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Department of Education publishes Healthy Happy Minds evaluation
The DUP reports that the Department of Education has released an external review of the Healthy Happy Minds pilot, which delivered counselling and therapeutic support in primary schools from November 2021 to March 2023. Education Minister Paul Givan says he will weigh its findings alongside wider…
Education Health Issue: Healthy Happy Minds pilot evaluation publication Original release: Department of Education publishes Healthy Happy Minds evaluation (opens in a new tab)
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Rates refund for Victoria Square apartments welcomed
DUP MLA Diane Forsythe welcomes the decision that owners of Victoria Square apartments will no longer be liable for rates, with refunds for rates paid since 2019. She calls for refunds to be processed quickly and for the wider problems facing owners to be resolved.
Public finance and taxation Local government Issue: Victoria Square apartments rates liability decision and refunds Original release: Rates refund for Victoria Square apartments welcomed (opens in a new tab)
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Lack of ambition in DFI summed up by debacle surrounding…
DUP MLA Phillip Brett says he is disappointed the Department for Infrastructure has refused to consider full pedestrianisation of Hill Street, Belfast, and calls it a shocking state of affairs that no timescale has been given for partial pedestrianisation after four years of discussion.
Infrastructure and transport Economy and employment Issue: Department for Infrastructure decision on Hill Street pedestrianisation Original release: Lack of ambition in DFI summed up by debacle surrounding… (opens in a new tab)
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Over £7 million spent on asylum seekers and immigrant support in Northern Ireland in 2022/2023 and 2023/24
TUV leader Jim Allister says Northern Ireland departments received over £7 million for asylum seekers, £4,324,250 in 2022/2023 and £2,863,750 in 2023/24, citing a Stormont answer. He links the figure to Reform UK's policy on stopping small boat crossings.
Immigration Public finance and taxation Issue: Stormont departments' asylum seeker funding figures for 2022/23 and 2023/24 Original release: Over £7 million spent on asylum seekers and immigrant support in Northern Ireland in 2022/2023 and 2023/24 (opens in a new tab)
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Chambers welcomes investment in health service dentistry
Ulster Unionist MLA Alan Chambers welcomes the £9 million targeted support package for health‑service dentistry, saying the three measures will aid general dental practitioners and improve patient access after pandemic‑related pressures.
Health Issue: £9m health service dentistry support package Original release: Chambers welcomes investment in health service dentistry (opens in a new tab)
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Urgent action needed to improve water quality – Brogan
Sinn Féin MLA Nicola Brogan calls for an urgent review of how water quality is addressed across the north, following an Audit Office report finding no improvement in water quality over almost a decade. She urges full implementation of the report's recommendations by the Department of Agriculture…
Environment and climate Infrastructure and transport Issue: Northern Ireland Audit Office report on water quality in rivers and lakes Original release: Urgent action needed to improve water quality – Brogan (opens in a new tab)
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Meaningful East/West connectivity welcome but reality of Protocol cannot be ignored
TUV deputy leader councillor Ron McDowell says meaningful East/West connectivity is welcome but the Protocol creates a partitioning border that cannot be ignored, and the new East/West Council lacks statutory powers, limiting its substance.
Constitutional affairs Issue: Establishment of the new East/West Council Original release: Meaningful East/West connectivity welcome but reality of Protocol cannot be ignored (opens in a new tab)
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Boosting our East-West linkages
The DUP welcomes the inaugural UK East-West Council meeting in London, saying it will strengthen internal UK trade, transport links and school exchanges, and calls for it to become a forum for future cooperation across the UK.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: Establishment of the new East/West Council Original release: Boosting our East-West linkages (opens in a new tab)
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7,681 abortions in Northern Ireland since law change
TUV leader Jim Allister says 7,681 abortions have been carried out in Northern Ireland since the abortion regulations took effect in March 2020, based on a Department of Health answer to his written question. He criticises the Sinn Fein-led return to government and cites a 79% opposition figure…
Health Issue: Department of Health figures on abortions since 2020 regulations Original release: 7,681 abortions in Northern Ireland since law change (opens in a new tab)
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Cllr Lauren Kendall urges support for those struggling with addiction
Green Party NI councillor Lauren Kendall, representing Holywood and Clandeboye, backs Rory Sloan's ResoluteMinds peer-support launch on 15 May 2024 and calls on the NI Executive to make drug and addiction a priority in the Programme for Government.
