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McGlone welcomes £100k funding to save Scoil Spreagtha scheme
SDLP Irish Language Spokesperson Patsy McGlone MLA welcomes £100,000 in funding to keep the Scoil Spreagtha Irish language lessons scheme running for another year, followed by an evaluation, and says he will keep pressing for future funding.
Education Disability and equality Issue: Scoil Spreagtha scheme £100,000 funding confirmation Original release: McGlone welcomes £100k funding to save Scoil Spreagtha scheme (opens in a new tab)
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Breaking Barriers in Agriculture and Championing Women Farmers
UUP MLA Diana Armstrong urges DAERA to implement the recommendations of the 2022 Breaking the Grass Ceiling report, saying women farmers are vital to NI’s agri‑food economy and the party will lobby for equality.
Agriculture and rural affairs Disability and equality Issue: Breaking the Grass Ceiling report recommendations Original release: Breaking Barriers in Agriculture and Championing Women Farmers (opens in a new tab)
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Confidence in the Belfast Trust must be restored urgently, says McAllister
Alliance health spokesperson Nuala McAllister MLA says the Belfast Trust must urgently rebuild staff confidence after a Health Committee session on a report into culture and oversight in its Cardiac Unit. She calls for whistleblowing reform and a statutory candour duty, and welcomes the new Trust…
Health Issue: Belfast Trust performance accountability report publication Original release: Confidence in the Belfast Trust must be restored urgently, says McAllister (opens in a new tab)
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McGuigan comments on Belfast Trust report
Sinn Féin MLA Philip McGuigan welcomes publication of a report on the Belfast Trust, commissioned after the trust's performance accountability process was raised to Level 5. He says serious issues remain unresolved in the cardiac surgery unit and will scrutinise the recommendations in full.
Health Issue: Belfast Trust performance accountability report publication Original release: McGuigan comments on Belfast Trust report (opens in a new tab)
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Too many schools are being failed by successive DUP Ministers – Sheehan
Sinn Féin's Sheehan says a Public Accounts Committee report on the schools estate is alarming, blaming successive DUP education ministers for an £800 million maintenance backlog. He calls on the Department and Education Authority to deliver the promised estate strategy in early 2026 and urges…
Education Public finance and taxation Issue: Public Accounts Committee report on schools estate maintenance backlog Original release: Too many schools are being failed by successive DUP Ministers – Sheehan (opens in a new tab)
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Immense potential for development of All Island Healthcare discussed at Good Friday Agreement Committee – Pat Cullen MP
Sinn Féin MP Pat Cullen says an all-island, centrally funded healthcare model is a party priority, after a Good Friday Agreement Committee session on all-island healthcare with academic witnesses. She backs a call for data-led research to integrate services across both jurisdictions.
Health Issue: Oireachtas Good Friday Agreement Committee session on all-island healthcare Original release: Immense potential for development of All Island Healthcare discussed at Good Friday Agreement Committee – Pat Cullen MP (opens in a new tab)
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Lyons announces bands and individuals who will benefit from the £1.1m…
DUP release from Communities Minister Gordon Lyons announcing 134 grants worth £1.1m to individuals, bands and groups through the 2025/26 Musical Instruments Programme, up from 119 awards last year.
Public finance and taxation Issue: Musical Instruments Programme 2025/26 funding announcement Original release: Lyons announces bands and individuals who will benefit from the £1.1m… (opens in a new tab)
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Oireachtas na Samhna opportunity to showcase Irish as vibrant and flourishing language – Kearney
Sinn Féin MLA Declan Kearney says Belfast's hosting of Oireachtas na Samhna, running 29 October to 2 November, shows Irish is vibrant and flourishing, citing the city's new Irish language policy and upcoming Gaeltacht and Fleadh hosting.
Disability and equality Local government Issue: Oireachtas na Samhna festival hosted in Belfast 2025 Original release: Oireachtas na Samhna opportunity to showcase Irish as vibrant and flourishing language – Kearney (opens in a new tab)
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Assembly calls on British government to replace lost EU funds – Delargy
Sinn Féin MLA Pádraig Delargy welcomes an Assembly motion, tabled by his party, urging London to fully replace lost EU community funding and to clarify the forthcoming Local Growth Fund before its 2026 launch.
Public finance and taxation International affairs Issue: Shared Prosperity Fund replacement uncertainty and Assembly motion on lost EU funding Original release: Assembly calls on British government to replace lost EU funds – Delargy (opens in a new tab)
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O’Toole challenges Finance Minister on PSNI data breach compensation
SDLP Leader of the Opposition Matthew O'Toole MLA challenges the Finance Minister on how compensation for the PSNI data breach will be funded after the Treasury refused a Department of Finance request for about £120m. He calls on Ministers to take responsibility and make tough decisions rather…
Justice and policing Public finance and taxation Issue: PSNI data breach compensation funding Treasury refusal Original release: O’Toole challenges Finance Minister on PSNI data breach compensation (opens in a new tab)
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Winter Pressure Plan too little, too late, and lacking real solutions…
DUP Health Spokesperson Diane Dodds MLA says the Department's winter pressure plan, raised in an urgent Assembly question to Health Minister Mike Nesbitt, is too late and underfunded. She calls for a fully resourced plan tackling domiciliary care shortages that delay hospital discharges.
