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Bangor West Councillor welcomes announcement that the Promote Learning Disability Service has been saved from closure
Green Party Bangor West councillor Cllr McKee welcomes the signing of a contract for charity Orchardville to take over the Promote Day Opportunities Service in Bangor, saving it from closure. She criticises the South Eastern Trust's handling and calls for a return of the Stormont Executive to…
Health Disability and equality Issue: Promote Day Opportunities Service in Bangor saved from closure Original release: Bangor West Councillor welcomes announcement that the Promote Learning Disability Service has been saved from closure (opens in a new tab)
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Swifter implementation needed on gynaecological services, says Alliance Health representatives
Alliance MLAs Paula Bradshaw and Danny Donnelly welcome the "Getting It Right First Time" gynaecology report but say implementation is already lagging, calling for swift action on standardised clinical prioritisation, a Women's Health Hub and a Women's Health Strategy, citing the absence of a…
Health Issue: "Getting It Right First Time" gynaecology report recommendations implementation Original release: Swifter implementation needed on gynaecological services, says Alliance Health representatives (opens in a new tab)
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Our Union is still ruptured – the only difference now being that the DUP is stepping up as Protocol implementers
TUV leader Jim Allister says the Government's Command Paper and statutory instruments do not restore NI's place in the UK, arguing NI still follows EU laws and the Irish Sea border remains, so the Union remains ruptured.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: DUP deal with the government on the Windsor Framework Original release: Our Union is still ruptured – the only difference now being that the DUP is stepping up as Protocol implementers (opens in a new tab)
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Selection of Diana Armstrong as the Fermanagh and South Tyrone Westminster Candidate
The Fermanagh and South Tyrone Ulster Unionist Association says it selected Councillor Diana Armstrong as its candidate for the forthcoming Westminster election, with Armstrong calling for voters to help restore representation at Westminster for the constituency.
Constitutional affairs Issue: Diana Armstrong selected as Fermanagh and South Tyrone Westminster candidate Original release: Selection of Diana Armstrong as the Fermanagh and South Tyrone Westminster Candidate (opens in a new tab)
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Bradshaw reiterates call for drug consumption rooms, following latest drug death figures
Alliance health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA urges a public health response to drug problems and renews her party's push for legal drug consumption rooms, citing NISRA figures showing 154 drug misuse deaths in 2021/22, down from 212.
Health Issue: Latest NISRA drug misuse deaths figures for 2021/22 Original release: Bradshaw reiterates call for drug consumption rooms, following latest drug death figures (opens in a new tab)
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Claire Hanna MP nominates Gaza healthcare workers for 2024 Nobel Peace Prize
SDLP MP Claire Hanna says she has nominated Gaza healthcare workers for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing reported deaths, detentions and ambulance bombings, and calls for an immediate ceasefire and increased humanitarian aid.
International affairs Health Issue: Claire Hanna MP nomination of Gaza healthcare workers for Nobel Peace Prize Original release: Claire Hanna MP nominates Gaza healthcare workers for 2024 Nobel Peace Prize (opens in a new tab)
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Eastwood: This must be a new start for Northern Ireland
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP says the restoration of devolution must be a new start for everyone in Northern Ireland, and calls on the British Government to open talks with Executive parties, the incoming Opposition and the Irish Government on reforming the democratic institutions.
Constitutional affairs Issue: Restoration of Northern Ireland's devolved institutions Original release: Eastwood: This must be a new start for Northern Ireland (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Fein hails DUP assistance in all-Ireland objective
TUV vice-chair Allister Kyle says Sinn Fein has welcomed the DUP's stance on the Protocol as a turning point toward an all-Ireland goal, and urges DUP members to reconsider nominating Michelle O'Neill as First Minister and to keep their pledges on the Seven Tests.
Constitutional affairs Issue: DUP Protocol position and Seven Tests dispute, January 2024 Original release: Sinn Fein hails DUP assistance in all-Ireland objective (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Féin welcomes progress on return to power-sharing
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald TD says she is optimistic after the DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson publicly committed to restoring the northern institutions before the early February deadline. She welcomes the DUP's pledge to respect the Assembly election result and calls for swift focus on public…
Constitutional affairs Issue: Jeffrey Donaldson's declaration on returning to power-sharing institutions Original release: Sinn Féin welcomes progress on return to power-sharing (opens in a new tab)
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MacManus welcomes Power sharing breakthrough
Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus welcomes the DUP's decision to let the Assembly and Executive return, saying residents have gone two years without a working executive. He wants European Parliament engagement with the Assembly re-established.
