Debate contribution: Public Services Reform and Transformation
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
- Public Services Reform and Transformation
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5523740
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Text
As I have already said, things take much too long, and people are deeply frustrated by a lack of delivery. At times, I am deeply frustrated by how long things take. We cannot continue to do things as we have been doing them. We have to have change. We have to place a focus on delivery. That is why, at an early stage, the First Minister and I had discussions about what we could do to create game changers in the system that, although small, would bring about transformation. I often refer to the big issues as being like big ships that we need to turn in the harbour, but we know, from looking at experience elsewhere, that delivery units can be the tugboats that support the making of tangible difference on key issues. That is what we need. It is not just about sitting at the centre in the Executive Office but about working across Departments, breaking out of silos and bringing about the results that we want to see.
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