Eastwood urges British Government to fulfil NDNA promise of £1m for Northlands addiction centre in Derry

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00:00In the New Decade New Approach, the UK Government committed to make funding available for a

00:04range of projects aimed at supporting community and reconciliation initiatives.

00:09My officials regularly discuss these commitments with their devolved counterparts.

00:13On Addiction Services, it is now for the Northern Ireland Department for Health to consider

00:17how best to use this funding and bring forth a business case to the Government on that

00:22basis.

00:23The people of Derry were made a promise during the NDNA negotiations.

00:30I remember, because I negotiated that particular part of it, where the Northland Centre would

00:35get £1 million for the redevelopment of a brand-new centre for addiction.

00:39The Northland organisation has saved countless lives in Derry.

00:44Now they have been told by the Department of Health and Stormont that their core funding

00:47has been cut and that this money is not guaranteed to them.

00:51Does the Minister agree with me that the Department of Health is in no position at all to undermine

00:56an international agreement?

00:58The honourable member is a powerful advocate for his constituents, for the Northland Centre

01:04and for the need for services to tackle the scourge of addictions.

01:07I join him in recognising the need for support for people with addictions, but it is now up

01:12to the Department of Health—it has devolved—to bring forward a business plan based on their

01:16review of addiction services for what will provide the best support to the most people.

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