Health Issue: Department of Health winter pressure plan for health service Original release: Winter Pressure Plan too little, too late, and lacking real solutions… (opens in a new tab)
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Delivering Rural Health and Care in a New Ireland – Pat Cullen MP
Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP Pat Cullen announces a public conference on rural health in a united Ireland, to be chaired by Cullen at the Westville Hotel on 26 November. He argues that island-wide health planning and a single national health service would better serve citizens than two separate…
Health Constitutional affairs Issue: Sinn Féin Commission on the Future of Ireland health conference November 2025 Original release: Delivering Rural Health and Care in a New Ireland – Pat Cullen MP (opens in a new tab)
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Delargy welcomes additional funding for St Mary’s and Stranmillis University Colleges
Sinn Féin MLA Pádraig Delargy welcomes Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald's decision to provide £800,000 in additional funding to St Mary's and Stranmillis university colleges, saying it will help secure their role in teacher training.
Education Public finance and taxation Issue: St Mary's University College additional annual funding increase Original release: Delargy welcomes additional funding for St Mary’s and Stranmillis University Colleges (opens in a new tab)
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Maskey welcomes additional annual investment in St Mary’s University College
Sinn Féin MP Paul Maskey welcomes Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald's decision to give St Mary's University College an extra £400,000 a year, an increase of a third on its current funding. He says the money will support the college's community role and recognises the value of higher education…
Education Economy and employment Issue: St Mary's University College additional annual funding increase Original release: Maskey welcomes additional annual investment in St Mary’s University College (opens in a new tab)
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British government must fully replace lost EU funding – Sheerin
Sinn Féin MLA Emma Sheerin will table an Assembly motion urging the British government to fully replace lost EU funding, citing uncertainty over the expected Local Growth Fund that is set to succeed the Shared Prosperity Fund. The party also calls for clarity on how the new fund will operate and…
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Shared Prosperity Fund replacement uncertainty and Assembly motion on lost EU funding Original release: British government must fully replace lost EU funding – Sheerin (opens in a new tab)
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SDLP challenges Finance Minister to “open the books” and cost Opposition ideas
SDLP Leader of the Opposition Matthew O'Toole MLA calls on Finance Minister John O'Dowd to give Opposition parties at Stormont access to official civil service costings for alternative Budget proposals, as Dublin Opposition parties receive. The call comes ahead of the multi-year Budget due later…
Public finance and taxation Issue: Stormont Opposition access to official civil service costings request Original release: SDLP challenges Finance Minister to “open the books” and cost Opposition ideas (opens in a new tab)
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Winter Preparedness Plan meets targets on paper but won’t tackle real pressures, says Donnelly
Alliance Health spokesperson Danny Donnelly MLA says the delayed Winter Preparedness Plan offers no new action to ease mounting health pressures, repeats past measures and fails to deliver real change, and he has raised an Urgent Oral Question urging fresh ideas for winter.
Health Issue: Winter Preparedness Plan publication delay Original release: Winter Preparedness Plan meets targets on paper but won’t tackle real pressures, says Donnelly (opens in a new tab)
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If Government Don’t Achieve Families’ Scoliosis Demands Aontú will Table a Motion of no Confidence Within Next 6 months – Tóibín
Aontú's Peadar Tóibín says the party will not table a no-confidence motion next week, but will do so within six months unless the government meets scoliosis demands on an inquiry and CHI reform. He also says Aontú will table a motion on presidential voting rights for northern Irish citizens and…
Health Constitutional affairs Issue: Aontú scoliosis no-confidence motion decision Original release: If Government Don’t Achieve Families’ Scoliosis Demands Aontú will Table a Motion of no Confidence Within Next 6 months – Tóibín (opens in a new tab)
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Communities Minister should set a date for the delivery of the Irish Language Strategy – Gildernew
Sinn Féin MLA Colm Gildernew urges the Communities Minister to set a delivery date for the Irish Language Strategy, or failing that a clear publication timeframe, after a Communities Committee session heard from Irish language community members.
Disability and equality Issue: Communities Committee session on Irish Language Strategy delay Original release: Communities Minister should set a date for the delivery of the Irish Language Strategy – Gildernew (opens in a new tab)
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O’Toole: Executive must stop chaotic contradictions and pay healthcare workers
SDLP Leader of the Opposition Matthew O'Toole MLA calls on the Executive to find funding for healthcare workers' overdue pay rise, after the First Minister said the money was available and the Health Minister said he still lacked £100m. He describes the situation as dysfunctional and warns of…
Health Economy and employment Issue: Executive funding of £100 million for nurses' pay uplift Original release: O’Toole: Executive must stop chaotic contradictions and pay healthcare workers (opens in a new tab)