Motion or amendment: Failure to Agree a Budget
Motion or amendment by Mr Matthew O'Toole on .
- MLA
- Mr Matthew O'Toole
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 2 June 2026
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion · Private Members' Motion
- Heading
- Failure to Agree a Budget
- Assembly identifier
- Document 487836
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Failure to Agree a Budget
That this Assembly notes with extreme concern the failure of the Northern Ireland Executive to agree a multi-year budget; supports any efforts to secure maximum possible funding from the British Government; urges UK Ministers to engage constructively with the Executive to ensure that public services are properly funded; acknowledges that if a budget is not agreed, the Executive will only be able to spend 95 per cent of the 2025-2026 Budget; further notes that in this scenario the Executive would be imposing a brutal five per cent cut on their own budget, punishing ordinary families and workers for their collective failure; and calls on the Minister of Finance to explain why the Executive is deciding to impose further austerity on the public at a time of huge cost of living pressures.
136 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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