Debate contribution: Strategic Investment Board: Recruitment
Debate contribution by Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly on .
- MLA
- Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 11 May 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Strategic Investment Board: Recruitment
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5523726
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That is not the case at all. Let us take a look at the record of agreement. We have agreed a Programme for Government and nine key priorities: everything from tackling health waiting lists to affordable childcare for families to growing our economy. Yes, there will always be some things that we do not agree on. However, as highlighted, we are discussing, for example, the SIB appointments to make sure that they are fit for purpose. That is why I am in this role. I am not here simply to rubber-stamp things that come through my desk but to scrutinise them and make sure that what we do matches the outcome that we want to see. I want to see delivery. I want to see progress, not process. I want to see each and every Department delivering against what we have agreed in that Programme for Government. In the next couple of weeks, we will release our Programme for Government report, which will highlight a wide range of progress against a number of targets. However, we must do more. That means a willingness and real focus from each and every member of the Executive.
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