SDLP Social Justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan has welcomed the Department of Health’s launch of a pre-consultation for suicide prevention…
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Durkan: Lack of Clinically Vulnerable financial package ‘unacceptable’
SDLP Social Justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan has criticised the Department for Communities for its failure to provide adequate financial…
Durkan: Hargey must properly fund advice sector
SDLP Social Justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan has responded to the announcement by Communities Minister, Deirdre Hargey, that the independent…
Durkan: Decision not to expand heat payment ‘baffling’
SDLP Social Justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan has expressed his dismay over the exclusion of the clinically vulnerable, low incomes…
Durkan slams ‘shambolic’ handling of Winter Fuel Payment
SDLP Social Justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan has criticised the continued delays around the Winter Fuel Payment which has been…
Durkan: Cuts to in demand advice sector ‘astounding’
SDLP Social Justice Spokesperson Mark H Durkan has said it is appalling that the advice sector is facing a funding…
Durkan: £300m underspend ‘insult’ to those struggling
SDLP social justice spokesperson ark H Durkan has deemed the Executive’s £300 million underspend is damning indictment of the Executive’s…
Durkan: Health staff ‘already on their knees’
SDLP Social Justice Spokesperson Mark H Durkan has responded to the Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT) announcement that…
Durkan: Don’t renew Capita PIP assessment contract
SDLP Social Justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan has urged the Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey not to renew her Department’s contract…
Durkan fury over £2m underspend in Covid grant
A £2 million underspend on a Covid-19 support scheme for those on low pay and claiming benefits “is evidence of…