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Hargey paying "lip service" to Derry neglect with Rates Support Grant cut

People Before Profit Councillor, Shaun Harkin, has accused Communities Minister, Deirdre Hargey paying “lip-service to addressing decades of neglect and lack of investment in Derry”. Cllr Harkin's comments came as a response to the 25 per cent of ...

04 Nov 2021 at 12:40

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Ferguson: Rates Support Grant funding “will put money back in the pockets of workers and families”

Sinn Féin Foyle MLA, Ciara Ferguson, has welcomed extra funding announced by Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey for local Councils for rates support. The Minister announced that her department will provide an additional £10 million funding for ...

21 Jan 2022 at 11:05

Derry News

"Rates Support Grant cut has huge impacts for Derry”

Aontú Councillor for Derry, Emmet Doyle, has slammed the Communities Minister, Deirdre Hargey, after Councillors were briefed on the impact of the cut to the Rates Support Grant. The cut is set to have a negative financial impact for the Derry ...

02 Dec 2021 at 17:02

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Communities Department takes axe to Council funding

The newly elected members of Derry City and Strabane District Council are facing a baptism of fire right from the off. The 40 councillors are this morning taking their seats on the one Council in the North “most impacted” by swingeing funding ...

22 May 2023 at 12:00

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Derry City and Strabane Council may join legal action against a Stormont department

Derry City and Strabane Council is considering joining Mid Ulster District Council in taking legal action against the Department for Communities over cuts to the rate support grant. The Rate Support Grant (RSG) is granted to seven councils ...

22 Jun 2023 at 14:59

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Doyle calls on Communities Minister to reverse Rates Support Grant cut

Aontú Councillor, Emmet Doyle, has said that the £750,000 cut from Derry’s rate support grant by the Communities Minister must be reversed. The Rates Support Grant is available to a number of Councils that cover less affluent areas to ...

12 Jan 2022 at 11:49

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Department refuses to restore Council's Rates Support Grant

The Department for Communities (DfC) has flatly refused Derry City and Strabane District Council’s (DCSDC) request to retain its previous Rates Support Grant (RSG). It has also emerged, DCSDC has had to meet its RSG commitments from ...

09 Sept 2023 at 14:30

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Communities Department turns Council down for additional hardship funding

The Department for Communities (DfC) has contacted council’s across the North regarding a Hardship Fund it has made available to provide non-recurrent financial support to the most vulnerable. Derry City and Strabane District ...

09 Sept 2023 at 14:00

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