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Patients on lists for cancer treatment cannot wait – Dillon
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon says cancer patients on treatment waiting lists cannot wait and calls for the Executive to be restored now. She criticises the cancer strategy sitting unpublished for a year and calls for investment in earlier diagnosis.
Health Original release: Patients on lists for cancer treatment cannot wait – Dillon (opens in a new tab)
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Adams welcomes President Clinton’s call for the re-establishment of the institutions
Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, speaking in New York at a 25th anniversary event for the Good Friday Agreement, welcomes Bill Clinton's call for the Executive and Assembly to be restored. He accuses the DUP of intransigence, urges the Irish government to set up citizens' assemblies on…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Good Friday Agreement 25th anniversary New York event Original release: Adams welcomes President Clinton’s call for the re-establishment of the institutions (opens in a new tab)
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Public Inquiry Needed on A6
DUP MP Gregory Campbell urges the Department for Infrastructure to hold a public inquiry into delays to the A6 road scheme, which is opening in April 2023 more than a year late. He says it would restore public confidence in the department's project management.
Infrastructure and transport Issue: A6 road scheme opening delays and public inquiry call Original release: Public Inquiry Needed on A6 (opens in a new tab)
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Durkan welcomes long overdue date for opening of A6
SDLP Infrastructure Spokesperson and Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan welcomes the opening of the Dungiven-to-Drumahoe section of the A6 to motorists this week after repeated delays. He urges the Department for Infrastructure to begin work on the final Drumahoe-to-Maydown stretch.
Infrastructure and transport Issue: A6 Dungiven to Drumahoe road opening to motorists Original release: Durkan welcomes long overdue date for opening of A6 (opens in a new tab)
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Regional solution for adult ADHD must be delivered – Kearney
Sinn Féin South Antrim MLA Declan Kearney calls for a regional solution and a time-framed timetable for adult ADHD diagnosis and treatment, after meeting the Department of Health Permanent Secretary about gaps in provision in the Northern Trust area.
Health Disability and equality Original release: Regional solution for adult ADHD must be delivered – Kearney (opens in a new tab)
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Urgency needed on commissioning of ADHD services, says Bradshaw
Alliance Health Spokesperson and South Belfast MLA Paula Bradshaw calls for greater urgency on commissioning ADHD services, saying people face costs for diagnosis and that a single-system approach across Northern Ireland would help.
Health Disability and equality Original release: Urgency needed on commissioning of ADHD services, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
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Dodds tables amendments to outlaw glorification of terrorism
DUP peer Lord Dodds has tabled amendments in the Lords to the Legacy Bill to create an offence of glorifying terrorism, citing rising glorification of IRA violence and criticising Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill over remarks on the IRA campaign.
Justice and policing Community relations and legacy Issue: Dodds Lords amendments on glorification of terrorism in Legacy Bill Original release: Dodds tables amendments to outlaw glorification of terrorism (opens in a new tab)
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Health workers deserve fair pay and safe working conditions – Dillon
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon calls for fair pay and safer conditions for health and social care staff, arguing the British government must act while Stormont is not functioning, and urges an Executive, health minister and cross-party investment.
Health Economy and employment Issue: Pay offer for NHS staff in England not extended to Northern Ireland Original release: Health workers deserve fair pay and safe working conditions – Dillon (opens in a new tab)
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Brett Welcomes funding extension for Community Transport
DUP Infrastructure Spokesman and North Belfast MLA Phillip Brett welcomes confirmation from the Permanent Secretary that community transport 'dial-a-lift' providers will receive core funding beyond the end of April. He says the service provides around 200,000 journeys a year and calls for a…
Infrastructure and transport Public finance and taxation Issue: Community transport dial-a-lift funding extension beyond April Original release: Brett Welcomes funding extension for Community Transport (opens in a new tab)
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TUV blasts Nationalism’s little helpers following Ards and North Down decision on Union Flag
TUV candidate Peter Wilson accuses a council majority of overturning a vote on flying the Union Flag at Ards and North Down war memorials and civic buildings, and says the Alliance Party's call-in is questionable. He asks Edwin Poots to answer questions about the legislation.
Community relations and legacy Local government Issue: Ards and North Down council Union Flag decision called in Original release: TUV blasts Nationalism’s little helpers following Ards and North Down decision on Union Flag (opens in a new tab)
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Lack of dedicated retrofitting programme for solid fuel households a risk to public health – Darren O’Rourke TD
Sinn Féin climate spokesperson Darren O'Rourke TD urges the government to revise its National Retrofit Plan with specific targets for solid-fuel-heated homes, citing a cross-border study linking air pollution to up to 1,000 early deaths yearly. He proposes €50m for a dedicated retrofit scheme.
