Debate contribution: Budget: Implications for Education

Debate contribution by Mrs Diane Dodds on 12 January 2026.

MLA: Mrs Diane Dodds
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 12 January 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Budget: Implications for Education
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5311420

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Thank you, Minister. One of the most vulnerable sectors of our school population is children with special educational needs. Over recent years, there has been a huge increase in the need for capital spending and spending on teaching to facilitate those children's needs. Will you outline what spending has been incurred already and projections for the future? What impact would the draft Sinn Féin Budget have?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 1892/22-27.

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