Latest releases
Searching a long passage? Find similar statements.
- Community relations and legacy: remove filter
- Infrastructure and transport: remove filter
- Health: remove filter
4,208 releases
-
A5 inquiry important opportunity to voice support for vital road project – Begley
Sinn Féin MP Órfhlaith Begley urges local businesses and residents to attend the A5 public inquiry opening in Omagh and voice support for the road project. She says the new road would reduce deaths, cut journey times, create jobs and boost links to the rest of the island, and calls for work to…
Infrastructure and transport Economy and employment Issue: A5 public inquiry opening in Omagh Original release: A5 inquiry important opportunity to voice support for vital road project – Begley (opens in a new tab)
-
Short-term cuts to nursing training will have disastrous long-term implications – Chambers
UUP health spokesperson and North Down MLA Alan Chambers says cutting nurse and midwife training places in Northern Ireland is a short-term saving that will bring financial damage and a workforce shortfall in three years. He blames the lack of a sitting Executive and Health Minister.
Health Economy and employment Issue: Reported cuts to 300 student nursing places Original release: Short-term cuts to nursing training will have disastrous long-term implications – Chambers (opens in a new tab)
-
Cuts to student nursing places utterly counterproductive, says Alliance representatives
Alliance representatives say a reported cut of 300 student nurse places in Northern Ireland is utterly counterproductive and threatens the future of the health service. East Antrim MLA Danny Donnelly warns it will reinforce two-tier access to healthcare, while spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA…
Health Issue: Reported cuts to 300 student nursing places Original release: Cuts to student nursing places utterly counterproductive, says Alliance representatives (opens in a new tab)
-
McGrath: Student nursing places cut extremely short sighted
SDLP Health Spokesperson Colin McGrath says cutting 300 student nursing places by the Department of Health will create greater problems later, given thousands of vacant nursing posts. He blames the budget pressures and the DUP's refusal to return to Stormont.
Health Economy and employment Issue: Reported cuts to 300 student nursing places Original release: McGrath: Student nursing places cut extremely short sighted (opens in a new tab)
-
Bradshaw says dental care is at risk of becoming a luxury
Alliance health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA calls for a renewed Oral Health Strategy, a Dental Workforce Plan and a cost of service review, backing a British Dental Association request to the Department of Health amid warnings of NHS dentistry collapse.
Health Issue: British Dental Association request for cost of service review Original release: Bradshaw says dental care is at risk of becoming a luxury (opens in a new tab)
-
Growing recognition of need for financial package to transform public…
Public finance and taxation Health Original release: Growing recognition of need for financial package to transform public… (opens in a new tab)
-
Aontú Manifesto Already Setting the Political Agenda
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: Aontú Local Election 2023 manifesto launch in Belfast Original release: Aontú Manifesto Already Setting the Political Agenda (opens in a new tab)
-
Family must have access to truth and justice – Hazzard
Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard says he will support the Marks family's campaign for truth after the PPS decided not to prosecute a former RUC member over the 1991 killing of Colum Marks. He says the family can seek a review of that decision.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: PPS decision not to prosecute former RUC member over Colum Marks killing Original release: Family must have access to truth and justice – Hazzard (opens in a new tab)
-
Lyons - “divided votes helped SF win”
DUP Director of Elections Gordon Lyons MLA says Sinn Féin is not a normal party, citing its manifesto claim to work for all and past remarks describing the IRA's violence as necessary, and argues divided unionist votes let Sinn Féin win in the recent election.
Constitutional affairs Community relations and legacy Issue: Sinn Féin election victory and pro-union vote division Original release: Lyons - “divided votes helped SF win” (opens in a new tab)
-
Aontú Manifesto Launch Today the 9th of May at 4pm
Aontú, through Deputy Tóibín, announces the launch of its Local Election 2023 manifesto in Belfast and says Northern Ireland faces a crisis over hospital waiting lists, poverty, housing and the cost of living. It also says Aontú will not raise council rates during the cost-of-living crisis.
Local government Health Issue: Aontú Local Election 2023 manifesto launch in Belfast Original release: Aontú Manifesto Launch Today the 9th of May at 4pm (opens in a new tab)
-
Stop the Newry Civic Centre
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland objects to the planning application for a Newry Civic and Regional Hub, saying it lacks ratepayer support, would raise taxes, harms the local economy, breaches planning policies and should be decided by the Department of Infrastructure rather than the council.
