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Allen welcomes long overdue action on pavement parking, but stressed enforcement and awareness are key
Ulster Unionist MLA Andy Allen MBE welcomes Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins' plans to bring in secondary legislation on pavement parking, but warns the measures will fall short without enforcement and awareness. He calls on the Minister to explain how the Department will tackle vehicles that…
Infrastructure and transport Disability and equality Issue: Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins pavement parking secondary legislation announcement Original release: Allen welcomes long overdue action on pavement parking, but stressed enforcement and awareness are key (opens in a new tab)
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Focus Must Be on Delivery Not Constitutional Change
UUP South Antrim MP Robin Swann says the focus must be on delivery rather than constitutional change, responding to Secretary of State Hilary Benn's remarks on a border poll. He argues that health, the economy and outcomes should take priority and calls on the British Government to better promote…
Constitutional affairs Issue: Hilary Benn remarks on a border poll Original release: Focus Must Be on Delivery Not Constitutional Change (opens in a new tab)
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Greater clarity from Minister required on response to cervical screening scandal, says McAllister
Alliance Health spokesperson Nuala McAllister MLA says greater clarity is needed from the Health Minister after three reports from the Southern Trust and PHA on the cervical screening scandal offered little new information. She calls for a statutory public inquiry, which she says the Minister…
Health Issue: Southern Trust cervical screening reports statement by Health Minister Original release: Greater clarity from Minister required on response to cervical screening scandal, says McAllister (opens in a new tab)
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Motion Backing HSC Workers Receives Unanimous Support In Derry City & Strabane District Council
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says his motion backing HSC workers was passed unanimously by Derry City and Strabane District Council. It calls on the Health Minister and Stormont Executive to deliver pay parity with NHS England, Scotland and Wales, and says the offer so far is a…
Health Economy and employment Issue: Derry City and Strabane council motion backing HSC workers' pay parity Original release: Motion Backing HSC Workers Receives Unanimous Support In Derry City & Strabane District Council (opens in a new tab)
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Chancellor’s Tax Hikes Must Deliver for Health and Policing
UUP finance spokesperson Steve Aiken OBE MLA warns that the Chancellor's Whitehall statement signalling significant tax rises and debt reduction will backfire if not followed through. He calls for any extra UK funding from the Barnett formula to go to health worker pay and to the PSNI.
Public finance and taxation Health Issue: Chancellor's Whitehall statement on tax rises and national debt Original release: Chancellor’s Tax Hikes Must Deliver for Health and Policing (opens in a new tab)
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Butler Calls for Crackdown on Fireworks Following Growing Community Distress
UUP Deputy Leader Robbie Butler MLA calls for a full review of fireworks legislation after Halloween disruption, citing a family whose dog died following severe anxiety and distress to veterans and people with trauma. He argues the 2002 Explosives (Fireworks) Regulations no longer meet current…
Justice and policing Health Issue: Halloween fireworks misuse and Explosives (Fireworks) Regulations 2002 review call Original release: Butler Calls for Crackdown on Fireworks Following Growing Community Distress (opens in a new tab)
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Armstrong calls for a NI Fuel Poverty Strategy now
Alliance's Kellie Armstrong MLA urges the Communities Minister to publish a targeted fuel poverty strategy before the upcoming Budget, citing National Energy Action NI findings that many households went without heating and that fuel poverty worsens health and mental wellbeing.
Social security and welfare Housing Issue: National Energy Action NI fuel poverty briefing Original release: Armstrong calls for a NI Fuel Poverty Strategy now (opens in a new tab)
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Eastwood welcomes Hillsborough Law second reading
Alliance Lagan Valley MP Sorcha Eastwood welcomes the second reading of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, known as Hillsborough Law, while warning that families must not face delays or weakened provisions. She points to Northern Ireland cases including the Royal Victoria Hospital cardiac…
Justice and policing Health Issue: Public Office (Accountability) Bill second reading in Parliament Original release: Eastwood welcomes Hillsborough Law second reading (opens in a new tab)
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We need more EV charging infrastructure in Belfast, says Long, welcoming progress
Alliance Belfast City Council Group Leader Councillor Michael Long welcomes council's agreement to begin tendering for the operating model of 42 EV charging stations on council land, after a Sinn Féin deferral. He calls for more charging infrastructure across Belfast to encourage electric vehicle…
Infrastructure and transport Local government Issue: Belfast City Council EV charging stations tender decision Original release: We need more EV charging infrastructure in Belfast, says Long, welcoming progress (opens in a new tab)
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Suicide Prevention Training Bill will help equip frontline workers with skills that can save lives – Flynn
Sinn Féin MLA Órlaithí Flynn welcomes strong support for her proposed Suicide Prevention Training Bill after a consultation closed. It would require public-sector employers to train frontline staff in health, education and social care on preventing suicide.
