Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Finance – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 2:30 pm on 9 April 2024.
T1. Mr O'Toole asked the Minister of Finance, after declaring an interest as the parent of a child at one of the affected schools, to state which Minister — Finance or Education — is correct about who made the decision to remove funding from integrated schools, given that, having asked the Finance Minister and the Education Minister separate questions about the date on which they were informed that the UK Government had removed the ring fence from Fresh Start funding, the Education Minister said that he had been informed by the Finance Minister on 13 February that the ring fence had been removed, while the Finance Minister said that she informed the Education Minister and other Executive colleagues on 5 March 2024. (AQT 151/22-27)