June Monitoring Round: DCAL Bid

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Arts and Leisure – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 2:30 pm on 6 October 2015.

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Photo of Samuel Gardiner Samuel Gardiner UUP 2:30, 6 October 2015

T8. Mr Gardiner asked the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure for an update on her bid in the June monitoring round for capital and resource. (AQT 2948/11-16)

Photo of Carál Ní Chuilín Carál Ní Chuilín Sinn Féin

The Member will be aware that the June monitoring round still has not been agreed.

Photo of Samuel Gardiner Samuel Gardiner UUP

I will fill you in on this one anyway. Given the delay in deciding the June monitoring round, how does the Minister intend to prioritise her spending for the rest of the year?

Photo of Carál Ní Chuilín Carál Ní Chuilín Sinn Féin

I do not need the Member to fill me in on that. I am more than aware of my Department's budgets, challenges and constraints. Along with my executive team in DCAL, I am working through our budgets and re-profiling them. I hope that, when the Executive next meet, we can sort out the money difficulties that all Departments face.