Constitutional affairs Issue: DUP decision to restore Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive Original release: MacManus welcomes Power sharing breakthrough (opens in a new tab)
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Separating the fact from fiction
TUV leader Jim Allister says the DUP's deal with the government leaves the Protocol unaltered, keeps Northern Ireland under the EU Customs Code and the Irish Sea border, and fails the DUP's own Seven Tests, calling on Sir Jeffrey Donaldson to be ashamed.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: DUP deal with the government on the Windsor Framework Original release: Separating the fact from fiction (opens in a new tab)
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Statement by Sir Jeffrey Donaldson
DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says the party will nominate members to the Executive and support calling an Assembly meeting to elect a Speaker, subject to the UK Government delivering agreed commitments and passing new legislation, after a package of measures on the Northern Ireland Protocol…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: DUP decision to restore Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive Original release: Statement by Sir Jeffrey Donaldson (opens in a new tab)
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Executive needed now to make dental services sustainable – Dillon
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon says an Executive must be restored now with a Health Minister in place to reform NHS dentistry, following an open letter from the Dental Practice Committee chair backed by 720 dentists. She warns of patient access problems, staffing shortages and a threat to services.
Health Issue: Dental Practice Committee open letter on NHS dentistry sustainability Original release: Executive needed now to make dental services sustainable – Dillon (opens in a new tab)
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Green Party leader hopes that we aren’t facing another false dawn for stable governance
Green Party leader Mal O’Hara says a behind‑closed‑doors deal to restore the Assembly would be a temporary fix, not a cure for the housing crisis, long waiting lists, public‑sector pay and environmental failings, and calls for a review of governance and citizens assemblies.
Constitutional affairs Issue: DUP decision to restore Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive Original release: Green Party leader hopes that we aren’t facing another false dawn for stable governance (opens in a new tab)
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Swann and Chambers welcome the Northern Ireland Audit Office Report on tackling the Public Health impacts of smoking and vaping
UUP MLAs Robin Swann and health spokesperson Alan Chambers welcome the Northern Ireland Audit Office report on smoking and vaping, citing rising youth vaping and calling for a licensing regime, tougher enforcement and a ban on single-use vapes.
Health Issue: NI Audit Office report on smoking and public health Original release: Swann and Chambers welcome the Northern Ireland Audit Office Report on tackling the Public Health impacts of smoking and vaping (opens in a new tab)
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Northern Ireland must catch up on bowel cancer surveillance, says Bradshaw
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw warns that Northern Ireland lags behind England on surveillance for Lynch Syndrome, a genetic condition raising bowel cancer risk, citing Bowel Cancer UK analysis showing only about half of NI patients receive recommended checks.
Health Issue: Bowel Cancer UK analysis on Lynch Syndrome surveillance Original release: Northern Ireland must catch up on bowel cancer surveillance, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
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Alliance Party backs dentists' call for urgent action on Health Service dentistry
Alliance backs a letter from 720 dentists urging action to save NHS-funded dentistry, with South Belfast MLA Paula Bradshaw saying the party will meet dentists next month and watch Department proposals on contract reform. East Antrim MLA Danny Donnelly welcomes the dentists' concerns about…
Health Issue: Dental Practice Committee open letter on NHS dentistry sustainability Original release: Alliance Party backs dentists' call for urgent action on Health Service dentistry (opens in a new tab)
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Still much more to do on reducing smoking and vaping, says Bradshaw
Alliance health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA says a NI Audit Office report on smoking shows significant progress but a widening gap in deprived areas, and calls for targeted programmes, further interventions and effective enforcement, including on vaping.
Health Issue: NI Audit Office report on smoking and public health Original release: Still much more to do on reducing smoking and vaping, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
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SDLP Statement on Restoration of the Devolved Institutions
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP welcomes the restoration of Northern Ireland's devolved institutions as positive for workers, communities and businesses. He urges incoming Ministers to prioritise restoring public services and a fair pay award for workers, and says the party will hold talks with the…
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: Restoration of Northern Ireland's devolved institutions Original release: SDLP Statement on Restoration of the Devolved Institutions (opens in a new tab)
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Baroness Kate Hoey, Ben Habib, Jim Allister KC MLA and Jamie Bryson publish significant paper – No Deal is better than a Bad Deal
TUV's Jim Allister and co-authors Baroness Kate Hoey, Ben Habib and Jamie Bryson publish a paper urging unionists to reject any DUP return to Stormont under the Protocol, warning it would entrench an Irish Sea border and Irish Republic involvement in governance.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Co-authored paper opposing DUP return to Stormont under the Protocol Original release: Baroness Kate Hoey, Ben Habib, Jim Allister KC MLA and Jamie Bryson publish significant paper – No Deal is better than a Bad Deal (opens in a new tab)