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Beattie Questions relevance of East-West Council
UUP leader Doug Beattie MLA questions what the newly formed East-West Council adds, arguing it rebrands existing UK Intergovernmental Relations structures, which he says already cover a wide range of issues. He calls on unionists to engage with UK-wide structures as equal members rather than…
Constitutional affairs Issue: Establishment of the new East/West Council Original release: Beattie Questions relevance of East-West Council (opens in a new tab)
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Hanna: NIAC report sets out need for ambition and delivery
SDLP South Belfast MP Claire Hanna welcomes a Northern Ireland Affairs Committee report on public services, calling on Stormont Ministers to act urgently on health, education and justice pressures and to bring forward spending plans. She also calls for institutional reform to prevent Executive…
Public finance and taxation Health Issue: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee report on public services pressures Original release: Hanna: NIAC report sets out need for ambition and delivery (opens in a new tab)
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SDLP calls for restoration of North-South Ministerial Council
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP calls for the North‑South Ministerial Council to be reconvened without delay, saying it remains dormant despite the return of power‑sharing and urging ministers to restore all‑island cooperation.
Constitutional affairs Issue: North‑South Ministerial Council not convened after power‑sharing restoration Original release: SDLP calls for restoration of North-South Ministerial Council (opens in a new tab)
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DUP meet Shadow Secretary of State at Stormont
DUP Junior Minister Pam Cameron and North Belfast MLA Phillip Brett say they met Shadow Secretary of State Hilary Benn at Stormont and discussed focusing on issues that matter to everyone in Northern Ireland. Brett calls for growing the economy and better schools, hospitals and public services…
Constitutional affairs Original release: DUP meet Shadow Secretary of State at Stormont (opens in a new tab)
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Allister calls out attacks on Ben Habib
TUV leader Jim Allister says he is saddened by attacks, mostly from DUP sources, on Ben Habib, whom he praises as a true friend of Northern Ireland. He points to DUP positions on the Protocol and says Habib funded the court challenge exposing its breach of the Act of Union.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Attacks on Ben Habib from DUP sources over Protocol record Original release: Allister calls out attacks on Ben Habib (opens in a new tab)
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Now even shampoo bottles are being blocked by the Sea Border
TUV councillor Christopher Jamieson says the ban on hotel shampoo bottles entering Northern Ireland but not Great Britain shows the Sea Border divides the UK and reflects EU overreach. He claims DUP claims about the Sea Border are absurd and calls for those who backed the Executive's return to pay…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Hotel shampoo bottle phase-out reports in Northern Ireland Original release: Now even shampoo bottles are being blocked by the Sea Border (opens in a new tab)
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Bradshaw announces Positive Life pop-up HIV testing clinic at constituency office on April 3
Alliance South Belfast MLA Paula Bradshaw announces a free, pop-up HIV testing clinic run by Positive Life at her constituency office on 291 Ormeau Road on 3 April, part of the Fast Track Cities Initiative. She calls for opt-out HIV and Hepatitis testing within standard health checks.
Health Issue: Positive Life pop-up HIV testing clinic at South Belfast constituency office Original release: Bradshaw announces Positive Life pop-up HIV testing clinic at constituency office on April 3 (opens in a new tab)
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Eastwood: Casement Park must be delivered
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP says Casement Park's redevelopment must be delivered after meeting Ulster GAA at Stormont, urging funding commitments from the British and Communities Ministers, especially if the stadium is to host Euro 2028.
Infrastructure and transport Public finance and taxation Issue: Ulster GAA meeting at Stormont on Casement Park redevelopment Original release: Eastwood: Casement Park must be delivered (opens in a new tab)
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Sir Jeffrey congratulates new Taoiseach
DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson congratulates Simon Harris on becoming Fine Gael leader and urges him to respect the Three Stranded approach. He also calls on the Republic to reconsider its refusal to establish a public inquiry into the Omagh bombing.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Simon Harris elected Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach-in-waiting Original release: Sir Jeffrey congratulates new Taoiseach (opens in a new tab)
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Brett – “Ban on hotel shampoo story misrepresents the situation”
DUP MLA Phillip Brett says reports that hotel shampoo bottles will be phased out in Northern Ireland but not Great Britain are inaccurate, noting the EU proposal is not yet adopted and that the Assembly can now scrutinise and brake amended EU law.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Hotel shampoo bottle phase-out reports in Northern Ireland Original release: Brett – “Ban on hotel shampoo story misrepresents the situation” (opens in a new tab)