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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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Blair welcomes report recommending establishment of an independent Environmental Protection Agency
Alliance Environment spokesperson John Blair MLA welcomes an expert panel report recommending an independent Environmental Protection Agency for Northern Ireland, and urges others to back its 32 recommendations without delay.
Environment and climate Issue: Expert panel report recommending independent Environmental Protection Agency for Northern Ireland Original release: Blair welcomes report recommending establishment of an independent Environmental Protection Agency (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)
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Labour's Red Hand Slaps Farmers in The Face, says Butler
UUP agriculture spokesperson Robbie Butler MLA says he is deeply disappointed after UK Farming Minister Angela Eagle confirmed planned inheritance tax changes affecting farms will go ahead in the coming Budget. He accuses Labour of closing the door on farmers and vows the party will keep lobbying…
Agriculture and rural affairs Public finance and taxation Issue: Confirmation of farm inheritance tax changes in Budget Original release: Labour's Red Hand Slaps Farmers in The Face, says Butler (opens in a new tab)
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Eastwood ramps up campaign to support local cafes, pubs, and restaurants ahead of Budget
Alliance MP Sorcha Eastwood has launched a UK-wide parliamentary petition urging a VAT cut for pubs, cafes and restaurants ahead of the Autumn Budget, citing rising costs facing hospitality businesses in Lagan Valley.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Original release: Eastwood ramps up campaign to support local cafes, pubs, and restaurants ahead of Budget (opens in a new tab)
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McGuigan praises work of Finance Minister to help deliver nurses’ pay uplift
Sinn Féin MLA Philip McGuigan welcomes Finance Minister John O'Dowd's securing of £100 million toward a nurses' pay rise, announced after an Executive meeting. He calls on the Health Minister to find the remaining funding quickly.
Health Economy and employment Issue: Executive funding of £100 million for nurses' pay uplift Original release: McGuigan praises work of Finance Minister to help deliver nurses’ pay uplift (opens in a new tab)
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Hargey condemns suspected south Belfast racist attack
Sinn Féin MLA Deirdre Hargey condemns a suspected racist assault on a young woman in Botanic, south Belfast, on Wednesday night, and urges anyone who saw it to contact police. She says the woman has been discharged from hospital.
Justice and policing Disability and equality Issue: Botanic, south Belfast suspected racist assault on young woman Original release: Hargey condemns suspected south Belfast racist attack (opens in a new tab)
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Brolly launches multi-step policy to support bereaved families of baby loss
Aontú Deputy Leader Gemma Brolly launches an All-Ireland strategy calling for a cross-border paediatric pathology and bereavement service, so bereaved families in the North no longer have babies and children sent to Liverpool for post-mortems. The plan seeks a national bereavement care standard…
Health Issue: Aontú All-Ireland paediatric pathology and bereavement policy launch Original release: Brolly launches multi-step policy to support bereaved families of baby loss (opens in a new tab)
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Any reduction in patient waiting times step in the right direction but long-term planning and investment needed to ensure progress – McGuigan
Sinn Féin MLA Philip McGuigan, Chair of the Health Committee, welcomes reductions in waiting lists noted by the Health Minister at the NICON '25 conference, but urges more progress on red flag cancer waits and long-term investment planning.
Health Issue: Health Minister's NICON '25 remarks on reducing waiting lists Original release: Any reduction in patient waiting times step in the right direction but long-term planning and investment needed to ensure progress – McGuigan (opens in a new tab)
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O’Toole: Winter health plan confusion failing patients and staff
SDLP Leader of the Opposition Matthew O'Toole MLA warns of a looming winter health crisis after the Health Minister's winter pressures plan remained unfinalised in mid-October, with trust-level plans still outstanding and the timeline unclear.
Health Issue: Winter Preparedness Plan publication delay Original release: O’Toole: Winter health plan confusion failing patients and staff (opens in a new tab)
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Chambers welcomes progress towards pay deal for health workers but warns there’s still more to be done
Ulster Unionist MLA Alan Chambers welcomes Executive endorsement of a Health Minister proposal to align health and social care pay with UK colleagues, but says the £208m-cost 2025/26 award is only partly funded and criticises the First Minister's press conference remarks.
Health Economy and employment Issue: Executive funding of £100 million for nurses' pay uplift Original release: Chambers welcomes progress towards pay deal for health workers but warns there’s still more to be done (opens in a new tab)