Latest releases
Searching a long passage? Find similar statements.
- Environment and climate: remove filter
- Disability and equality: remove filter
- Education: remove filter
- Health: remove filter
3,953 releases
-
Carson: Teachers want to get on with their jobs
SDLP Oldpark candidate Charlotte Carson says teachers regret taking strike action on Wednesday over pay and working conditions. She blames employers and the Department of Education and urges fresh negotiations with unions towards a fair pay agreement.
Education Economy and employment Issue: Five teaching unions strike over pay in Northern Ireland Original release: Carson: Teachers want to get on with their jobs (opens in a new tab)
-
£40m per year in negligence payouts cannot remain the norm - Bradshaw
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw says annual payouts of over £40m for medical negligence cannot remain the norm and calls for fundamental change to patient safety, citing a lack of improvement from Serious Adverse Incident reviews since 2009.
Health Issue: Northern Ireland medical negligence payouts exceed £40m last year Original release: £40m per year in negligence payouts cannot remain the norm - Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
-
PSNI enforcement of stalking legislation welcome, says Egan, marking one year since its introduction
Alliance spokesperson Connie Egan MLA welcomes PSNI enforcement of the Protection from Stalking Act, citing 88 arrests and 47 charges since April 2022, and calls for the Violence Against Women and Girls strategy to be unblocked by restoring the institutions.
Justice and policing Disability and equality Issue: PSNI figures on arrests and charges under the Protection from Stalking Act Original release: PSNI enforcement of stalking legislation welcome, says Egan, marking one year since its introduction (opens in a new tab)
-
Largest ever team of Sinn Féin candidates to stand in 18 May council election – Kearney
Sinn Féin MLA Declan Kearney says the party is fielding its largest ever team of candidates for Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council in the 18 May election, contesting every District Electoral Area and aiming to elect more councillors.
Local government Disability and equality Original release: Largest ever team of Sinn Féin candidates to stand in 18 May council election – Kearney (opens in a new tab)
-
DUP boycott of institutions delaying introduction of paid miscarriage leave – Archibald
Sinn Féin MLA Caoimhe Archibald says the DUP's boycott of the institutions is delaying paid miscarriage leave, now deferred until at least 2025 because the regulations needed to commence it cannot be introduced. She calls for the Executive to be restored.
Economy and employment Disability and equality Issue: Deferral of paid miscarriage leave commencement until at least 2025 Original release: DUP boycott of institutions delaying introduction of paid miscarriage leave – Archibald (opens in a new tab)
-
No health worker should be discriminated against due to age or disability – Gildernew
Sinn Féin MLA Colm Gildernew commends midwives in the Southern Trust area for resisting attempts to move them onto contracts with worse terms and conditions. He says the Trust has now abandoned the move and that no health worker should face discrimination due to age or disability.
Health Economy and employment Issue: Southern Trust midwives contract changes abandoned Original release: No health worker should be discriminated against due to age or disability – Gildernew (opens in a new tab)
-
Northern Ireland misses out on decarbonisation funding
Alliance Communities spokesperson Kellie Armstrong MLA says she is appalled Northern Ireland is missing out on Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and Home Upgrade Grant money, blaming the lack of a functioning Executive after Treasury confirmed no Barnett consequentials can be identified for…
Environment and climate Housing Issue: Northern Ireland excluded from Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and Home Upgrade Grant Original release: Northern Ireland misses out on decarbonisation funding (opens in a new tab)
-
Devastating that additional funding for disadvantaged pupils has been cut, says Egan
Alliance Education spokesperson Connie Egan MLA says it is devastating that funding for disadvantaged pupils has been cut, after the Department of Education told schools the counselling and homework club support for 500 schools is ending due to savings. She blames the lack of a restored Executive…
Education Public finance and taxation Issue: Department of Education ending disadvantaged schools funding scheme Original release: Devastating that additional funding for disadvantaged pupils has been cut, says Egan (opens in a new tab)
-
SDLP: Everyone has a part to play in fighting climate emergency
SDLP climate spokesperson Gary McKeown says everyone, from governments and large firms to households, must share responsibility ahead of Earth Day 2023, urging councils to use recycling, pollution controls and planning for biodiversity. SDLP active travel spokesperson Simon Lee calls for…
Environment and climate Local government Original release: SDLP: Everyone has a part to play in fighting climate emergency (opens in a new tab)
-
Extended Schools decision underscores need to prioritise education…
DUP Education Spokesperson Diane Dodds, the Upper Bann MLA, calls for a fundamental overhaul of how education is financed after warning that the Extended Schools programme is likely to be one of several casualties of a shortfall in the education budget. She urges education to be placed alongside…
Education Public finance and taxation Issue: Extended Schools Programme funding cut and June closure Original release: Extended Schools decision underscores need to prioritise education… (opens in a new tab)
-
‘Savage cuts to Extended Schools deeply unacceptable’ – Sheehan
Sinn Féin MLA Pat Sheehan says cuts of 75% to the Extended Schools Programme, which is to end in June, are deeply unacceptable and calls for an Executive to be formed now to protect public services.
