Debate contribution: Education (Holiday Meal Payments) Bill: Second Stage
Debate contribution by Mr Danny Baker on .
- MLA
- Mr Danny Baker
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 13 April 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Private Members' Business
- Heading
- Education (Holiday Meal Payments) Bill: Second Stage
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5483773
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You made an interesting point. I call that a fugazi. What you did there was interesting. Officials come in and do the exact same thing at our Committee. On 10 December, a senior official came in and used that sort of language: "Of the overall budget, it is only 0·4%" or whatever they said — "It is a small proportion". They were talking about the overall budget when it comes to TransformED. You cannot have it both ways. You cannot say that we have disposable money and only take the percentage off that. If officials and senior officials are going to come to the Committee and play that game in front of MLAs, come on.
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