Debate contribution: Executive Policy and Spending Priorities
Debate contribution by Ms Michelle O'Neill on .
- MLA
- Ms Michelle O'Neill
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 19 October 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Executive Policy and Spending Priorities
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5795688
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Yes, I agree with you: we have to bank the progress that we have made but realise that there is much more to do. The focus on early intervention and prevention in the Programme for Government marked a change in approach. We all know — it is common sense — that the earlier we can intervene and do the prevention work, the more dividends that will pay in the longer term.
In the Health Department, the shift left and focus on preventative work are really important, and I am very much a fan of both. We have a lot of work to do on transformation and how we deliver public services. Yes, there has been progress, and, yes, there is more to do.
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