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Education Minister Michelle McIlveen has announced a further £5million for the Education Wellbeing funding allocation Through this fund education settings will be given flexibility in how they support the emotional health and wellbeing of children and young people and the staff working with them. Michelle McIlveen set out details of the funding during a visit […]
A range of sustained actions are needed to drive down Northern Ireland’s Covid-19 infection rate, Health Minister Robin Swann has emphasised. Welcoming the Executive’s decision to introduce Covid certification for hospitality settings, the Minister said: “Certification must be seen as one piece in a jigsaw of required measures. Other measures include significantly increased use of face […]
Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has decided to bring forward a range of measures to address a shortage of taxi-drivers. The Minister will legislate for a 7.6% increase in the maximum taxi fare and will introduce a support package for new drivers. This follows a targeted consultation in September with the industry and representative consumer bodies. Minister […]
Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has announced the appointment of an Independent Advisory Panel to review welfare mitigation measures in the north. The Independent Advisory Panel will be chaired by Les Allamby, former Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. Mr Allamby will be joined by independent panel members and departmental officials with expertise […]
Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has welcomed the news that Finance Minister Conor Murphy has approved £16.3 million for the Newry City Park in the proposed executive budget. The Newry/Armagh MLA said: “Today, Sinn Féin Finance Minister, Conor Murphy has approved proposals for a £16 million investment to develop a 15-acre city park at the […]
Oonagh Magennis, Sinn Féin Councillor for the Slieve Gullion area has said that DFI must get resurfacing works in the Newry, Mourne and Down area back on schedule as soon as possible after many works were pushed back to at least 2022. Oonagh spoke after having a motion passed by the council to highlight the […]
Economy Minister Gordon Lyons today announced that the High Street Scheme will be extended by five days to 19 December. The Minister also urged anyone with any balance left on their £100 Spend Local cards to use it now. He said: “The High Street Scheme is working well. The benefits are clearly flowing through to our […]
Craigavon Area Hospital is now one of five Regional Paediatric Cardiac Centres across Ireland, as part of the All-Island Congenital Heart Disease Network. The centres aim to provide timely cardiac services for children and families closer to home, avoiding the need to travel to Dublin or Belfast unless necessary. Before 2018, children from Northern Ireland […]
Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has launched a public consultation on a new proposed Road Safety Strategy for Northern Ireland. The consultation invites views on the proposed approach to road safety until 2030 and the issues and priorities that need to be addressed. It is aimed at everyone, recognising that all road users have a part […]
SDLP Upper Bann MLA Dolores Kelly has backed calls for a missing persons day to be established in the North. Mrs Kelly was speaking after the family of missing Co Down woman Lisa Dorrian spoke about the importance of missing persons day in the South and called for a similar occasion in the North. Upper […]
Aontú Education Spokesperson expresses frustration and disappointment at failure to act in order to prevent the current staff shortage and high rate of school absence, which have led to pleading for all available staff and calls for Circuit Breakers. “At the beginning of September, principals and school staff found themselves swamped with administrations of contact […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “At over 160 pages it will take time to study fully the report published this afternoon but it would appear from an initial reading that there is precious little here in terms of agreed solutions to any issue. That being the case, the public are entitled to regard it […]
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