Report on the Minister for Finance’s 2026-29/30 Draft Budget
Appendices
Appendix 1 - Minutes of Proceedings
- 01 October 2025 (See section 8)
- 10 December 2025 (See section 6)
- 14 January 2026 (Seee section 3.5)
- 28 January 2026 (See section 5.1)
- 04 February 2026 (See section 5.9)
- 11 February 2026 (See sections 5.9 and 5.15)
- 18 February 2026 (See sections 10 and 12)
- 25 February 2026 (See sections 3 and 6)
- 04 March 2026 (See section 5.6)
- 11 March 2026 (See section 10)
- 18 March 2026 (See section 10)
- 25 March 2026 (See sections 3.5 and 5.2)
Appendix 2 - Minutes of Evidence
- 01 October 2025 - Department of Finance briefing
- 10 December 2025 - Minister of Finance briefing
- 18 February 2026 - NERI, Pivotal and UUECP briefing
- 18 February 2026 - Department of Finance briefing (SSE's 2025-26 and Vote on Account 2026-27)
- 18 February 2026 - Department of Finance briefing
- 25 February 2026 - Northern Ireland Fiscal Council briefing
- 15 April 2026 - Department of Finance briefing (Multi-Year Budget, Reserve Claim and Open Book Exercise)
- 15 April 2026 - Committee Report on Draft Budget 2026 - 2029/30
Appendix 3 - Papers from the Department of Finance
- 06 January 2026 - Minister of Finance Written Ministerial Statement Draft Budget 2026 to 2029/30 (PDF, 19 pages, 443 KB.)
- 08 January 2026 - Draft Budget 2026 to 2029/30 Fact Sheet ( PDF, 10 pages, 248 KB.)
- 12 January 2026 - Minister of Finance Oral Statement Draft Budget 2026 to 2029/30 ( PDF, 49 pages, 628 KB.)
- 19 March 2026 - Minister of Finance Written Ministerial Statement Public Expenditure 2025-26 Reserve Claim ( PDF, 4 pages, 100 KB.)
Appendix 4 - Written Submissions
- 25 November 2025 - Nevin Economic Research Institute Research paper (PDF, 55 pages, 2.1 MB.)
- 25 November 2025 - Nevin Economic Research Institute - Fiscal Sustainability for Northern Ireland (PDF, 11 pages, 93 KB.)
- 10 December 2025 - Pivotal - Multi-Year Budget (PDF, 25 pages, 181 KB.)
- 05 January 2026 - Construction Employers Federation press release - Agreement on Multi-Year Budget (PDF, 3 pages, 302 KB.)
- 06 January 2026 - Construction Employers Federation - Reaction to proposed Draft Multi-Year Budget (PDF, 2 pages, 195 KB.)
- 08 January 2026 - Construction Employers Federation response - Draft Multi-Year Budget (PDF, 9 pages, 272 KB.)
- 02 February 2026 - Education Committee response - Draft Multi-Year Budget (PDF, 3 pages, 236 KB.)
- 04 February 2026 - The Executive Office Committee response - Draft Multi-Year Budget (PDF, 12 pages, 222 KB.)
- 12 February 2026 - Pivotal - Written briefing - Draft Multi-Year Budget (PDF, 3 pages, 80 KB.)
- 19 February 2026 - Audit Committee response - Draft Multi-Year Budget (PDF, 3 pages, 399 KB.)
- 27 February 2026 - Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee response Draft Multi-Year Budget (PDF, 2 pages, 115 KB.)
- 27 February 2026 - Justice Committee response - Draft Multi-Year Budget (PDF, 16 pages, 620 KB.)
- 02 March 2026 - Infrastructure Committee response - Draft Multi-Year Budget (PDF, 7 pages, 364 KB.)
- 12 March 2026 - Communities Committee response - Draft Multi-Year Budget (PDF, 8 pages, 351 KB.)
- 17 April 2026 - Economy Committee response - Draft Multi-Year Budget (PDF, 46 pages, 1.2 MB.)
- 17 April 2026 - Health Committee response - Draft Multi-Year Budget (PDF, 18 pages, 381 KB.)
