Ulster Unionist Peer Lord Empey has issued the following statement after revelations at the NI Affairs Committee today. Lord Empey said: “I have long argued that there was a deal done during the Blair years with...
Close contacts of confirmed cases of COVID-19 will be asked to take a PCR test within 48 hours of being identified as a close contact, whether or not they have symptoms. Until now only people with...
The Health Minister has visited the vaccination centre at South Lake Leisure Centre to meet those involved in helping to deliver the vaccination programme within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust. Speaking at the vaccination...
Health Minister Robin Swann has detailed his ambitions for the re-building of Northern Ireland’s health service, while stressing the need for sustained investment to deliver the plans. In a keynote statement to the Assembly, the Minister...
Health Minister Robin Swann has thanked vaccine teams after surpassing the one million vaccines milestone. Speaking on a visit to the vaccination centre at the Seven Towers Leisure Centre in Ballymena, the Health Minister said: “The...
Responding to an undertaking given by The Executive Office that funding will be provided to allow the Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme to open, UUP MLA and The Executive Office Committee Vice-Chair Doug Beattie MC...
Ulster Unionist Party Leader, Steve Aiken OBE MLA, said: “It is with the greatest sadness that we heard the announcement of the passing of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Our thoughts and...
Health Minister Robin Swann has hailed “another landmark to welcome” as the number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in Northern Ireland passed the one million mark. The Minister expressed gratitude to everyone involved in the roll-out...
Ulster Unionist Leader, Steve Aiken OBE MLA, has welcomed Health Minister, Robin Swann`s announcement of over 1,000,000 vaccine doses being delivered in Northern Ireland. Steve Aiken said: “Delivering over 1,000,000 vaccine doses in Northern Ireland is a...
The Ulster Unionist Party Leader Steve Aiken OBE MLA, and Mike Nesbitt MLA, the Party’s Policing Board representative, have spoken to the Chief Constable Simon Byrne to provide support to the PSNI following recent violent...