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Eastwood urges courage to reach agreement
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP urges political leaders to find courage and strike a deal to restore Stormont in the coming days, as Commons debate on the Executive Formation Bill nears its end. He says public patience is exhausted.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill Commons debate Original release: Eastwood urges courage to reach agreement (opens in a new tab)
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DUP Statement
The DUP says the Secretary of State's introduction of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill recognises that, although significant progress has been made, no agreement has yet been reached. The party says it will keep engaging with the Government to resolve outstanding issues before…
Constitutional affairs Issue: Secretary of State extends Executive formation deadline to 8 February Original release: DUP Statement (opens in a new tab)
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Decision time for the DUP, public want action and positive leadership – O’Neill
Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill, First Minister Designate, urges the DUP to join the Executive table and restore the institutions after the Secretary of State extended the deadline to 8 February. She says public sector workers are again forced into industrial action over denied pay rises.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: Secretary of State extends Executive formation deadline to 8 February Original release: Decision time for the DUP, public want action and positive leadership – O’Neill (opens in a new tab)
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Another deadline to again try and bounce unionists into submission
TUV leader Jim Allister says the Government's 8 February deadline is another attempt to force Unionists into submission to the Protocol and calls for a choice: the Protocol or Stormont, not both.
Constitutional affairs Issue: Secretary of State extends Executive formation deadline to 8 February Original release: Another deadline to again try and bounce unionists into submission (opens in a new tab)
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Unionists expect leaders to keep their word – TUV release video of DUP leader’s 2022 conference speech and comments in Castlederg
TUV publishes a video pairing an extract from DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson's 2022 conference speech with clips from his April 2022 Castlederg rally, arguing unionists expect leaders to keep their word on the Protocol.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Unionists expect leaders to keep their word – TUV release video of DUP leader’s 2022 conference speech and comments in Castlederg (opens in a new tab)
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Allister challenges Unionists advocating Protocol implementation
TUV leader Jim Allister KC MLA publishes a letter arguing that the unaltered Northern Ireland Protocol surrenders lawmaking powers to the EU and creates a partitioning border in the Irish Sea. He challenges any unionist seeking a return to Stormont to implement its arrangements to show where he is…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Allister challenges Unionists advocating Protocol implementation (opens in a new tab)
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Dementia services must be urgently updated to capture new breakthroughs in treatment, says Bradshaw
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA calls for dementia treatment pathways in Northern Ireland to be urgently reformed to reflect new drugs and blood tests enabling earlier intervention, warning the region risks falling behind.
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SDLP will seek to amend Executive formation legislation
SDLP MPs Colum Eastwood and Claire Hanna say they will seek to amend legislation extending the Executive formation deadline, and table amendments reforming Assembly Speaker elections to remove the one-party veto. They also call for a legal duty on the Secretary of State to fund a public sector pay…
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: Secretary of State extends Executive formation deadline to 8 February Original release: SDLP will seek to amend Executive formation legislation (opens in a new tab)
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Former Agriculture Minister seeks nomination to stand for Sinn Féin in Midlands-North West
Sinn Féin says MP and former Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew will seek a nomination to stand for the party in the Midlands-North West region at the upcoming European elections. Gildernew says she would press Irish interests in Brussels, backed by a Sinn Féin team, on farming, cost of…
International affairs Constitutional affairs Issue: Michelle Gildernew seeks Sinn Féin nomination for European Parliament election Original release: Former Agriculture Minister seeks nomination to stand for Sinn Féin in Midlands-North West (opens in a new tab)
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If betrayal comes all Unionists who see the folly must stand together
TUV leader Jim Allister warns that a DUP return to Stormont without changes to the Protocol would breach the mandate the DUP fought two elections on, and calls on Unionists to stand together if the Protocol is accepted.
Constitutional affairs Issue: DUP officer meeting speculation over restoring devolution and the Protocol Original release: If betrayal comes all Unionists who see the folly must stand together (opens in a new tab)
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Addressing the Challenges Facing Our Public Sector Workers: A Call for Devolved Action - Beattie
UUP leader Doug Beattie says public sector workers' pay concerns, including the recent day of action, are damaging health, education and the economy, and urges devolved politicians to act now rather than blame the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
Economy and employment Health Issue: Thursday public sector strike 2024 Original release: Addressing the Challenges Facing Our Public Sector Workers: A Call for Devolved Action - Beattie (opens in a new tab)
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Alliance secures first step in plans for Belfast Covid memorial
Alliance councillors in Belfast call for a special Covid memorial in the city to honour those who died in the pandemic and those living with long Covid. Councillor Christine Bower says a dedicated shared space would help the community recover from the trauma and grief.
