Minister launches Call for Evidence on a Plan to Eliminate Plastic Pollution in Northern Ireland alongside a new £175,000 grants scheme to tackle marine litter

Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots MLA has launched a Call for Evidence on a plan to eliminate plastic pollution in Northern Ireland and a new grants scheme aimed at tackling marine litter.

Communities Minister Hargey to extend terminal illness provision in social security benefits

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has outlined her plans to extend the terminal illness provision in social security benefits.

Reappointment of the Chair to the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland

Health Minster Robin Swann, has announced the reappointment of Miss Bernie McNally as Chair of the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland (SBNI).

Health Minister Swann Announces Chair of Muckamore Public Inquiry

Health Minister Robin Swann has announced that Tom Kark QC is to chair the Public Inquiry into abuse at Muckamore Abbey Hospital.

Department of Health welcomes RQIA Report

The Department of Health has welcomed the publication of the RQIA review into governance arrangements in independent hospitals and hospices.