
Infrastructure Minister, Nichola Mallon, has announced the appointment of five Non-Executive Members to the Drainage Council. The Members will represent the specialist areas of Fisheries; Conservation; Tourism; Agriculture and Drainage. The Minister has appointed for a first term, Cathal Gallagher, Peter Archdale, Wendy Elliott and Maureen Brunt. Alan Strong has been […]
Jun 29 2021 | Posted in
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A £19.3million funding programme to support town and city centres recover from the impact of Covid-19 has helped thousands of businesses across councils, Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has said. Launched in August 2020, initial funding for the Covid-19 Recovery Revitalisation Programme was for measures such as shop frontage and awnings/canopies; outdoor furniture; heaters […]
Jun 28 2021 | Posted in
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Finance Minister Conor Murphy and the Finance Ministers of Scotland and Wales have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer calling for an urgent meeting with him to discuss a range of issues, including multi-year budgeting and financial recovery from the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Following discussions at the Covid Recovery Summit, the Ministers […]
Jun 25 2021 | Posted in
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Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has announced £17million for a Roads Recovery Fund from her 2021/22 capital budget. Earlier this month the Minister announced her high-level budget commitments for the new financial year which included an investment of £223.1m in our roads’ network. The £17m funding for the Roads Recovery Fund will […]
Jun 24 2021 | Posted in
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Health Minister Robin Swann has announced additional funding of £385,000 to expand the Clinical Academic Training Programme. Funding will also facilitate a short-term increase in the General Practice Academic Research Training Scheme (GPARTS) in addition to supporting a clinical academic training pathway for General Practitioners who have achieved a Certificate of Completion Training […]
Jun 23 2021 | Posted in
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Ensuring working parents have access to statutory Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay is the right thing to do, Economy Minister Paul Frew has said. The Minister was speaking as the Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Bill reached its second stage in the Assembly. Mr Frew said, “Working parents who experience the […]
Jun 22 2021 | Posted in
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“Illegal money lenders don’t care about their victims, they are only interested in exerting control and exploiting vulnerable people for their own gain,” Justice Minister Naomi Long has said. She was speaking as The Northern Ireland Executive Programme to Tackle Paramilitary Activity, Criminality and Organised Crime launched its latest ‘Ending the Harm’ public […]
Jun 22 2021 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin’s Chris Hazzard MP has told Invest NI that they must ‘get serious’ about delivering economic opportunities for the people of South Down. The local MP met with senior officials from Invest NI this week to discuss job creation and the urgent need for Invest NI to promote indigenous small businesses in […]
Jun 22 2021 | Posted in
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Health Minister Robin Swann is to reinstate the cross-border healthcare directive to the Republic of Ireland. The directive is a temporary measure for a 12 month period to help reduce Northern Ireland waiting lists and will be subject to strict criteria. The Minister said, “A key principle of our health service […]
Jun 21 2021 | Posted in
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Education Minister, Michelle McIlveen has announced a further extension to two Covid-19 childcare support funds. This includes a third phase of the Childcare Sustainability Fund for the period 1 April to 30 June 2021 and the Childcare Covid-19 Temporary Closure Fund from 1 April to 30 September 2021. The Minister explains, […]
Jun 18 2021 | Posted in
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