Local government Infrastructure and transport Issue: Newry Civic and Regional Hub planning application Original release: Stop the Newry Civic Centre (opens in a new tab)
-
Future of GP services at Racecourse Medical secured – Ferguson
Sinn Féin MLA Ciara Ferguson welcomes confirmation that a new contractor will deliver GP services at Racecourse Medical Centre in Shantallow, securing the future of one of the city’s biggest surgeries and giving certainty to hundreds of patients. She calls for an Executive and a health minister tobe
Health Issue: New contractor appointed for Racecourse Medical Centre GP services Original release: Future of GP services at Racecourse Medical secured – Ferguson (opens in a new tab)
-
British Government urged to reconsider ‘Legacy’ Bill – Senator Paul Gavan
Sinn Féin Senator Paul Gavan says the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers urged the British Government to reconsider the so-called Legacy Bill, citing concerns it may breach the European Convention on Human Rights. He calls for the Bill to be withdrawn before the Committee's meeting on 8…
Community relations and legacy International affairs Issue: Council of Europe Committee of Ministers response on UK Legacy Bill Original release: British Government urged to reconsider ‘Legacy’ Bill – Senator Paul Gavan (opens in a new tab)
-
There will Be Deaths as a Result of British Government Slash and Burn Budget – Tóibín
Aontú Leader and Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín raises the impending British Government austerity budget for the north in the Dáil, warning of cuts of up to 20% and deaths, and asks the Taoiseach what he is doing to stop it.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Original release: There will Be Deaths as a Result of British Government Slash and Burn Budget – Tóibín (opens in a new tab)
-
Bengoa reforms cannot proceed due to Barnett funding squeeze: Lockhart
DUP MP Carla Lockhart says an incoming Executive could not fund the Bengoa health reforms under current budgets and calls on the Government to reform the Barnett formula, citing evidence from the NICS Head of Civil Service to the NI Affairs Committee.
Public finance and taxation Health Issue: NI Affairs Committee evidence on Barnett formula funding and Bengoa reforms Original release: Bengoa reforms cannot proceed due to Barnett funding squeeze: Lockhart (opens in a new tab)
-
Government must provide mental health supports for Mothers – Mark Ward TD
Sinn Féin mental health spokesperson Mark Ward TD says the HSE’s World Maternal Mental Health Day campaign highlights the need for a specialist perinatal inpatient unit and urges the Government to set a firm timetable for the 10‑bed unit at St Vincent’s, noting the 2024 target may be missed.
Health Issue: World Maternal Mental Health Day HSE campaign launch Original release: Government must provide mental health supports for Mothers – Mark Ward TD (opens in a new tab)
-
Muir says key infrastructure will be left to crumble due to Budget cuts
Alliance infrastructure spokesperson Andrew Muir MLA says key infrastructure will be left to decay after a 14 per cent cut to the Department for Infrastructure's day-to-day spending, warning of threats to street lighting, water and public transport, and calls for the Executive to be restored.
Infrastructure and transport Public finance and taxation Issue: Department for Infrastructure 14 per cent day-to-day budget cut Original release: Muir says key infrastructure will be left to crumble due to Budget cuts (opens in a new tab)
-
McCrossan: Without A5 progress, more lives will be lost
SDLP West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan warns that further deaths will follow on the A5 unless the upgrade proceeds, after three local people died in a crash last week. He urges objectors to the A5 Western Transport Corridor to drop their opposition immediately.
Infrastructure and transport Issue: Three deaths in A5 crash prompt calls to progress A5 Western Transport Corridor Original release: McCrossan: Without A5 progress, more lives will be lost (opens in a new tab)
-
McGrath: Solutions needed to reverse bleak health picture
SDLP Health Spokesperson Colin McGrath warns that a near 10% health budget cut will worsen waiting lists, raise car parking charges and hit community and voluntary groups. He calls for the Triple Lock proposal to resist the cuts and says a future Executive should seek extra funding from London.
Health Public finance and taxation Issue: Northern Ireland Department of Health flat cash budget allocation 2023 Original release: McGrath: Solutions needed to reverse bleak health picture (opens in a new tab)
-
People Before Profit Statement On The Coronation
People Before Profit calls the coronation an insult to struggling workers, citing the reported £250 million cost, food bank use and austerity, and criticises the monarchy's wealth and colonial links. It also condemns Sinn Féin's decision to attend the ceremony as accommodation to sectarianism.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: King Charles III coronation attendance and cost criticism Original release: People Before Profit Statement On The Coronation (opens in a new tab)