AQW 51453/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any steps he is taking to provide greater long-term funding certainty for voluntary and community organisations.
Asked by Eóin Tennyson MLA on 9 September 2026
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 9 September 2026
- Answer due by
- 24 September 2026
- Answered
- 21 September 202612 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
To alleviate some of the immediate pressures that organisations are facing, I approved a decision that my Department cover the three-month period up to 30 June 2026 and subsequently approved a further three-month period up to 30 September 2026, with both allocations based on the opening 2025-26 allocation.
In the absence of an agreed Executive budget no commitment can be made to any future funding or amounts.