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Finnegan calls for long-term local fishing support
Sinn Féin MLA Aoife Finnegan welcomes the £3.25m Marine Environment and Fisheries Fund from the environment department but says it must become long-term funding beyond a one-year offer. She also presses the British government to clarify local fisheries support under its May Fishing and Coastal…
Agriculture and rural affairs Economy and employment Issue: Marine Environment and Fisheries Fund £3.25m support announcement Original release: Finnegan calls for long-term local fishing support (opens in a new tab)
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TUV Challenges Irish Medium Sector on Lack of Newcomer Intake
TUV MLA Timothy Gaston calls for urgent scrutiny of the Irish medium sector after Assembly answer figures showed just 20 newcomer pupils in Irish medium primary schools and none in post-primary. He says the sector should take its fair share of newcomer children.
Education Disability and equality Issue: Assembly answer on newcomer pupil enrolment in Irish medium schools Original release: TUV Challenges Irish Medium Sector on Lack of Newcomer Intake (opens in a new tab)
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TUV Launch Public Petition Calling for Funding to Gender Identity Service to be Stopped
Traditional Unionist Voice launches an online petition urging Health Minister Mike Nesbitt to reverse the £800,000 approval for a new “lifespan” gender identity service with no lower age limit, arguing the evidence is insufficient, it endangers children and misuses public money.
Health Public finance and taxation Issue: Health Minister's £800,000 gender identity service allocation Original release: TUV Launch Public Petition Calling for Funding to Gender Identity Service to be Stopped (opens in a new tab)
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Was there “no alternative” or did we “all have choices”? TUV challenge Sinn Fein after Cullen BBC comments
TUV chairman Councillor Allister Kyle challenges Sinn Fein after the BBC published comments by Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP Michelle Gildernew and Pat Cullen, saying Michelle O'Neill's claim of "no alternative" to the IRA campaign contrasts with Cullen's "we all have choices" remark. He cites IRA…
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: BBC article on Pat Cullen and Sinn Fein MP's comments about 1970s soldier encounter Original release: Was there “no alternative” or did we “all have choices”? TUV challenge Sinn Fein after Cullen BBC comments (opens in a new tab)
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Lockhart Secures High-Level Meeting with Airport Chiefs Over…
DUP MP Carla Lockhart says Belfast International Airport senior executives have agreed to meet her and constituents over reports of humiliating security screening experiences involving stoma bags. She also says she has contacted Belfast City Airport about sharing training, and will work with…
Disability and equality Health Issue: Belfast International Airport meeting over stoma bag security screening complaints Original release: Lockhart Secures High-Level Meeting with Airport Chiefs Over… (opens in a new tab)
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Brett: Department must end delays and deliver urgent aviation strategy
DUP Economy Spokesperson Phillip Brett MLA says the Department for the Economy has failed to produce an aviation policy and calls for urgent action, including a funded Route Development Fund and a strategy covering all Northern Ireland airports.
Infrastructure and transport Economy and employment Original release: Brett: Department must end delays and deliver urgent aviation strategy (opens in a new tab)
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Statement from Mike Nesbitt, Leader Ulster Unionist Party and Health Minister, on nurses pay rise
UUP leader Mike Nesbitt, also Health Minister, says he shares the RCN's frustration that 2025-26 recommended nurse pay rises remain unimplemented, noting his May Ministerial Direction decision is stuck with the wider Executive.
Health Economy and employment Issue: Nurses 2025-26 pay award Ministerial Direction delay Original release: Statement from Mike Nesbitt, Leader Ulster Unionist Party and Health Minister, on nurses pay rise (opens in a new tab)
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Hunter expresses disappointment at closure of Riverside Theatre
SDLP East Derry MLA Cara Hunter is dismayed that the Riverside Theatre is closing and hopes it is not permanent. She says the venue is vital to local arts and says Ulster University has not answered her request for a meeting, while the Communities Minister's response falls short.
