Fiscal Council Sustainability Report release

2 releases from 2 parties, 7 September 2022 to 27 September 2022.

Each party’s website press releases, in order of publication

1. Aiken welcomes release of Fiscal Council’s Sustainability Report

   • UUP
   • 7 September 2022
   • Response to an event
   • Criticises the northern ireland executive, a minister or department

   UUP Finance Spokesperson Steve Aiken OBE MLA welcomes the Fiscal Council’s Sustainability report, saying it critically examines NI public finances despite no Executive, highlights a £2 bn water service investment need, and calls for better borrowing and spending of allocated funds.

   Original release (opens in a new tab)

2. ‘Health service needs three-year budget to plan for future’ – Gildernew

   • Sinn Féin
   • 27 September 2022
   • Call for action
   • Criticises another northern ireland political party or its representatives
   • Contains a proposal

   Sinn Féin MLA Colm Gildernew calls for an Executive to be formed now so a multi-year budget can be set, and urges an extra £1 billion for health following the Fiscal Council's sustainability report on health. He accuses the DUP of blocking that investment.

   Original release (opens in a new tab)

Parties with no matching press release found on their website

• Alliance: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
• DUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• SDLP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
• TUV: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Green Party: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• PBP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
• Aontú: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.

This does not show that a party said nothing: it may have commented elsewhere, in a release this system did not link to the issue, or in a release that has not been recovered.