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Infrastructure Minister, Nichola Mallon has announced extra capital funding of £2 million for Councils to assist them in developing and delivering active travel schemes and greenway projects in 2021/22 and 2022/23. Minister Mallon said: “In June 2021, I announced that I intended to make £2.5 million of capital funding available from my Blue Green Infrastructure Fund […]
A new training programme focusing on raising awareness of trauma and its potential impacts on children has been launched today. The training provides an opportunity for the entire education sector workforce of approximately 60,000 staff members to improve their understanding of trauma. This includes over 20,000 teachers and approximately 40,000 support staff working in schools […]
Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has confirmed that the Department’s winter service is ready to take action if the weather impacts on our roads. Approximately 300 staff, 130 gritters and 12 specialist snow blowers are available to salt the 7,000 kilometres of the road network on the salting schedule. Launching the service from the Balloo site […]
Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has allocated £85,000 for local road safety initiatives funded by the Department’s Road Safety (Safe Travel) Grant Scheme. Minister Mallon said: “As I confirmed when I launched the consultation on the draft Road Safety Strategy to 2030, road safety is a priority for me and I am committed to doing all I […]
Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has welcomed the improvements to Newry city centre as a result of a £2.2m investment. Parts of Hill Street, O’Hagan Street, Mill Street and St Colmans Park in Newry have just received an upgrade as part of a new public realm scheme. Minister Hargey said: “This £2.2m investment has been a welcome […]
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 […]
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