Topical question AQT 2661/22-27

Topical question by Ms Sinéad McLaughlin on .

MLA
Ms Sinéad McLaughlin
Party at the time
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Date
5 October 2026
Type
Topical question
Assembly reference
AQT 2661/22-27
Business
Oral Answers to Questions
Assembly identifier
Official Report component 5774390

Text

Ms McLaughlin asked the Minister for the Economy, given that, tomorrow, the Irish Government will set out their Budget for the next year, with billions of euros of additional investment planned for public services, infrastructure and competitiveness, while we are more than six months into the financial year and the Executive cannot agree a Budget, what assessments she has made of the damage that the continued uncertainty is doing to business confidence and our economic competitiveness.

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