Latest releases
Searching a long passage? Find similar statements.
- Environment and climate: remove filter
- Public finance and taxation: remove filter
- Disability and equality: remove filter
3,320 releases
-
Hazzard welcomes Council support for Strangford Lough Bridge Study
Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard welcomes a unanimous vote by Newry, Mourne and Down Council backing a feasibility study for a fixed link bridge across Strangford Lough. He has contacted Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins about commissioning a full study of a Portaferry-to-Strangford crossing, citing…
Infrastructure and transport Local government Issue: Newry, Mourne and Down Council motion on Strangford Lough bridge study Original release: Hazzard welcomes Council support for Strangford Lough Bridge Study (opens in a new tab)
-
Oil companies ‘exceptional’ trading results during war is a moral scandal – Hazzard
Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard calls BP's 'exceptional' trading profits from the Iran war a moral scandal and urges the British Government to raise the windfall tax, opposing reported plans to ease it and redirecting the profits to struggling households and renewable energy.
Economy and employment Public finance and taxation Issue: BP trading profits linked to Iran war windfall tax Original release: Oil companies ‘exceptional’ trading results during war is a moral scandal – Hazzard (opens in a new tab)
-
O’Toole: Executive cannot blame London for failure to agree Budget
SDLP Leader of the Opposition Matthew O’Toole says the Executive should not shift responsibility to Westminster for its inability to reach a multi‑year Budget, welcomes the £100 heating‑oil aid but urges more support, and blames internal party infighting for the stalemate.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Executive failure to agree multi-year Budget Original release: O’Toole: Executive cannot blame London for failure to agree Budget (opens in a new tab)
-
Allen comments on announced household support announcement
UUP MLA and Communities Spokesperson Andy Allen MBE welcomes the Executive's £19 million for oil-heating households, a £100 payment for around 340,000 households earning about £30,000 or less. He calls for prompt, accessible delivery avoiding Spend Local card problems, support for households just…
Economy and employment Public finance and taxation Issue: Executive £36.4million home heating oil support package Original release: Allen comments on announced household support announcement (opens in a new tab)
-
Lockhart welcomes confirmation of NI Defence Growth Deal
DUP MP Carla Lockhart welcomes UK Defence Minister Luke Pollard's confirmation in the Commons that a £50million Northern Ireland Defence Growth Deal launches next week. She praises the 20% share of UK funding and says the Economy Minister has ignored or attacked the aerospace, defence and security…
Economy and employment Public finance and taxation Issue: Northern Ireland Defence Growth Deal launch confirmed in Commons Original release: Lockhart welcomes confirmation of NI Defence Growth Deal (opens in a new tab)
-
Fuel Protests In The North
People Before Profit says today's fuel protests across the North have a right core demand for urgent action on fuel prices, blaming the Executive for years of rising costs and calling for price caps, windfall taxes on energy firms and a £500 energy credit for households.
Economy and employment Public finance and taxation Issue: Fuel protests and energy price caps across Ireland Original release: Fuel Protests In The North (opens in a new tab)
-
“450 jobs losses another example of Sinn Fein chaos” Brett
DUP economy spokesman Phillip Brett MLA says Ulster University's announcement of up to 450 job losses shows failure by Sinn Féin ministers at the Department for the Economy, and calls for urgent intervention on university funding.
Education Economy and employment Issue: Ulster University job cuts announcement Original release: “450 jobs losses another example of Sinn Fein chaos” Brett (opens in a new tab)
-
Brownlee welcomes installation of sensory unit at Children’s Hospital
DUP MLA Cheryl Brownlee welcomes the installation of a new sensory unit at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, a multisensory 'Cubbie' purchased with Little Heroes NI funding, which she says will officially open this week.
Health Disability and equality Issue: Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children sensory unit installation Original release: Brownlee welcomes installation of sensory unit at Children’s Hospital (opens in a new tab)
-
Givan: Pre-School Inclusion Fund is delivering targeted support for…
The DUP's Education Minister Paul Givan says a visit to Holywood Nursery School shows the Pre-School Inclusion Fund is delivering targeted support for children with special educational needs. He cites a new sensory room, extra classroom assistant hours and £4.5million invested in 2025/26 across…
Education Disability and equality Issue: Givan visit to Holywood Nursery School on Pre-School Inclusion Fund Original release: Givan: Pre-School Inclusion Fund is delivering targeted support for… (opens in a new tab)
-
Justice Minister refuses to confirm violence against women funding is spent on women
TUV Bannside councillor Anna Henry says Justice Minister Naomi Long refused to confirm that funding to tackle violence against women is spent on women, and calls for serious questions to be asked about how the money is allocated.
