20 Aug, 2021 Cameron backs request for military expertise to boost health service capacity DUP South Antrim MLA and Vice Chair of the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Health Committee Pam Cameron has supported a fresh appeal by the Department of Health for military assistance to help ease pressures facing hospitals across Northern Ireland because of the latest increase in occupied ICU beds due to Covid-19.
20 Aug, 2021 Mervyn Storey expresses sympathy on death of prison officer The DUP’s North Antrim MLA Mervyn Storey who also chairs the NI Assembly’s Justice Committee has expressed his sadness at the passing of a Northern Ireland Prison Officer from Covid-19.
20 Aug, 2021 Newton - end of Gurkha hunger strike is welcomed East Belfast DUP MLA Robin Newton has welcomed the decision of the Gurkha veterans to call off their hunger strike.
19 Aug, 2021 Time for Delivery for Football Clubs from the Communities Minister Stephen Dunne at a recent meeting with Bangor FC Chairman Graham Baillie at Clandeboye Park, Bangor to discuss future plans. North Down DUP MLA Stephen Dunne has called on the Communities Minister to deliver the long awaited Sub-Regional Stadia Funding Programme for local football clubs.
19 Aug, 2021 Minister Poots visits local farm businesses that are making a difference Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots has visited two farm businesses near Crossgar in County Down to see how their innovative approach is helping the farming industry, as well as the local community.
19 Aug, 2021 The Museum of Innovation is ‘Good to Go’ – Lyons Economy Minister Gordon Lyons has paid a visit to the new innovation exhibition at the Ulster Transport Museum in Cultra, as part of the ‘We’re Good to Go’ campaign. The Minister met the Chief Executive of National Museums Northern Ireland (NMNI), Kathryn Thomson, in conjunction with Tourism NI, to explore the Museum of Innovation.
19 Aug, 2021 Poots welcomes release of NI Carrier Bag Levy statistics Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA today welcomed the release of the 8th annual Carrier Bag Levy statistics for Northern Ireland. The Carrier bag levy annual statistics 2020/21 shows that 56.2 million carrier bags were dispensed by retailers under the levy in Northern Ireland between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021. This was 30.2% lower than the previous year, with 24.3 million fewer bags dispensed. The proceeds of the carrier bag levy, which was introduced in Northern Ireland in 2013, totalled £2.2 million, a decrease of £2.2m (50.5%) from the previous year. This was in part due to the levy being waived for home delivery of groceries between 1 April 2020 and 30 September 2020 to manage challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic.
19 Aug, 2021 Sir Jeffrey Donaldson salutes courage of diplomatic staff Saluting the courageous people like our UK Ambassador, our diplomatic teams & our armed forces who are working flat out to help our British citizens and others evacuate from Afghanistan. https://t.co/bzbmMntUmV— Jeffrey Donaldson MP (@J_Donaldson_MP) August 19, 2021
18 Aug, 2021 Buckley calls for ‘sustained' action to tackle driver and vehicle testing gridlock DUP Upper Bann MLA and Chair of the Assembly’s Infrastructure Committee Jonathan Buckley has cautiously welcomed the increase in the number of practical driving tests carried out in the last three months but warned that ‘sustained’ action will be needed as demand for driver and vehicle testing continues to outstrip supply.
18 Aug, 2021 Sir Jeffrey Donaldson - not the day for point scoring we must help people stranded in Afghanistan