Motion or amendment: Agreement on 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
- 1 September 2026
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion · Private Members' Motion
- Heading
- Agreement on a Budget
- Assembly identifier
- Document 496246
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Text
Agreement on a Budget
That this Assembly expresses deep concern at the Executive’s failure to agree a Budget; notes Pivotal’s recent assessment that the absence of a Budget is a serious failure which is damaging public services and preventing effective planning, investment and reform; acknowledges that analysis by the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council points to discrepancies in the funding of Northern Ireland versus other devolved regions; supports efforts to secure a fair and sustainable funding settlement from the UK Government; believes that the pursuit of additional funding cannot be at the expense of public service delivery; agrees that the failure to perform this most basic function of government reflects wider dysfunction across the Executive; calls on the Minister of Finance to urgently outline how he intends to address the crisis facing public services in Northern Ireland and secure agreement on a Budget; and further calls on the new UK Government to engage constructively with the Executive throughout this process.
159 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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