Local government Health Issue: Belfast Covid memorial proposal receives cross-party support Original release: Alliance secures first step in plans for Belfast Covid memorial (opens in a new tab)
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Now EU dictating to NI on tooth fillings
TUV leader Jim Allister says the Protocol will force Northern Ireland to follow an EU ban on dental amalgam from January 2025, warning the British Dental Association has flagged a disproportionate impact on local oral health services.
Health International affairs Issue: EU dental amalgam ban applying in Northern Ireland under the Protocol Original release: Now EU dictating to NI on tooth fillings (opens in a new tab)
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Solidarity with the strikers – end the blackmail Secretary of State
TUV deputy leader Ron McDowell expresses solidarity with striking public sector workers and Unite members seeking pay parity, and calls on the Secretary of State to release the funding needed to resolve the dispute immediately.
Economy and employment Public finance and taxation Issue: Northern Ireland public sector pay strikes and Secretary of State funding Original release: Solidarity with the strikers – end the blackmail Secretary of State (opens in a new tab)
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NI Secretary of State should release pay funding immediately
DUP Finance Spokesperson Gordon Lyons calls the Assembly recall a stunt timed with public sector strikes and says the Secretary of State should release the one-off pay funding immediately rather than tie it to tax rises or Assembly restoration.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Public sector pay dispute and Assembly recall to restore Executive Original release: NI Secretary of State should release pay funding immediately (opens in a new tab)
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Health staff and patients need an Executive now – Dillon
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon, after visiting Craigavon Emergency Department, says staff and patients face extreme pressure from delayed discharges. She calls for a new Executive to deliver a health plan, criticises the DUP's boycott, and urges the British Secretary of State to award health workers a…
Health Issue: Craigavon Emergency Department pressures after RQIA delayed discharges report Original release: Health staff and patients need an Executive now – Dillon (opens in a new tab)
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"Do the right thing and release the money"
DUP members of the House of Lords urge the Chancellor and Northern Ireland Secretary to immediately release close to £600 million earmarked for public sector pay, arguing the money is owed to underpaid workers. They also say Northern Ireland has been funded below the Holtham definition of need…
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Withheld Northern Ireland public sector pay funding release call Original release: "Do the right thing and release the money" (opens in a new tab)
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REMARKS BY SINN FÉIN VICE-PRESIDENT MICHELLE O’NEILL MLA, ASSEMBLY SITTING 17 JANUARY 2024
Sinn Féin Vice-President Michelle O'Neill MLA says the DUP's boycott is jeopardising public services and a 170,000-worker strike, and calls on the DUP to join Executive formation, warning the Assembly may be near its final sitting.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: Assembly sitting to elect Speaker and form Executive, 17 January 2024 Original release: REMARKS BY SINN FÉIN VICE-PRESIDENT MICHELLE O’NEILL MLA, ASSEMBLY SITTING 17 JANUARY 2024 (opens in a new tab)
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Standing in Solidarity: Addressing the Impact of Political Stalemate on Public Sector Workers - Butler
Robbie Butler MLA, UUP deputy leader and education spokesperson, says public‑sector staff will strike this Thursday and the UUP will join picket lines, blaming the two‑year absence of an Executive and the DUP’s Stormont boycott for the stalemate that threatens children’s education and welfare.
Education Economy and employment Issue: Thursday public sector strike 2024 Original release: Standing in Solidarity: Addressing the Impact of Political Stalemate on Public Sector Workers - Butler (opens in a new tab)
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Assembly recall will achieve nothing: Lyons
DUP Assembly Finance spokesman Gordon Lyons MLA says Wednesday's Assembly recall will achieve nothing, arguing the public sector pay settlement is a matter for the UK Government and that devolution conditions have not been secured.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: Public sector pay dispute and Assembly recall to restore Executive Original release: Assembly recall will achieve nothing: Lyons (opens in a new tab)