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Dignity at the end of life must be a priority - Dodds
DUP Health Spokesperson Diane Dodds MLA responds to the Health Committee's report on palliative and end-of-life care, saying services are fragmented and under-resourced and calling for palliative care to be funded as a core service, with hospices no longer left uncertain each year.
Health Issue: Assembly Health Committee report on palliative and end-of-life care Original release: Dignity at the end of life must be a priority - Dodds (opens in a new tab)
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An important day for bereaved families - Forsythe
DUP MLA Diane Forsythe, Deputy Chair of the Assembly Finance Committee, welcomes the final-stage passage of the baby loss legislation at Stormont as a landmark for bereaved families. She highlights the planned Baby Loss Certificates for early pregnancy loss, a DUP manifesto pledge she says she…
Health Issue: Deaths, Still-Births and Baby Loss Bill final stage passage Original release: An important day for bereaved families - Forsythe (opens in a new tab)
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McGuigan marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Sinn Féin MLA Philip McGuigan marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities, calling for better public services, expanded supports, a narrower employment gap and accessible transport and public spaces.
Disability and equality Original release: McGuigan marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities (opens in a new tab)
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Palliative care report can play a positive role in shaping change – McGuigan
Sinn Féin MLA Philip McGuigan welcomes the Health Committee's report on palliative care access across the North, saying it gives voice to patients and staff. He points to growing waiting lists, limited resources and uneven services by postcode, and urges the Health Minister to consider its…
Health Issue: Assembly Health Committee report on palliative and end-of-life care Original release: Palliative care report can play a positive role in shaping change – McGuigan (opens in a new tab)
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People in crisis need the right care from the right service – Dillon
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon calls on the Health Minister to lead a cross-departmental effort delivering Right Care, Right Person, so people in mental ill-health or personal crisis receive health or social care rather than relying on PSNI as a last resort.
Health Justice and policing Issue: Assembly debate on Right Care, Right Person motion Original release: People in crisis need the right care from the right service – Dillon (opens in a new tab)
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O’Toole welcomes introduction of baby loss certificates
SDLP MLA O'Toole welcomes the introduction of baby loss certificates, which he says will give families recognition of pregnancy and baby loss. The release is brief and gives no further detail on the scheme's scope or timing.
Health Issue: Deaths, Still-Births and Baby Loss Bill final stage passage Original release: O’Toole welcomes introduction of baby loss certificates (opens in a new tab)
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Councillor Long welcomes funding for heritage projects across Belfast
Cllr Michael Long, Alliance’s leader on Belfast City Council, welcomes £700,000 approved for heritage work – £600,000 for the Assembly Rooms ahead of next summer’s Fleadh and £50,000 each for Friar’s Bush burial site and Riddel’s Warehouse – saying the investment will protect historic sites, boost
Local government Public finance and taxation Issue: £700k funding for Belfast heritage projects Original release: Councillor Long welcomes funding for heritage projects across Belfast (opens in a new tab)
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Baby Loss Certificate Scheme marks a compassionate step forward, says Tennyson
Alliance Finance spokesperson Eóin Tennyson MLA says the new legislation creating a Baby Loss Certificate Scheme is a compassionate advance, and urges the Department of Finance to swiftly issue regulations while pressing the Health Minister to launch a comprehensive Women’s Health Strategy and to 지원
Health Issue: Deaths, Still-Births and Baby Loss Bill final stage passage Original release: Baby Loss Certificate Scheme marks a compassionate step forward, says Tennyson (opens in a new tab)
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O’Dowd must deliver multi-year budget by Christmas: O’Toole
SDLP Leader of the Opposition Matthew O'Toole MLA says Finance Minister John O'Dowd must publish the Executive's multi-year budget this year, after O'Dowd only committed to circulating a draft to Executive colleagues before Christmas. He calls for clarity on public consultation and fiscal…
Public finance and taxation Issue: Finance Minister O'Dowd multi-year budget timetable before Christmas Original release: O’Dowd must deliver multi-year budget by Christmas: O’Toole (opens in a new tab)
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Police shouldn’t be expected to pick up pieces of broken health system, says McAllister, ahead of Assembly motion
Alliance health spokesperson Nuala McAllister MLA says police are being left to handle mental health crisis calls that belong in the health system, citing 39,000 yearly safety calls and urging the Health Minister to deliver the Mental Health Strategy and Right Care, Right Person model ahead of an…
Health Justice and policing Issue: Assembly motion on police time spent on mental health calls Original release: Police shouldn’t be expected to pick up pieces of broken health system, says McAllister, ahead of Assembly motion (opens in a new tab)
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Labour Budget Protects the Wealthy while Working Class Communities Pay the Price
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll accuses the UK government's budget of refusing to tax the super wealthy and penalising low and middle income families through frozen income tax thresholds. He welcomes the abolition of the two-child limit, which he says will benefit almost 50,000 families in…
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: November 2025 Budget income tax threshold freeze Original release: Labour Budget Protects the Wealthy while Working Class Communities Pay the Price (opens in a new tab)
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Green Party Cllr Kendall Again Condemns Executive Over Continued Delay of Safe Leave
Green Party Councillor Lauren Kendall accuses the Economy Minister and the Executive of stalling Safe Leave, which would give paid leave to domestic abuse victims, and says the delay is letting victims down. She links the criticism to new Women's Aid figures on refuge use and referrals in 2024/25.
