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Restoring Executive must be priority for Irish and British governments – Murphy
Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy urges the Irish and British governments to make restoring the Executive and Assembly their top priority, following a British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference meeting. He says ministers are needed now to address cost-of-living pressures and hospital waiting lists.
Constitutional affairs Health Issue: British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference meeting on restoring Executive Original release: Restoring Executive must be priority for Irish and British governments – Murphy (opens in a new tab)
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‘Executive needed now to secure holiday hunger payments’ – Sheehan
Sinn Féin MLA Pat Sheehan urges the formation of an Executive now so families keep receiving holiday hunger payments over the Halloween break, and calls on the DUP to end its boycott. He says the Finance Minister's funding for over 100,000 children over three years cannot be released without one.
Social security and welfare Economy and employment Issue: Executive formation delay and holiday hunger funding, October 2022 Original release: ‘Executive needed now to secure holiday hunger payments’ – Sheehan (opens in a new tab)
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Aontú is Emerging as a Clear Alternative to the Political Establishment – Tóibín
Aontú leader and Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín says the party is emerging as a clear alternative to the political establishment ahead of its first in-person Ard Fheis, citing membership growth, poll ratings and criticism of the Government and DUP over housing, health, energy and Stormont.
Other Health Issue: Aontú first in-person Ard Fheis Original release: Aontú is Emerging as a Clear Alternative to the Political Establishment – Tóibín (opens in a new tab)
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Executive needed to tackle cost of living and make progress on renewables – Archibald
Sinn Féin MLA Caoimhe Archibald says an Executive must be restored immediately to address the cost-of-living crisis and budget for health and public services, while pushing renewable energy development at the Renewable NI conference.
Economy and employment Environment and climate Original release: Executive needed to tackle cost of living and make progress on renewables – Archibald (opens in a new tab)
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Executive needed to tackle challenges in the health service – Finucane
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane calls on the DUP to form an Executive immediately, citing emergency department pressure and growing waiting lists, and urges investment of an extra £1 billion in health along with a multi-year budget.
Health Public finance and taxation Issue: Emergency department pressures and health service crisis as Executive remains unformed Original release: Executive needed to tackle challenges in the health service – Finucane (opens in a new tab)
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SDLP MLAs: Ministers should listen to teachers and nurses
SDLP MLAs call on Ministers to act urgently to prevent nurses and teachers striking over pay, citing cost of living pressures. SDLP Health Spokesperson Colin McGrath urges a pay agreement with the RCN before winter, and West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan presses Education Minister McIlveen to…
Economy and employment Health Issue: Teachers' and nurses' strike action over pay Original release: SDLP MLAs: Ministers should listen to teachers and nurses (opens in a new tab)
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Hospital patients can’t wait until Protocol is sorted – Murphy
Sinn Féin MLA and Finance Minister Conor Murphy calls on the DUP to return to the Executive to tackle A&E pressures and hospital waiting lists, and to agree a three-year budget with an extra £1billion for health.
Health Public finance and taxation Issue: A&E pressures and hospital waiting lists amid Executive stalemate Original release: Hospital patients can’t wait until Protocol is sorted – Murphy (opens in a new tab)
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Gildernew concerned waiting lists will grow after surgeons’ warning
Sinn Féin health spokesperson and Fermanagh South Tyrone MLA Colm Gildernew says he is deeply concerned waiting lists will grow if elective surgeries are cancelled, following a Royal College of Surgeons warning. He calls on the DUP to return to the Executive, agree a budget and fund the health…
Health Issue: Royal College of Surgeons warning on cancelled elective surgeries Original release: Gildernew concerned waiting lists will grow after surgeons’ warning (opens in a new tab)
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O'Lynn seeks Education Authority meeting after more pupils left without transport
Alliance North Antrim MLA Patricia O’Lynn seeks a meeting with the Education Authority after pupils at Castle Tower Special School and Mary Queen of Peace Primary School were left without transport, calling for clarification and a reliable contingency plan and urging DUP Education Minister Michelle
Education Infrastructure and transport Issue: Primary school transport failures at Castle Tower and Mary Queen of Peace Original release: O'Lynn seeks Education Authority meeting after more pupils left without transport (opens in a new tab)
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Lack of beds in Altnagelvin a serious worry – Delargy
Sinn Féin MLA Pádraig Delargy says pressures at Altnagelvin Emergency Department, where over 40 patients were waiting for a bed, show an Executive must be formed urgently. He calls on the DUP to end its boycott of the political institutions so the proposed £1 billion for health can be used.
