymena office to press for clarity on the UK government's Protocol intentions. He says the Protocol must be resolved as a sovereignty issue rather than through further talks with the EU, and that he will not…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: TUV Leader presses Secretary of State on Protocol (opens in a new tab)
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Service Level Agreement on Protocol must go
TUV councillor Stephen Cooper says the Service Level Agreement on the Protocol must go, criticising Causeway Coast and Glens council for accepting it and Mid and East Antrim officials for signing it off without councillors. He will table a rescinding motion at Ards and North Down council.
Constitutional affairs Local government Issue: Council service level agreement on the Northern Ireland Protocol Original release: Service Level Agreement on Protocol must go (opens in a new tab)
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Only way forward on Brexit issues is through negotiation, says Farry
Alliance Deputy Leader Stephen Farry MP welcomes the resumption of UK-EU talks on the Northern Ireland Protocol, saying negotiation is the only route forward. He argues the Protocol Bill is a dead end and says it would put Northern Ireland's EU goods market access at risk.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Resumption of UK-EU talks on the Northern Ireland Protocol Original release: Only way forward on Brexit issues is through negotiation, says Farry (opens in a new tab)
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Murphy welcomes Irish Government’s intention to plan for Irish Unity
Sinn Féin Finance Minister Conor Murphy welcomes remarks by Paschal Donohoe that Dublin will begin planning public finances with Irish unity in mind. Murphy says the southern state's revenue and spending data can inform the debate on paying for services.
Constitutional affairs Public finance and taxation Issue: Donohoe comments on planning public finances for Irish unity Original release: Murphy welcomes Irish Government’s intention to plan for Irish Unity (opens in a new tab)
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Ireland's Future attendees must face up to what they campaigned for
DUP MP Gregory Campbell criticises an 'Ireland's Future' event in Dublin, calling attendees navel-gazers who ignore the reality of Northern Ireland. He says the 2021 census shows the end of majority rule, so attendees who campaigned for it must now face what consensus and agreement mean.
Constitutional affairs Issue: Ireland's Future conference in Dublin, October 2022 Original release: Ireland's Future attendees must face up to what they campaigned for (opens in a new tab)
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Eastwood: NDNA opportunities ‘squandered’ 1000 days after agreement
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP says the opportunity from the New Decade, New Approach deal has been squandered 1000 days on, pointing to health, cost of living and young people's opportunities, and calls for MLAs and Ministers to return to work.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Original release: Eastwood: NDNA opportunities ‘squandered’ 1000 days after agreement (opens in a new tab)
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DUP should end ‘shameful and cruel boycott’ of Executive – Finucane
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane urges the DUP to end its boycott of the Executive and help people struggling with bills, saying his party is ready to form an Executive now to ease cost-of-living pressures.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Original release: DUP should end ‘shameful and cruel boycott’ of Executive – Finucane (opens in a new tab)
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Education Minister commits to review transgender guidance
TUV leader Jim Allister welcomes the Education Minister's commitment to review the Education Authority's guidance on supporting transgender young people, and calls for the guidance to be withdrawn as fundamentally flawed. He objects to advice on parental involvement and to proposals to remove…
Education Disability and equality Issue: Education Minister commits to review transgender guidance for schools Original release: Education Minister commits to review transgender guidance (opens in a new tab)
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Hype no substitute for tackling the sovereignty issue
TUV leader Jim Allister says new EU 'technical talks' on the Northern Ireland Protocol will only tinker with how it works, since the EU mandate has not widened, and calls for the sovereignty issue to be addressed first. He urges Unionists to refuse to restore Stormont.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: EU-UK technical talks on the Northern Ireland Protocol Original release: Hype no substitute for tackling the sovereignty issue (opens in a new tab)