Health Issue: Suicide Prevention Training Bill consultation outcome Original release: Suicide Prevention Training Bill will help equip frontline workers with skills that can save lives – Flynn (opens in a new tab)
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Rate of progress investigating cervical screening scandal not fast enough, says Guy, ahead of Assembly motion
Alliance Lagan Valley MLA Michelle Guy says progress investigating the Southern Trust cervical screening scandal is too slow, ahead of an Assembly motion urging the Health Minister to set up a statutory public inquiry into the matter.
Health Issue: Southern Trust cervical screening scandal Assembly motion on statutory inquiry Original release: Rate of progress investigating cervical screening scandal not fast enough, says Guy, ahead of Assembly motion (opens in a new tab)
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Protecting health and protecting rights must go hand in hand - Dodds
DUP Health Spokesperson Diane Dodds MLA welcomes the Health Minister's decision to drop the Public Health Bill, saying the draft proposals amounted to an overreach that risked giving the Department of Health sweeping powers without democratic oversight. She says any future framework should be…
Health Issue: Health Minister drops Public Health Bill plans Original release: Protecting health and protecting rights must go hand in hand - Dodds (opens in a new tab)
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Forsythe: NI Health Funds Should Benefit NI Patients
South Down DUP MLA Diane Forsythe questions the Department of Health's oversight of over £125 million in university fees for medical and health degrees over three years. She says that graduates face no obligation to work in Northern Ireland and calls on the Health Minister to require funded…
Health Public finance and taxation Issue: Department of Health spending on medical student university fees Original release: Forsythe: NI Health Funds Should Benefit NI Patients (opens in a new tab)
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Commissioners announcement an example of Starmer or Stormont decision…
DUP MP Gregory Campbell says the new commissioners for Ulster-British culture and the Irish language show why decisions should be made locally at Stormont rather than handed to Keir Starmer's Labour government. He argues direct rule would have meant no balance and a one-way outcome for Irish…
Constitutional affairs Issue: Pól Deeds appointed Irish Language Commissioner Original release: Commissioners announcement an example of Starmer or Stormont decision… (opens in a new tab)
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Cllr Flynn calls for Fireworks Law Review after tragic animal death
Green Party Cllr Anthony Flynn calls for the Department of Justice and Justice Minister to commission a full review of fireworks laws after footage showed a family dog suffering a stroke and being put to sleep. He says the 2002 regulations are outdated and urges limits on private use, stricter…
Justice and policing Health Issue: Fireworks law review call after family dog's death Original release: Cllr Flynn calls for Fireworks Law Review after tragic animal death (opens in a new tab)
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Armstrong expresses concern over fare increases for Strangford Ferry
Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong criticises the Infrastructure Minister's decision to raise Strangford Ferry fares for a second consecutive year, warning of harm to commuters, students and outpatients attending Downe Hospital, and asks for the calculation and internal efficiencies behind the rise.
Infrastructure and transport Economy and employment Issue: Strangford Ferry fare increase consultation 2025 Original release: Armstrong expresses concern over fare increases for Strangford Ferry (opens in a new tab)
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Hanna welcomes defeat of Farage’s ECHR Bill
SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP welcomes the defeat of Nigel Farage’s Ten Minute Rule Bill to withdraw the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights, calling it pandering that endangers Northern Ireland’s peace settlement and urging a fair, inclusive New Ireland.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Defeat of Farage's ECHR withdrawal Bill Original release: Hanna welcomes defeat of Farage’s ECHR Bill (opens in a new tab)
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DUP must act to prevent their Irish language commissioner interfering in Grand Central case
TUV MLA Timothy Gaston says Conradh na Gaeilge's statement on the newly appointed Irish Language Commissioner is a manifesto for cultural conquest and calls on the DUP to use its claimed Executive veto to block any Commissioner interference in the Grand Central controversy.
Disability and equality Constitutional affairs Issue: Pól Deeds appointed Irish Language Commissioner Original release: DUP must act to prevent their Irish language commissioner interfering in Grand Central case (opens in a new tab)
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Mary Lou McDonald to speak in Westville Hotel at rural healthcare in a new Ireland event
Sinn Féin MP Pat Cullen announces that party leader Mary Lou McDonald TD will speak at a Commission on the Future of Ireland event on rural health and care in Enniskillen's Westville Hotel on 26 November. Tickets are now available.
Health Constitutional affairs Original release: Mary Lou McDonald to speak in Westville Hotel at rural healthcare in a new Ireland event (opens in a new tab)
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Hunter urges Department to deliver swift resolution to Kilrea bridge closure
SDLP East Derry MLA Cara Hunter welcomes the Department for Infrastructure taking steps on structural work for the River Bann bridge in Kilrea, closed since September, but calls for dates and deadlines and warns against further delays to reopening.
Infrastructure and transport Economy and employment Issue: Kilrea River Bann bridge closure Original release: Hunter urges Department to deliver swift resolution to Kilrea bridge closure (opens in a new tab)