McGlone Highlights Importance of Keeping Defibrillators ‘Emergency Ready’

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SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has highlighted the importance of keeping Public Access Defibrillators in an emergency ready status. The Mid Ulster MLA has been in recent correspondence with the Minister for Health in relation to the maintenance and upkeep of community defibrillators. Mid Ulster MLA Patsy McGlone said, “Thankfully public access defibrillators … Continue reading McGlone Highlights Importance of Keeping Defibrillators ‘Emergency Ready’

AQW 14231/22-27 – Affordable Warmth Scheme

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on when the grant budget allocation for the Affordable Warmth Scheme will be finalised. Minister for Communities: I have allocated an opening budget of £7.175m for the Affordable Warmth Scheme (AWS) to cover £5.2m of approvals carried forward and I allocated … Continue reading AQW 14231/22-27 – Affordable Warmth Scheme

McGlone: Executive Continuing to Fail to Meet Mid Ulster Social Housing Needs

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SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has said the Executive is continuing to fail to meet social housing need in the Mid Ulster constituency. Figures released to the party show that in the last three years only 20 social housing units have been built in Mid Ulster. In the same period, just 28 new … Continue reading McGlone: Executive Continuing to Fail to Meet Mid Ulster Social Housing Needs

AQW 14009/22-27 – Cross-Departmental Working Group on Anti-Poverty Strategy

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) when the interdepartmental group on the anti-poverty strategy will next meet; and (ii) what Departments will be represented on the group. Minister for Communities: While there is no date yet set for the Cross-Departmental Working Group to meet, my officials continue … Continue reading AQW 14009/22-27 – Cross-Departmental Working Group on Anti-Poverty Strategy

AQW 14008/22-27 – Anti-poverty strategy

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail his plans to engage with (i) the independent expert panel who have developed recommendations for an anti-poverty strategy; and (ii) the anti-poverty strategy co-design group. Minister for Communities: I am currently considering the next steps to be taken in relation to the … Continue reading AQW 14008/22-27 – Anti-poverty strategy

AQW 14115/22-27 – Investment for community pharmacy services

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 13519/22-27, (i) for his assessment of the accuracy of the 2018-19 year-start investment total for community pharmacy services being £104 million in 2018/19, given that his Department’s cost findings quantified the cost of community pharmacy services to be at least £130 … Continue reading AQW 14115/22-27 – Investment for community pharmacy services

AQW 14114/22-27 – Financial support to implement the Strategic Plan for Community Pharmacy

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 13519/22-27, to detail any additional financial support he will provide to implement the Strategic Plan for Community Pharmacy. Minister of Health: The Community Pharmacy Strategic Plan brings together four existing inter-related programmes of work led by the Department, to support the … Continue reading AQW 14114/22-27 – Financial support to implement the Strategic Plan for Community Pharmacy

Mid Ulster SDLP Attend 50th Commemoration for Senator Billy Fox

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SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster Patsy McGlone and a delegation of SDLP activists from the constituency were in Dublin on 10th July where they attended the unveiling of a portrait of Senator Billy Fox. The event was a commemoration of the Fine Gael Senator to mark the 50th Anniversary of his death after being shot … Continue reading Mid Ulster SDLP Attend 50th Commemoration for Senator Billy Fox