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More work remains to tackle ‘unacceptably long’ health waiting lists – McGuigan
Sinn Féin health spokesperson Philip McGuigan MLA welcomes the Department of Health exceeding the Executive's 70,000 elective care waiting list target, while saying waiting lists remain far too long. He calls for sustainable solutions, including workforce planning and expanding public sector…
Health Issue: Health Minister update on elective care waiting lists and capacity Original release: More work remains to tackle ‘unacceptably long’ health waiting lists – McGuigan (opens in a new tab)
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Holocaust Memorial Day
TUV leader Jim Allister MP says he signed a Holocaust commemoration pledge book on Holocaust Memorial Day and calls for antisemitism to be confronted wherever it appears, with action matching remembrance.
Disability and equality Original release: Holocaust Memorial Day (opens in a new tab)
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Good healthcare provision key to economic prosperity - Dodds
DUP Health Spokesperson Diane Dodds MLA, speaking for Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA Deborah Erskine, says Fermanagh businesses are concerned about uncertainty over the South West Acute Hospital's future and access to community healthcare. She calls for the Trust's vision for the hospital to focus…
Health Economy and employment Original release: Good healthcare provision key to economic prosperity - Dodds (opens in a new tab)
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McLaughlin: Sinn Féin must reverse damaging rates revaluation or risk large scale business closures
SDLP MLA Sinéad McLaughlin accuses Sinn Féin of blaming Westminster for rising business rates while the Executive pushes ahead with a rates revaluation she says will raise costs for hospitality and retail. She urges Finance Minister John O'Dowd to halt or reverse the revaluation.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Northern Ireland domestic rates revaluation Original release: McLaughlin: Sinn Féin must reverse damaging rates revaluation or risk large scale business closures (opens in a new tab)
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Elective Care Framework Delivering Improvement and Exceeding Targets
UUP Health Minister Mike Nesbitt says the Elective Care Framework is delivering improvement, with waiting lists falling, capacity and productivity rising, and 70,000 additional elective activities target nearly tripled. He credits Trusts, clinicians and data use at a Stormont Clinical Leaders…
Health Issue: Health Minister update on elective care waiting lists and capacity Original release: Elective Care Framework Delivering Improvement and Exceeding Targets (opens in a new tab)
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Hospitality needs help and NI mustn’t be left behind, says Eastwood
Alliance MP Sorcha Eastwood calls on the UK Government to ensure Northern Ireland receives its fair share of hospitality support, after England's pub business rates discount. She calls for wider action, including a VAT cut, and says she will press for Barnett consequentials.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: UK Government England pub business rates discount announcement Original release: Hospitality needs help and NI mustn’t be left behind, says Eastwood (opens in a new tab)
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Brett challenges 'ignorance' of Finance Minister to Hospitality…
DUP MLA Phillip Brett says Finance Minister John O'Dowd showed ignorance of concerns from the hospitality sector over large rates increases linked to REVAL 26, and calls for him to pause and engage with the sector immediately.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Draft Reval 2026 valuations published for hospitality sector Original release: Brett challenges 'ignorance' of Finance Minister to Hospitality… (opens in a new tab)
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Delargy welcomes Assembly endorsement of all-island economic trends report
Sinn Féin MLA Pádraig Delargy welcomes the Assembly's endorsement of a recent ESRI report on all-island economic trends. He says the motion urges Executive ministers to use the report in policy and calls on the British government to devolve greater revenue-raising powers.