Justice and policing Disability and equality Issue: Safe Leave legislation delay and inaction Original release: Green Party Cllr Kendall Again Condemns Executive Over Continued Delay of Safe Leave (opens in a new tab)Archived copy, Internet Archive capture of 29 November 2025 (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Fein hypocrisy highlighted following Enniskillen Hotel event
TUV spokesperson Alex Elliott accuses Sinn Fein of hypocrisy over an Enniskillen Hotel event on an all-Ireland health service, linking the party to a republican terror campaign that he says drained health resources. He also rejects a proposed €100 GP charge and calls the event an electioneering…
Health Community relations and legacy Issue: Sinn Fein Enniskillen Hotel all-Ireland health service event Original release: Sinn Fein hypocrisy highlighted following Enniskillen Hotel event (opens in a new tab)
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Citizens’ Assembly on future of Ireland must have healthcare front and centre – Mary Lou McDonald TD
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald, speaking at a Commission on the Future of Ireland event in Enniskillen on rural health, urges Dublin to hold a citizens' forum on the island's future with health and social care central, and urges deeper cross-border health planning and an all-island public…
Health Constitutional affairs Original release: Citizens’ Assembly on future of Ireland must have healthcare front and centre – Mary Lou McDonald TD (opens in a new tab)
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Autumn Budget missed opportunity to help those who most need it – Dolan
Sinn Féin MLA Jemma Dolan says the British Chancellor's Autumn Budget missed an opportunity to redirect public funding towards those most in need, arguing £18.8 million extra this financial year falls far short of front-line service needs.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Autumn Budget 2025 Northern Ireland funding and tax threshold freeze Original release: Autumn Budget missed opportunity to help those who most need it – Dolan (opens in a new tab)
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Scrapping of two child limit creates fairness for families – Gildernew
Sinn Féin communities spokesperson Colm Gildernew welcomes the British government's decision, announced in the budget statement, to scrap the two child benefit limit. He says the limit pushed families into poverty and that the change will help hard-pressed families.
Social security and welfare Public finance and taxation Issue: British government scrapping of two child benefit limit in budget Original release: Scrapping of two child limit creates fairness for families – Gildernew (opens in a new tab)
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Wilson – this is a bad budget for those who work
DUP East Antrim MP Sammy Wilson says the Budget is unfair to low-income workers, arguing that freezing income tax thresholds until 2031 will pull more people into paying tax or the higher rate. He also criticises net zero spending, the £17m for the Windsor Framework and inheritance tax changes for…
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: November 2025 Budget income tax threshold freeze Original release: Wilson – this is a bad budget for those who work (opens in a new tab)
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Mason welcomes support to allow girls the right to wear trousers in school
Sinn Féin MLA Cathy Mason welcomes cross-party support on the Education Committee for a proposal giving girls a clear right to wear trousers in school. She says the DUP Education Minister missed a chance to modernise school uniform policy and pledges to work with others to deliver it.
Education Disability and equality Issue: Education Committee proposal on girls' right to wear trousers in school Original release: Mason welcomes support to allow girls the right to wear trousers in school (opens in a new tab)
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TUV responds to Budget
TUV leader Jim Allister says the Budget does little for Northern Ireland, criticising the continued farm death tax, lack of funding for PSNI data breach costs and officer shortages, and a £16m Irish Sea border payment he says amounts to under £5m a year over three years.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: November 2025 Budget income tax threshold freeze Original release: TUV responds to Budget (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Féin representatives welcome Health Minister to Dungannon respite facility
Sinn Féin MLA Colm Gildernew and Councillor Nuala McLernon welcome the Health Minister's visit to Woodlawn House in Dungannon, which provides adult respite for people with learning disabilities, and call for urgent action on repeated last-minute respite cancellations.
Health Disability and equality Issue: Health Minister visit to Woodlawn House Dungannon respite facility Original release: Sinn Féin representatives welcome Health Minister to Dungannon respite facility (opens in a new tab)