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Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has welcomed the findings of an independent review of welfare mitigation schemes published by the Department for Communities today.

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey visited Warrenpoint to view progress on the £2.6m public realm scheme at the Promenade.

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has announced the launch of the tender process to redevelop a major site in the Irish Street area of Downpatrick.

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has visited Ballymena to mark the launch of a new housing scheme that will provide 135 homes in a shared housing development.

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey and Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots have launched this year’s Access and Inclusion Programme at Greenvale Leisure Centre in Magherafelt.

A Department for Communities’ service which helps people access entitlements they have not been claiming has generated £50 million in additional benefits over the last year.

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has held constructive discussions with union officials in relation to the ongoing Housing Executive pay dispute.

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey joined Health Minister Robin Swann and Economy Minister Gordon Lyons in marking the completion of works on an innovative youth space in Belfast today.

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey recognised the achievements of the Women’s Senior Football team at a special reception held in their honour at Parliament

Players from Antrim Camogie and Ladies Gaelic Football teams took centre stage at a civic reception hosted by Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey to celebrate their All-Ireland success.

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has joined the Scottish and Welsh social security ministers in urging immediate action on the cost of living crisis from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Chloe Smith.

Communities Minister, Deirdre Hargey has met with representatives of the Belfast Islamic Centre as work gets underway on the development of a new Islamic Cultural Centre.

The Department for Communities Developing Women in the Community Programme Phase Two is now open for applications.

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey today attended the sod cutting for a new health and community hub at Thomas Clarkes Gaelic Football Club Dungannon.

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has expressed concern over cost of living pressures on households with vulnerable people including those with disabilities, pensioners and children.

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey convened a meeting of the Strategic Partnership Group which was set up to address anti-social behaviour in the University and Lower Ormeau areas of Belfast.

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has announced wider support for Co-Ownership housing.

Local athletes who competed in the Commonwealth Games have been recognised at a celebration in Parliament Buildings for their excellence and achievement in sport.

Department for Communities’ offices and business operations will be closed on Monday 19 September, due to a bank holiday declared for the state funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey and Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd have hosted a joint workshop to seek solutions to constraints on housing supply, particularly in areas of high housing need.