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‘Indisputable matter of fact’ health funding increased in budget, committee told

It is an “indisputable matter of fact” that initial funding for health was increased in the budget agreed by the Stormont powersharing Executive, MLAs have been told. The director of public spending at the Department of Finance, Joanne McBurney, ...

01 May 2024 at 17:39

Northern Ireland

New £340m Grand Central Station contributing to traffic congestion – O’Dowd

The new £340 million Grand Central Station in Belfast is contributing to serious traffic congestion in the city, Stormont’s Infrastructure Minister has said. John O’Dowd dealt with a number of questions in the Assembly from MLAs who complained ...

30 Sept 2024 at 15:53

Northern Ireland

Failure to table rates plan at Executive means it can’t run next year, MLAs told

An ongoing failure by Stormont’s leaders to table a plan on rates reforms on to the Executive agenda means the proposals to raise added revenue can now not be implemented next year, MLAs have heard. Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald told ...

27 Nov 2024 at 16:36

Northern Ireland

Planning system ‘not fit for purpose’ – DUP MLA

Northern Ireland’s planning service is “not fit for purpose”, it has been claimed. It comes as the latest statistics around the planning process reveal a string of missed targets around applications. According to the latest figures from ...

06 Jul 2023 at 14:39

Northern Ireland

Political agreement needed to unlock potential of Maze site, MLAs told

Political agreement is needed to unlock the potential for development at the site of the former Maze prison, MLAs have been told. It came as the DUP chairman of a Stormont committee reaffirmed that his party would “continue to block ...

12 Mar 2025 at 14:33

Northern Ireland

Pedestrianisation scheme delay caused by staff shortages not cost – Kimmins

Delays in pedestrianising Hill Street in Belfast have been caused by staffing shortages, not costs, the Infrastructure minister has insisted. Sinn Fein’s Liz Kimmins told the Assembly that recent media attention on the stalled ...

28 Apr 2025 at 16:39

Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein accused of ‘disgraceful’ comments after death of Brendan McFarlane

Sinn Fein has been accused of “disgraceful” public commentary after the death of former senior IRA man Brendan “Bik” McFarlane. DUP MLA Phillip Brett told the Northern Ireland Assembly that there was “not a scintilla” of ...

24 Feb 2025 at 18:42

Northern Ireland

Plans to extend Glider bus services in Belfast are scaled back

Plans to extend the Glider bus service to the north and south of Belfast are being scaled back because they are “not economically viable”, Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has told the Assembly. Ms Kimmins told MLAs ...

25 Feb 2025 at 17:47

Northern Ireland

Trading relationships being lost due to Windsor Framework, MLAs told

Longstanding trading relationships between Northern Ireland and Great Britain are being lost because suppliers “no longer see Northern Ireland as commercially viable” under the Windsor Framework, MLAs have been told. ...

02 Jul 2025 at 15:07

Ireland

DUP says Sinn Fein has questions to answer over damage to former mayor portrait

Sinn Fein needs to make clear if any “leadership figures” witnessed an incident where the official portrait of a former DUP lord mayor was damaged at Belfast City Hall, MLAs have been told. DUP MLA Phillip Brett ...

22 Oct 2024 at 11:59

Northern Ireland

RHI Bill is continuation of payments rather than closure, committee head says

Proposals to wind up the troubled renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme represent the continuation of payments rather than closure, the chairman of a Stormont committee has said. Phillip Brett made the remarks ...

08 Oct 2025 at 12:28

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