Economy and employment Public finance and taxation Issue: Assembly endorsement of ESRI all-island economic trends report Original release: Delargy welcomes Assembly endorsement of all-island economic trends report (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Féin committed to working with other parties to make sexually explicit deepfakes illegal – Sheerin
Sinn Féin MLA Emma Sheerin says all tools must be used against non-consensual sexual deepfakes ahead of an Assembly debate urging the Justice Minister to criminalise them. She criticises X's paywalling of Grok image features, urges British government and Ofcom action, and asks the education…
Justice and policing Disability and equality Issue: Assembly debate on criminalising sexually explicit deepfakes Original release: Sinn Féin committed to working with other parties to make sexually explicit deepfakes illegal – Sheerin (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Féin to host major Irish unity health event in Belfast – Hargey
Sinn Féin MLA Deirdre Hargey says former Health and Social Care Board chief John Compton CBE will join a panel at a Belfast conference on creating a world‑class health system for a united Ireland. She will chair, with a keynote from health spokesperson David Cullinane TD, and urges the public to be‑
Health Constitutional affairs Issue: Irish unity health system conference Belfast Original release: Sinn Féin to host major Irish unity health event in Belfast – Hargey (opens in a new tab)
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Reilly: New emergency department key to relieving pressure on health service
SDLP Waterside councillor Martin Reilly says a new emergency department at Altnagelvin Hospital is needed because the current unit, over 40 years old, cannot cope with demand. He is bringing a motion to full council asking councillors to back writing to the Health Minister on the project's status…
Health Local government Original release: Reilly: New emergency department key to relieving pressure on health service (opens in a new tab)
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SDLP launches ‘Save Our Pubs’ campaign
SDLP launches a petition campaign to save pubs, hotels and hospitality businesses from steep rates rises after the revaluation of non-domestic properties. It asks Finance Minister John O'Dowd to step in and reverse parts of the policy, which it says threaten businesses and jobs.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Northern Ireland domestic rates revaluation Original release: SDLP launches ‘Save Our Pubs’ campaign (opens in a new tab)
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Burrows Announces Senior Leadership Team
Ulster Unionist Party Leader-Elect Jon Burrows MLA announces his senior leadership team ahead of his ratification, confirming Mike Nesbitt MLA continues as Health Minister and Diana Armstrong MLA becomes Chief Whip alongside her role as Deputy Leader, and reaffirms staying in the Executive.
Health Issue: Ulster Unionist Party senior leadership team announcement by Jon Burrows Original release: Burrows Announces Senior Leadership Team (opens in a new tab)
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First and deputy First Minister need to get a grip on own department's finances, says Bradshaw
Alliance's Paula Bradshaw MLA says figures showing £400,000 spent on hospitality at foreign bureaux, and nearly £2 million a year on agency staff, show the First and deputy First Minister lack grip on their department's spending. She calls for a plan to cut agency staff spend and urgent…
Public finance and taxation International affairs Issue: Executive Office £400,000 hospitality spend at foreign bureaux Original release: First and deputy First Minister need to get a grip on own department's finances, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
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Hunter to bring forward Assembly motion on online harm against women
SDLP MLA Hunter says she will bring forward an Assembly motion on online harm against women. The release gives no further detail on the motion's wording or timing.
Justice and policing Disability and equality Original release: Hunter to bring forward Assembly motion on online harm against women (opens in a new tab)
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Communities Minister ‘reawakens’ the Ulster Folk Museum with £50m in…
DUP's Communities Minister Gordon Lyons announces £50 million for the Ulster Folk Museum, with £40 million from his department and £10 million from the Heritage Fund, to fund the Reawakening project upgrading facilities and collections access.
Public finance and taxation Issue: Ulster Folk Museum £50m Reawakening project funding announcement Original release: Communities Minister ‘reawakens’ the Ulster Folk Museum with £50m in… (opens in a new tab)
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Public Health policy shouldn’t be another casualty of the Windsor…
DUP health spokesperson and Upper Bann MLA Diane Dodds has written to Secretary of State Hilary Benn asking the Government to confirm whether the Tobacco and Vapes Bill applies fully in Northern Ireland, after EU Member States objected that it cannot. She warns that public health policy should not…
Constitutional affairs Health Issue: EU Member States objections to Tobacco and Vapes Bill in Northern Ireland Original release: Public Health policy shouldn’t be another casualty of the Windsor… (opens in a new tab)
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Reval 2026 Puts NI Hospitality Sector at Risk of Collapse
UUP economy spokesperson Diana Armstrong MLA warns the draft Reval 2026 valuations, with average hotel increases of 63%, could push many hospitality businesses to closure. She calls on the Executive and Economy Minister to reset the calculations and engage with the sector before April 2026.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Draft Reval 2026 valuations published for hospitality sector Original release: Reval 2026 Puts NI Hospitality Sector at Risk of Collapse (opens in a new tab)
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‘Delivering Rural Health and Care in a New Ireland’ report published
Health Constitutional affairs Original release: ‘Delivering Rural Health and Care in a New Ireland’ report published (opens in a new tab)
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McGlone: Funding cuts will devastate community and voluntary sector
SDLP Mid Ulster MLA Patsy McGlone warns that a 64% UK Government cut to the Shared Prosperity Fund will devastate community and voluntary organisations and put hundreds of jobs at risk. He calls on the Executive to stand up and fight for these groups rather than simply blame Westminster.
Public finance and taxation Issue: UK Government 64% Shared Prosperity Fund cut Original release: McGlone: Funding cuts will devastate community and voluntary sector (opens in a new tab)