In January 2022, our Health Minister Robin Swann, stated that the free period products scheme (falls) “outside (the) health remit”. Yet, fast forward to the 24th of March and thanks to the passionate endeavours of local campaigners and politicians, legislation was passed to make period products freely available in the NI assembly. Late to the party, NI was the last part of the UK to have such a scheme in place to address period poverty. So is that it, does this go far enou