SDLP Irish Language Spokesperson Patsy McGlone MLA has welcomed £100,000 in funding to save the Scoil Spreagtha scheme. The scheme, run by Irish language group Gael Linn, supports Irish language lessons in schools across the North. The funding will allow the scheme to continue for another year, followed by an evaluation. Mid Ulster MLA Patsy … Continue reading McGlone welcomes £100k funding to save Scoil Spreagtha scheme
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail when NI Water will make public the report by Deloitte on its investigation into alleged fraud at NI Water. Minister for Infrastructure: My Department wrote to the NI Water Chief Executive on 8 October 2025 and asked for the report to be … Continue reading AQW 33492/22-27 – Alleged fraud at NI Water
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any support Invest NI has provided to companies involved in the supply chain of components and equipment for any armaments. Minister for the Economy: Invest NI does not provide financial support towards the manufacturing of armaments or their components. ENDS
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the criteria used by his Department’s Sure Start programme, to identify children under the age of four, and their families, with demonstrable need, who live outside electoral wards that are currently designated as disadvantaged areas, to provide targeted outreach support; and … Continue reading AQW 33797/22-27 – Sure Start Criteria
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail when financial payments will be provided to fishermen on Lough Neagh whose livelihoods have been affected by the impact of the continued occurrence of blue-green algae. [Priority Written] Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs: I have engaged … Continue reading AQW 32926/22-27 – Lough Neagh fishermen blue-green algae
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the total number of applications for a Disabled Facilities Grant currently in the system; and (ii) the number of patients waiting for a decision on an application for a Disabled Facilities Grant for more than (a) three months; (b) six months; … Continue reading AQW 31121/22-27 – Disabled Facilities Grant
SDLP Irish Language Spokesperson Patsy McGlone MLA has said that the DUP's failed attempt to overturn Belfast City Council's bilingual signage policy in Stormont was a "deeply cynical and divisive move". The DUP motion, debated in the Assembly on Monday, sought to scrap Belfast City Council's dual language street sign policy - a scheme that … Continue reading McGlone: DUP motion on Irish Language signage “deeply cynical and divisive”
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 31950/22-27, to detail (i) when the Speak Up (Whistleblowing) policy text was formally adopted, in its present format, by NI Water; and (ii) the consultation that took place on that document with (a) Executive Departments; (b) trade unions; and (c) other … Continue reading AQW 32366/22-27 – NI Water whistleblowing
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