Local government Issue: Riverside Theatre closure Original release: Hunter expresses disappointment at closure of Riverside Theatre (opens in a new tab)
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McGrath: Executive disrespect for nurses risks strike action
SDLP Opposition Health Spokesperson Colin McGrath MLA warns the Executive is courting nurses' industrial action by not paying the agreed 3.6% pay rise, after the RCN declared a trade dispute. He says the RCN's June letter to the First and deputy First Ministers went unanswered and calls for urgent…
Health Economy and employment Issue: Nurses 2025-26 pay award Ministerial Direction delay Original release: McGrath: Executive disrespect for nurses risks strike action (opens in a new tab)
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Mallaghan calls for action to address capacity issues in Irish Medium Education
Sinn Féin MP Cathal Mallaghan says action is required to address places shortages in Irish-medium education after St Joseph's in Donaghmore, the only such provider in Mid Ulster, turned away 11 children due to accommodation limits. He urges the Education Minister and his department to work closely…
Education Issue: St Joseph's Donaghmore rejects 11 Irish-medium secondary applications due to accommodation Original release: Mallaghan calls for action to address capacity issues in Irish Medium Education (opens in a new tab)
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Ann Graves TD hosts meeting for families affected by drug addiction in Leinster House
Sinn Féin spokesperson Ann Graves TD says a meeting with Families Addiction Recovery Ireland highlighted concerns, and criticises a government diversion scheme for drug possession as a shortsighted move that undermines a health-led approach. She calls for families to be central to any new National…
Health Justice and policing Issue: Government diversion scheme for people caught with drugs Original release: Ann Graves TD hosts meeting for families affected by drug addiction in Leinster House (opens in a new tab)
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Alliance position on Palestinian state morally indefensible - McIlveen
DUP Deputy Leader Michelle McIlveen MLA responds to Alliance's Sorcha Eastwood calling for recognition of a Palestinian state without conditions, arguing that Hamas control, hostages still held and terrorism make the proposal dangerous and morally indefensible.
International affairs Original release: Alliance position on Palestinian state morally indefensible - McIlveen (opens in a new tab)
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Maskey expresses condolences following death of Eugene Thompson
Sinn Féin MP Paul Maskey expresses condolences on the death of Eugene Thompson, whose brother Paul was murdered in a sectarian attack in 1994. He says the British government continues to conceal the truth about the killing and points to a letter Chief Constable Jon Boutcher delivered to Thompson…
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Original release: Maskey expresses condolences following death of Eugene Thompson (opens in a new tab)
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Tree Protection Bill
Alliance Party calls for a Tree Protection Bill to strengthen legal protections for single trees, groups of trees and ancient woodland, citing a NIPSO report finding only one of 369 reported tree protection breaches led to enforcement action. The bill would reinforce Tree Preservation Orders…
Environment and climate Issue: Tree Protection Bill consultation and NIPSO tree protection breaches report Original release: Tree Protection Bill (opens in a new tab)
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Social Value Bill
Alliance Party calls for Northern Ireland to introduce social value procurement legislation, noting it is the only part of the UK without it. The proposed bill would require public bodies to give social value a minimum 10 per cent weighting, standardise measurement and reporting, and provide…
Public finance and taxation Issue: Northern Ireland social value procurement bill consultation Original release: Social Value Bill (opens in a new tab)
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Display of Flags and Emblems Bill
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland publishes details of its consultation on Paula Bradshaw's proposed Display of Flags and Emblems Bill, which would regulate emblems on street furniture such as lamp posts. The bill would set time limits for displays, limit them to celebration and commemoration…
Community relations and legacy Issue: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill consultation Original release: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill (opens in a new tab)
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Banning Conversion Practices
Alliance MLA Eóin Tennyson proposes a Private Members' Bill to ban conversion practices in Northern Ireland, creating two new offences: engaging in conversion practice, and removing a person from Northern Ireland for that purpose.
Disability and equality Justice and policing Issue: Private Members' Bill to ban conversion practices in Northern Ireland Original release: Banning Conversion Practices (opens in a new tab)
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Process to become integrated shouldn't be uphill battle for schools, says Guy, following QUB report publication
Alliance education spokesperson Michelle Guy MLA says the process for schools seeking integrated status should not be an uphill battle, and calls on the Education Minister and his department to do more to support integrated education following a Queen's University report on the transformation…
Education Issue: Queen's University report on integrated education transformation process Original release: Process to become integrated shouldn't be uphill battle for schools, says Guy, following QUB report publication (opens in a new tab)
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Bradshaw expresses concern at delay in research projects into historical clerical child abuse
Alliance MLA Paula Bradshaw says a spring 2025 deadline for three research projects on historical clerical child abuse passed without explanation or published outcomes. She calls for revised timetables from the Office of the First and deputy First Minister, transparent progress reporting and…
Justice and policing Issue: Delay in historical clerical child abuse research projects deadlines Original release: Bradshaw expresses concern at delay in research projects into historical clerical child abuse (opens in a new tab)
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United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Obligation on Public Authorities) Bill
Alliance MLA Danny Donnelly is introducing a Bill that would require public authorities in Northern Ireland to give statutory due regard to the rights set out in the UN disability treaty, UNCRPD, when developing and reviewing policies and decisions.
Disability and equality Issue: UNCRPD public authorities due regard Bill introduction Original release: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Obligation on Public Authorities) Bill (opens in a new tab)