Debate contribution: Capital Budgets

Debate contribution by Mrs Diane Dodds on 3 February 2026.

MLA: Mrs Diane Dodds
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 3 February 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Capital Budgets
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5362677

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That is all very interesting, Minister. I note that, in your statement to the House on 12 January, you referenced the delivery of the maternity hospital: are you aware that the maternity hospital is now two years late in that it cannot be used? It is unsafe — signs tell people not to drink the water — and remedial work will start at a cost of £6 million and involve another delay of about 28 months. That will be four and a half years after the handover of the hospital. As Minister of Finance, what are you doing about that scandalous waste of public money?

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 3038/22-27.

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