Environment and climate Health Issue: Cross-border air pollution and mortality assessment on solid fuel burning Original release: Lack of dedicated retrofitting programme for solid fuel households a risk to public health – Darren O’Rourke TD (opens in a new tab)
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Dillon calls for Executive to be restored now to cut chronic waiting lists
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon says rising waiting times for cancer treatment are unacceptable, faulting the delay in acting on the cancer strategy, and urges the Executive to be restored immediately to tackle long waiting lists.
Health Issue: Rising cancer treatment waiting times in Northern Ireland Original release: Dillon calls for Executive to be restored now to cut chronic waiting lists (opens in a new tab)
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Treasury must ensure NHS pay parity in Northern Ireland: Givan
DUP Health Spokesman Lagan Valley MLA Paul Givan calls on the Treasury to provide funding for the Department of Health in Northern Ireland to match NHS England pay, including backdated 2022/23 uplifts and the 2023/24 settlement, estimated at over £300m.
Health Public finance and taxation Issue: Latest health workers pay offer in England extension to Northern Ireland Original release: Treasury must ensure NHS pay parity in Northern Ireland: Givan (opens in a new tab)
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Wrightbus at forefront of hydrogen revolution - Paisley
DUP MP Ian Paisley welcomes the Government's Powering Up Britain net zero strategy, saying its £240 million for green hydrogen projects will establish Wrightbus in Ballymena as Northern Ireland's central hydrogen site.
Environment and climate Economy and employment Issue: Powering Up Britain net zero strategy announcement Original release: Wrightbus at forefront of hydrogen revolution - Paisley (opens in a new tab)
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Latest Cancer Figures demand attention from an Executive, says Bradshaw
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw calls for funding for year two of the Cancer Strategy to be allocated for the next financial year, after Department of Health figures showed only 39.5% of urgent GP referrals started treatment within 62 days.
Health Public finance and taxation Issue: Rising cancer treatment waiting times in Northern Ireland Original release: Latest Cancer Figures demand attention from an Executive, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
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Chris MacManus MEP marks 25 years of European support for the Good Friday Agreement
Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus marks 25 years of European support for the Good Friday Agreement at a European Parliament event with fellow Irish MEPs, saying EU institutions have kept it at the centre of Brexit negotiations and will protect it in the next 25 years.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Good Friday Agreement 25th anniversary conference in European Parliament Original release: Chris MacManus MEP marks 25 years of European support for the Good Friday Agreement (opens in a new tab)
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O’Neill seeks urgent meeting with Sunak on health workers’ pay
Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill, First Minister Designate, says it is unfair that the NHS England pay offer has not been extended to health and social care workers in the north, and has written to Rishi Sunak seeking an urgent meeting. She blames the Secretary of State and the DUP's blockade of the…
Health Economy and employment Issue: Pay offer for NHS staff in England not extended to Northern Ireland Original release: O’Neill seeks urgent meeting with Sunak on health workers’ pay (opens in a new tab)
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What price children’s safety?” asks Lockhart
DUP MP for Upper Bann Carla Lockhart writes to the Department of Infrastructure’s Permanent Secretary urging a reversal of the decision to cut funding for school cycling‑proficiency programmes, saying the move endangers children’s safety and contradicts active‑travel goals.
Infrastructure and transport Education Issue: Department for Infrastructure ends school cycling proficiency scheme funding Original release: What price children’s safety?” asks Lockhart (opens in a new tab)
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Cllr Stephen Dunlop expresses "sadness" as cycling proficiency scheme funding axed
Green Party NI councillor Stephen Dunlop says he is saddened by the end of Department for Infrastructure funding for the school cycling proficiency scheme, which the department attributes to budget constraints. He argues the move denies children a safe way to learn cycling and blames the DUP's…
Infrastructure and transport Education Issue: Department for Infrastructure ends school cycling proficiency scheme funding Original release: Cllr Stephen Dunlop expresses "sadness" as cycling proficiency scheme funding axed (opens in a new tab)
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Bradshaw welcomes launch of free contraception delivery service for NI
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw, South Belfast MLA, welcomes the launch of a fully operational contraception delivery service across Northern Ireland, offering free contraception and optional free STI testing. She says it will widen access and privacy, particularly for rural residents…
Health Issue: Free contraception delivery service launch for Northern Ireland Original release: Bradshaw welcomes launch of free contraception delivery service for NI (opens in a new tab)