Debate contribution: Children’s Respite Services

Debate contribution by Mr Mike Nesbitt on 5 May 2026.

MLA: Mr Mike Nesbitt
Party at the time: Ulster Unionist Party
Date: 5 May 2026
Type: Debate contribution (made as a minister)
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Children’s Respite Services
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5524664

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I will ignore the accusation of being cynical and address the fundamental. The five trusts have confirmed final funding for the financial year 2025-26 across a range of proposals. The amount of funding, which is rounded up, is as follows: Belfast Trust, £2·2 million; Northern Trust, £1·4 million; South Eastern Trust, £2·1 million; Southern Trust, £1·4 million; and Western Trust, £2·2 million. That is a total of approximately £9·4 million, so, therefore, there is approximately £3·7 million of slippage against the original funding of £13·1 million. I apologise for that, but I do not apologise for the ambition in securing £13·1 million, and it is recurrent funding.

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