Debate contribution: Domestic Electricity Support
Debate contribution by Dr Caoimhe Archibald on .
- MLA
- Dr Caoimhe Archibald
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 19 May 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Domestic Electricity Support
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5549480
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I thank the Member for his question. I am sure that he will recognise that the financial constraints that the Executive are under do not put us in a position to be able to deliver the public services that we want and need to be able to deliver, while also supporting people with the cost of living. That is why, along with my Executive colleagues, we continue to make the case for a fairer funding settlement for people here. That work is ongoing and hopefully, in the next short period, will be fruitful. As the Member will be aware as Chair of the Finance Committee, there are contingency arrangements in place, which, in the unfortunate situation that we are in, allow the use of up to 95% of the cash budget for last year by permanent secretaries. Advice has been given in that regard. I do not want to be in that situation. I want us to have an agreed Budget. Every member of the Executive wants us to have an agreed Budget. That is why we continue to make the case, why we have been working on that for a number of months and why, I believe, we are making good progress and, hopefully, will see a fruitful solution in the very near future.
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