Justice and policing Disability and equality Issue: Justice Minister's response on violence against women funding in Assembly Original release: Justice Minister refuses to confirm violence against women funding is spent on women (opens in a new tab)
-
Archibald must answer for ignoring advice on Boston trip - Forsythe
DUP South Down MLA Diane Forsythe calls on the Economy Minister to be transparent after reports she travelled to a Boston conference despite Invest NI advice not to attend, citing cost concerns and the organiser's links to Sinn Fein. She says the Committee will seek further detail from Invest NI.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Economy Minister's Boston conference trip despite Invest NI advice Original release: Archibald must answer for ignoring advice on Boston trip - Forsythe (opens in a new tab)
-
O'Toole: Executive Budget shambles demeaning devolution
SDLP Leader of the Opposition Matthew O'Toole MLA says the Executive's stalled multi-year Budget is demeaning devolution, citing doubts over whether a joint Finance Department-Treasury 'open book exercise' will be published and an invitation to the Secretary of State to attend an Executive meeting.
Public finance and taxation Constitutional affairs Issue: Executive multi-year Budget delay and open book exercise publication doubts Original release: O'Toole: Executive Budget shambles demeaning devolution (opens in a new tab)
-
Farmers being bluffed; Butler hits out at Minister’s misleading funding claims
UUP agriculture spokesperson Robbie Butler MLA says Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir's BBC interview comments on the £236 million Farm Sustainability Payment were misleading, arguing the already-committed funding is not new help for farmers facing rising fuel, fertiliser and supply costs. He calls…
Agriculture and rural affairs Economy and employment Issue: Minister Muir's BBC interview comments on Farm Sustainability Payment funding Original release: Farmers being bluffed; Butler hits out at Minister’s misleading funding claims (opens in a new tab)
-
Armstrong responds to news that 450 potential job cuts at Ulster University
UUP Deputy Leader and Economy Spokesperson Diana Armstrong MLA urges all parties to avoid compulsory redundancies after Ulster University consulted on up to 450 potential job cuts. She calls for a wider debate on higher education funding and says the Economy Minister must engage with university…
Education Economy and employment Issue: Ulster University job cuts announcement Original release: Armstrong responds to news that 450 potential job cuts at Ulster University (opens in a new tab)
-
IMF report exposes cost of DUP-backed Brexit and support for Trump’s illegal war, says Tennyson
Alliance Deputy Leader Eóin Tennyson says working families and businesses are paying for Brexit and the Iran conflict, blaming the DUP, and calls for fuel duty cuts, home heating oil support, a UK-EU Customs Union and faster clean energy transition, after an IMF forecast of harsher UK energy price…
Economy and employment International affairs Issue: IMF report on UK energy price impact from Iran conflict Original release: IMF report exposes cost of DUP-backed Brexit and support for Trump’s illegal war, says Tennyson (opens in a new tab)
-
Potential job losses at Ulster University deeply concerning and staff must be supported, says Nicholl
Alliance Economy spokesperson Kate Nicholl MLA says she is concerned but not surprised by Ulster University's plans to cut jobs amid financial pressures. She calls on the Economy Minister to reflect on her Department's slow higher education funding review and to work with the University to avoid…
Education Economy and employment Issue: Ulster University job cuts announcement Original release: Potential job losses at Ulster University deeply concerning and staff must be supported, says Nicholl (opens in a new tab)
-
Doherty: Holiday hunger legislation must be fully funded
SDLP West Belfast Councillor Paul Doherty says holiday hunger legislation, due for Second Stage in the Assembly on Monday, must be fully funded to restore payments removed during the collapse of Stormont. He urges the Sinn Féin Finance Minister to work with the Education Minister and calls on the…
Social security and welfare Public finance and taxation Issue: Holiday hunger legislation Second Stage in the Assembly Original release: Doherty: Holiday hunger legislation must be fully funded (opens in a new tab)
-
Net Zero targets must be met to protect our environment – Kearney
SDLP... no, Sinn Féin MLA Declan Kearney says Net Zero targets must be met during a Stormont debate, pointing to Lough Neagh's ecological decline, threats to eel fishing livelihoods and calls for investment in green energy such as offshore wind.
Environment and climate Economy and employment Original release: Net Zero targets must be met to protect our environment – Kearney (opens in a new tab)
-
One year on, women still waiting for law to be enforced - Lockhart
DUP MP Carla Lockhart urges the UK Government to act quickly on the Supreme Court's For Women Scotland ruling, saying women's rights remain unclear a year on. She calls for the EHRC Code of Practice and NHS guidance to be published without delay and for the law to be enforced in full across the…
Disability and equality Issue: For Women Scotland Supreme Court ruling one-year anniversary Original release: One year on, women still waiting for law to be enforced - Lockhart (opens in a new tab)
-
Parties Refuse to Face Cost of Net Zero – McIlveen
DUP Deputy Leader Michelle McIlveen MLA criticises other Assembly parties for voting down a DUP motion requiring departments to assess the costs and benefits of climate policies, arguing the Climate Action Plan's proposals remain unquantified and risk delaying the A5 and A1 road projects.
Environment and climate Economy and employment Issue: Assembly vote on DUP motion to cost net zero policies Original release: Parties Refuse to Face Cost of Net Zero – McIlveen (opens in a new tab)