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    Image of 4 people sitting playing – First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly pictured playing with children during their visit to Kids Korner Day Nursery in Belfast.

    First Minister and deputy First Minister publish Programme for Government Annual Report 2025-26

    27 May 2026
    The Executive Office

    First Minister & deputy First Minister visited Kids Korner in Belfast & On Track Technicians, a Lisburn engineering firm

    Group image of eight people standing in a pharmacy - NIO Minister Matthew Patrick; Secretary of State, Hilary Benn MP; Cathy Harrison, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer at the Department of Health; Health Minister Mike Nesbitt; deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly; Finance Minister John O'Dowd; Leah O’Donnell, Pharmacist at Carryduff Pharmacy; Marie Smith, Chair of Community Pharmacy NI. 

    Ministers welcome £42million ePharmacy investment set to modernise prescription services as part of wider £102.6million Transformation Fund

    29 May 2026
    The Executive Office

    A £42 million ePharmacy programme to modernise prescription services is being delivered as part of a wider £102.6million...

    Pictured are L-R Cathy Harrison, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer DoH, Jacinta Linden, Co-Director of Together for Families, Health Minister Mike Nesbitt, Paul Sweeney, Chair of the Northern Ireland Committee, The National Lottery Community Fund and Peter Toogood, Deputy Secretary, Social Care and Public Health Policy Group DoH.

    Health Minister welcomes additional £100m Transformation and National Lottery funding

    26 May 2026
    Department for Health

    Health Minister welcomes additional £100m Transformation and National Lottery funding

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    • DfI Driver, Vehicle, Operator, and Enforcement Statistics - 2025-26 - Quarter Four

      Department for Infrastructure Published 29 May 2026
    • Tuberculosis Disease Statistics in Northern Ireland 2026

      Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Published 29 May 2026
    • ApprenticeshipsNI statistics August 2019 to January 2026

      Department for the Economy Published 29 May 2026
    • Motorcyclist KSI Casualties in Northern Ireland, 2020-2024

      Department for Infrastructure Published 28 May 2026
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      Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Published 28 May 2026
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      Department of Justice Closes 21 August 2026
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      Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Closes 21 August 2026
    • NICE Equality Consultation: NICE Clinical Guideline NG258 - Anaphylaxis: assessment and referral after emergency treatment

      Department for Health Closes 07 July 2026
    • The Parking and Waiting Restrictions (Belfast) (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

      Department for Infrastructure Closes 18 June 2026
    • The Loading Bays on Roads (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

      Department for Infrastructure Closes 18 June 2026
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