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The SDLP has written to Sinn Féin Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey, urging her to take the plight of people here seriously in the face of yet another price hike. Gas suppliers have contacted customers this week warning of a 33.57% tariff increase in addition to already record high energy costs. SDLP Upper Bann MLA […]
Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has stated that drivers getting Car Tax penalties because of the Vehicle testing backlog is unfair and needs addressed. The Newry and Armagh MLA said: “People need a valid MOT in order to tax their vehicle. And while the DVA asks for drivers to contact them if they need an urgent […]
SDLP Upper Bann MLA Dolores Kelly has highlighted a number of issues facing schools across the area. Mrs Kelly invited Education Minister Michelle McIlveen to the constituency last week to show her first hand the good work going on in the schools and highlight the need for further funding. Mrs Kelly took Minister McIlveen to […]
Responding to the British Ambassador’s refusal to appear before the Oireachtas Good Friday Committee, Aontú Leader & Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín and Aontú Candidate for East Derry, Gemma Brolly, criticised the Ambassador’s response to concerns over his government’s copper-fastening of partition. Rep Brolly: “The Tory Government are brazenly bolstering partition by construction, with their […]
The Stormont Executive seems determined to add to the pressures and the indignity already experienced by thousands of women and girls every month. Instead of getting on with placing free period products in schools, colleges, universities and other public places government departments are fighting amongst themselves over who should be responsible for it.More than a […]
SDLP Health Spokesperson Colin McGrath has urged those bereaved as a result of the contaminated blood scandal to come forward and apply for financial support. Those eligible must apply before March 31 2022 or they will lose out on payments being backdated to April 2019. The payments to the bereaved range from £14,000 to £34,000 […]
Upper Bann DUP MP Carla Lockhart has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, to shelve plans to raise National Insurance Contributions scheduled to take effect from 1st April 2022. The MP made the call in a letter to the Chancellor, urging the change in policy to support working families and ‘squeezed middle’ […]
Sinn Féin MLA John ODowd has welcomed the announcement by finance minister Conor Murphy which will see an additional £18 million of funding to support children with special educational needs. This money forms part of a £40 million funding package for education. The Upper Bann spokesperson and former Education Minister said: “I welcome this funding announcement of […]
SDLP Health Spokesperson Colin McGrath has called for a greater sharing of information about the number of people presenting at hospital emergency departments in a mental health crisis. Mr McGrath had asked Health Minister Robin Swann for the number of people presenting at emergency departments when feeling suicidal or having attempted suicide. He was […]
The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O’Gorman, T.D., issued the following statement to early learning and childcare providers. “I welcome the decisions today by Government to start easing restrictions based on the recommendations from NPHET. The recommendations do still place a huge importance on continued Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures, […]
The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe has announced changes to a number of the Covid support schemes available to businesses, in particular for those businesses that were most severely impacted by the public health restrictions introduced last December. An extension to the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) to support those businesses and a number of […]
SDLP MLA Justin McNulty has welcomed a U-Turn by Sinn Féin Finance Minister Conor Murphy on support for the hotel industry. Mr. McNulty had publicly rebuked Minister Murphy’s decision to exclude hotels from the Executive’s hospitality support package announced on 23rd December. Speaking after the U-Turn, the SDLP Newry & Armagh MLA commented, “I’m relieved that […]
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