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 5523744
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It is an exceptionally important issue. I commend the Member for all the work that she is doing on the Finance Committee to drive the agenda of transformation, efficiency and reform across our Civil Service and public sector. As I said, we cannot continue to do things as we have done them. We have to have fundamental change. People are fed up with our tinkering around the edges. They want something significant. They want game changers. They want us to wake up, cut through the processes and make progress on the things that will improve their lives. I have continuously pursued that mantra, as has the Member, and I know that our party, the DUP, will continue to push for that being done. In the Executive, it is critical that we work with the Finance Minister, the First Minister and the head of the Civil Service to drive the reform agenda across every Department and every aspect of our public service.
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