Health Issue: Over 40 patients waiting for beds at Altnagelvin Emergency Department Original release: Lack of beds in Altnagelvin a serious worry – Delargy (opens in a new tab)
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Education Minister commits to review transgender guidance
TUV leader Jim Allister welcomes the Education Minister's commitment to review the Education Authority's guidance on supporting transgender young people, and calls for the guidance to be withdrawn as fundamentally flawed. He objects to advice on parental involvement and to proposals to remove…
Education Disability and equality Issue: Education Minister commits to review transgender guidance for schools Original release: Education Minister commits to review transgender guidance (opens in a new tab)
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McMullan secures new Council disability group with aim of making city accessible
Alliance Belfast City Councillor Ross McMullan says a new Council disability working group, approved unanimously on Monday night, will help make Belfast accessible and produce an overarching disability strategy. He calls for a plan and indicators to replace the current status quo.
Disability and equality Local government Issue: Belfast City Council disability working group approval Original release: McMullan secures new Council disability group with aim of making city accessible (opens in a new tab)
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Armstrong seeks clarification on benefits rise
Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong writes to Work and Pensions Minister Chloe Smith seeking clarity on whether benefits will rise with inflation, after Prime Minister Liz Truss declined to rule out real-terms cuts. She warns against cuts that would hit the lowest incomes.
Social security and welfare Economy and employment Issue: Government refusal to rule out real-terms benefit cuts Original release: Armstrong seeks clarification on benefits rise (opens in a new tab)
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Eastwood urges British government to protect vulnerable families
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood MP warns that the UK government must not let welfare payments fall in real terms during the cost of living crisis, after PM Liz Truss declined to commit to rises in line with inflation. He has written to Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng proposing inflation-linked benefit…
Social security and welfare Economy and employment Issue: Government refusal to rule out real-terms benefit cuts Original release: Eastwood urges British government to protect vulnerable families (opens in a new tab)
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Ordinary people and public services paying price of Tory chaos – Archibald
Sinn Féin MLA Caoimhe Archibald says ordinary people and public services are paying for Tory chaos after Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed plans for around £18 billion of cuts, and calls for an Executive to be formed now, urging the DUP to end its boycott.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Kwarteng confirmation of £18 billion public spending cuts plan Original release: Ordinary people and public services paying price of Tory chaos – Archibald (opens in a new tab)
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Executive needed to help tackle the crises in our health service – Ní Chulín
Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilín says the Belfast Trust made an error about Dr Michael Watt's information during a neurology working group meeting, and the Trust has written to correct it. She calls on the Health Minister to meet affected patients and families and urges the DUP to rejoin the…
Health Issue: Belfast Trust correction on Dr Michael Watt neurology information Original release: Executive needed to help tackle the crises in our health service – Ní Chulín (opens in a new tab)
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Allen thanks the Northern Ireland Utility Regulator for his work in securing delivery of £400 energy bills support for Northern Ireland households
East Belfast UUP MLA and Communities Spokesperson Andy Allen MBE thanks Utility Regulator John French for securing delivery of the £400 energy bills support to households. He calls for urgent further Westminster intervention, saying the scheme dates from May and that the £100 for oil-heated homes…
Economy and employment Public finance and taxation Issue: £400 energy bills support scheme delivery in Northern Ireland Original release: Allen thanks the Northern Ireland Utility Regulator for his work in securing delivery of £400 energy bills support for Northern Ireland households (opens in a new tab)
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Egan ‘alarmed’ as child left on school bus
Education Disability and equality Original release: Egan ‘alarmed’ as child left on school bus (opens in a new tab)
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Patients misdiagnosed in Neurology scandal must get access to truth – Ní Chuilín
Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilín says Neurology scandal patients still lack truth and accountability and calls for the Belfast Trust to publish its response to the Neurology Public Inquiry recommendations, following an APG appearance.
Health Issue: Belfast Trust appearance before Neurology APG on Inquiry response Original release: Patients misdiagnosed in Neurology scandal must get access to truth – Ní Chuilín (opens in a new tab)
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Cancer patients need Executive formed now – Gildernew
Sinn Féin MLA Com Gildernew calls for an Executive to be formed immediately and for £1 billion of investment in health, after NISRA figures showed under 40 percent of urgent GP cancer referrals began treatment within 62 days.
Health Issue: NISRA cancer waiting times figures showing fewer than 40 percent treated within 62 days Original release: Cancer patients need Executive formed now – Gildernew (opens in a new tab)