Education Public finance and taxation Issue: Extended Schools Programme funding cut and June closure Original release: ‘Savage cuts to Extended Schools deeply unacceptable’ – Sheehan (opens in a new tab)
-
Armstrong calls for free dental treatment and sight tests for UC claimants
Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong calls on the Health and Communities departments to legislate so Universal Credit claimants in Northern Ireland get free dental treatment and sight tests automatically, as in the rest of the UK. She says current HC1 form applications create unnecessary red tape ahead…
Social security and welfare Health Original release: Armstrong calls for free dental treatment and sight tests for UC claimants (opens in a new tab)
-
McCrossan: Loss of funding for disadvantaged schools shameful
SDLP Education Spokesperson and West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan calls the loss of funding for around 500 disadvantaged schools shameful, after the Department of Education cited budgetary pressures, and urges MLAs and Ministers back at Stormont.
Education Public finance and taxation Issue: Department of Education ending disadvantaged schools funding scheme Original release: McCrossan: Loss of funding for disadvantaged schools shameful (opens in a new tab)
-
Executive needed to tackle chronic autism diagnosis waiting lists – Dillon
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon says an Executive is needed urgently to tackle chronic waiting lists for autism diagnosis and to implement the autism strategy, which she says is being held up without a functioning Executive.
Health Disability and equality Original release: Executive needed to tackle chronic autism diagnosis waiting lists – Dillon (opens in a new tab)
-
Outrageous that DUP now blocking own member’s bill to enhance Autism Services, says Bradshaw
Alliance's Paula Bradshaw, Health Spokesperson and South Belfast MLA, urges an immediate Autism Reviewer appointment, saying the process has stalled because of the DUP's boycott of Stormont and that the Northern Ireland Office confirmed the post will stay vacant.
Health Disability and equality Issue: Autism Reviewer post remaining unfilled under Autism (Amendment) Act 2022 Original release: Outrageous that DUP now blocking own member’s bill to enhance Autism Services, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
-
Families impacted by neurology scandal deserve truth and accountability – Ní Chuilín
Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilín welcomes a Judicial Review win by neurology campaigner Danielle O'Neill that blocked Michael Watt from removing himself from the medical register. She calls on Watt to comply with investigations and on the Belfast Trust to implement the report's recommendations.
Health Issue: Judicial Review on Michael Watt's removal from medical register Original release: Families impacted by neurology scandal deserve truth and accountability – Ní Chuilín (opens in a new tab)
-
Aontú to Launch Largest Ever Election Candidate Team Tomorrow in Belfast
Aontú says it will launch 19 candidates for the May local elections in Belfast, its largest candidate team yet in the North, and that the team will win council seats across the region.
Constitutional affairs Local government Original release: Aontú to Launch Largest Ever Election Candidate Team Tomorrow in Belfast (opens in a new tab)
-
Aontú Candidate and Hospital Campaigner Targeted With Loyalist Graffiti
Aontú candidate Sharon Loughran says her Newry home was targeted with loyalist graffiti reading "Aontú IRA out" and "UDA", which she has reported to police. Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD condemns the sectarian intimidation as an attack on the democratic process.
Community relations and legacy Health Issue: Loyalist graffiti targeting Newry Aontú candidate Sharon Loughran's home Original release: Aontú Candidate and Hospital Campaigner Targeted With Loyalist Graffiti (opens in a new tab)
-
Transparency around Michael Watt essential to victims and to wider public, says Bradshaw
Alliance health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA praises victims of neurologist Michael Watt for pressing for the truth to be made public, after a court quashed a decision letting him leave the medical register without a public hearing. She says the Independent Neurology Inquiry exposed missed…
Health Issue: Judicial Review on Michael Watt's removal from medical register Original release: Transparency around Michael Watt essential to victims and to wider public, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
-
GAA Reversal on Cashless Policy Needs to Be Repeated All Over Ireland. – Brolly
Aontú Deputy Leader Gemma Brolly welcomes reports that Cork GAA is looking at ways to allow turnstile cash payments at county matches this summer. She calls for cash turnstile access at every match in all 32 counties, arguing the cashless policy excludes older people and those without internet…
Disability and equality Issue: Cork GAA consideration of turnstile cash payments at county matches Original release: GAA Reversal on Cashless Policy Needs to Be Repeated All Over Ireland. – Brolly (opens in a new tab)