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    Executive calls on Prime Minister to meet to address mounting financial pressures

    13 August 2026
    The Executive Office

    The letter, signed by all Executive Ministers outlines the considerable financial pressures facing the Executive..

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    The Executive Office launches consultation on Artificial Intelligence Strategy

    12 August 2026
    The Executive Office

    First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly have today launched a consultation on the...

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    11 August 2026
    Department for Infrastructure

    Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has visited the recently refurbished Traffic Information and Control Centre (TICC)...

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    This section covers the work of the Northern Ireland Executive, which includes the Programme for Government, Budget and Economic Strategy and the Executive Action Plan on Tackling Paramilitary Activity, Criminality and Organised Crime.

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    The Budget provides the Executive with an opportunity to improve the lives of people in Northern Ireland by allocating resources to high priority areas.

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    The Programme for Government (PfG) sets the strategic context for both the Budget and the Investment Strategy for Northern Ireland.

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    Latest publications

    • Quarterly child protection statistics for Northern Ireland April - June 2026

      Department for Health Published 13 August 2026
    • Public Consultation Responses to the 2024 Review of the List of Bodies and Persons set out in the Schedule to the Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

      Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Published 13 August 2026
    • Privacy Notice - Historic Environment Policy Public Consultation

      Department for Communities Published 13 August 2026
    • Proposed amendments to the Schedule of Classes of Development in the Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015.

      Department for Infrastructure Published 13 August 2026
    • FE Circular 11/26 - Advance ME Further source of funding and CDR guidance

      Department for the Economy Published 13 August 2026
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    Latest consultations

    • Consultation on proposed changes to the Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

      Department for Infrastructure Closes 09 November 2026
    • Traffic Calming Scheme - Ashgrove Road, Newtownabbey

      Department for Infrastructure Closes 15 September 2026
    • The U7402 Old Bog Road, Moy (Abandonment and Stopping-Up) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

      Department for Infrastructure Closes 21 September 2026
    • Heat networks in Northern Ireland - protecting consumers and setting up regulation

      Department for the Economy Closes 01 October 2026
    • The Value for Money Framework: Consultation

      Department for Communities Closes 01 September 2026
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