Debate contribution: Executive Budget: Economic Impact
Debate contribution by Dr Caoimhe Archibald on .
- MLA
- Dr Caoimhe Archibald
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 5 October 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Executive Budget: Economic Impact
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5774395
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I thank the Member for her question. I do not disagree with her about the impact that the Budget situation is having.
The point that I would make is that agreeing a Budget that is inadequate and forcing it on our public services will damage those services. That is why we have engaged in negotiations with the British Government and why we continue to engage. The British Government have accepted our point about needing additional funding. They have put additional funding on the table, but it does not go far enough. It will not allow us to deliver public services in the way in which we need to be able to, and it certainly will not allow us to undertake the type of economic development that we are capable of doing. The work that we are doing is delivering economic benefits. Even in the absence of a Budget, we are outperforming Britain on economic growth and on a number of other economic measures. I argue that we need to be funded properly so that we can unleash our potential, and we have significant potential to unleash.
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