Debate contribution: Arts Funding: Barnett Consequentials

Debate contribution by Ms Paula Bradshaw on 8 September 2026.

MLA: Ms Paula Bradshaw
Party at the time: Alliance Party
Date: 8 September 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Arts Funding: Barnett Consequentials
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5674130

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Thank you, Minister. I suppose that, off the back of the fleadh, you are in a good position to make that call, but I will move on. We have had a shortened mandate. We have had only three years for the Programme for Government. In the conversation with the arts sector representatives earlier there was disappointment that the arts sector, given everything that it delivers for Northern Ireland, does not feature strongly enough in the Programme for Government. What legacy will you leave to ensure that, in the next mandate, there will be more support and recognition for the arts?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 2552/22-27.

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