Executive Daily Update: Initiatives to deal with Coronavirus (6 April 2020)

Northern Ireland Executive Ministers and their officials have over the last 48 hours been involved in a number of initiatives and critical decisions relating to the Coronavirus emergency.

MINISTER PAUSES ALL ROUTINE DAERA INSPECTIONS

Minister Edwin Poots pauses all routine DAERA inspections of businesses, industry and utility services until 30 April 2020.

Mallon delivers MOT test centres to help fight COVID-19

Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has now released the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) test centres, to help in the fight against COVID-19.

Executive Ministers urge Transport Secretary to support vital links

Finance Minister, Conor Murphy, Economy Minister, Diane Dodds and Infrastructure Minister, Nichola Mallon today spoke with Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps and urged him to put in place support for our airports and ports.

Hargey announces thousands to benefit from food parcels service

COMMUNITIES Minister Deirdre Hargey MLA has announced that in the coming days a new weekly service commence which will see 10,000 food boxes being delivered to the most vulnerable in society during the COVID-19 lockdown.