09 Aug, 2021 Environment Minister Edwin Poots allocates £332,000 to Mournes Wildfire Recovery Almost £350,000 has been allocated to help the Mourne Mountains recover following the devastating fire in April 2021, Environment Minister Edwin Poots has confirmed.
09 Aug, 2021 Economy Minister encourages people to sign up to electoral register Economy Minister Gordon Lyons has urged people to sign up to the electoral register in order to help verification for the High Street Scheme.
06 Aug, 2021 Shannon welcomes findings of PHSO report on WASPI women Strangford MP Jim Shannon has welcomed the recent report from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) which found that WASPI women were mistreated by the Department of Work and Pensions.
06 Aug, 2021 Ballyvea Football Club to kick-off new season with £360K community hub Ballyvea Football Club in Kilkeel, Co.Down will be kicking off the new football season with a state of the art modern community hub following a grant of £270,000 from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs’ (DAERA) Rural Development Programme (RDP).
05 Aug, 2021 Lyons updated on £63million Smart Nano NI Project on visit to Londonderry Economy Minister Gordon Lyons today visited Londonderry to hear how the North West is leading a £63.9million project to increase productivity in the smart and nanomanufacturing industry in Northern Ireland.
05 Aug, 2021 Gavin Robinson: Funding must reflect scale of cladding issues East Belfast MP Gavin Robinson has said the Finance Minister must ensure that funding allocated to alleviate problems highlighted with cladding on buildings in Northern Ireland matches the need identified. He has raised concerns that the £1million package agreed by the Finance Minister wouldn't come close to addressing the issue which impacts over 460 apartments in Titanic Quarter alone.
05 Aug, 2021 McIlveen confirms funding for Bookstart Baby programme A programme to encourage a love of reading in children from a young age is to be part-funded by the Department of Education.
04 Aug, 2021 Make sure your business is Good to Go – Lyons Economy Minister Gordon Lyons has encouraged Northern Ireland tourism providers to become accredited with the ‘We’re Good to Go’ industry standard mark.
03 Aug, 2021 Gregory Campbell - Moving quickly on vaccination has saved lives East Londonderry MP Gregory Campbell has encouraged people in Northern Ireland eligible to receive Covid vaccination to protect themselves against the virus. He said that moving quickly to introduce the vaccination programme had contributed to the prevention of many deaths across the UK and comparisons with other countries demonstrated this.
03 Aug, 2021 Prepare now for the re-opening of EFS Wider DAERA Minister, Edwin Poots MLA, has announced that Tranche 5 of the Wider Level of the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) will open for applications on 16 August 2021.