Debate contribution: Executive Budget
Debate contribution by Miss Deirdre Hargey on .
- MLA
- Miss Deirdre Hargey
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 14 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Opposition Business
- Heading
- Executive Budget
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5685860
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I find it bonkers that the SDLP is choosing to protect its sister party at Westminster rather than protect the public here. You are proposing for us to agree a Budget that will see huge cuts built into the baseline. We are saying that the baseline is not enough and needs to be enhanced. There are now negotiations at play that are looking to rectify that. Why would you show your hand at this point? There will be more than a 5% cut baked into the baseline; that is what the SDLP is asking for. I find that extremely bonkers.
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