Debate contribution: Budget 2026-29/2030
Debate contribution by Mr Alan Chambers on .
- MLA
- Mr Alan Chambers
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 12 January 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Ministerial Statements
- Heading
- Budget 2026-29/2030
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5311746
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Minister, I welcome the confirmation that £165 million will be ring-fenced for tackling health waiting times. However, the £50 million previously allocated specifically for clearing the backlog has now been removed. As that, arguably, has had the biggest impact this year, does the Minister recognise that it is important to be specific about where exactly that money is coming from? Rather than it being new or additional from the Executive, it is money that already existed in previous Department of Health baselines.
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