Debate contribution: Executive Office Delivery Unit

Debate contribution by Mr Matthew O'Toole on 2 March 2026.

MLA: Mr Matthew O'Toole
Party at the time: Social Democratic and Labour Party
Date: 2 March 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Executive Office Delivery Unit
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5432787

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Thank you, deputy First Minister. To be clear, I have no difficulty with the idea of a delivery unit. I used to work in Whitehall: there was one there that did work for a long time, and, as you said, they are used in other devolved jurisdictions. I have no issue with them in principle. The public in Northern Ireland, however, simply do not see delivery from the Executive, and, worse than that, they see no prioritisation of delivery. They see you and the First Minister struggling even to attend the same meeting. To that end, deputy First Minister, will you update the House on clear and precise priorities not just for the delivery unit but for the whole Executive? Two years on from the restoration of the institutions, whether it is on waiting lists, on which, I understand, work is going on, Casement Park or the Maze, the —

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 2101/22-27.

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