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| Wilson details £367m budget cuts | Wilson details £367m budget cuts |
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| Finance minister Sammy Wilson has been outlining how £367m is going to be cut from the NI budget next year. | Finance minister Sammy Wilson has been outlining how £367m is going to be cut from the NI budget next year. |
| Mr Wilson said water charges would continue to be deferred in 2010-11, at a cost of £213m to the executive. | Mr Wilson said water charges would continue to be deferred in 2010-11, at a cost of £213m to the executive. |
| The Department of Health faces cuts of £113.5m and the Department of Regional Development faces cuts of £80.5m. | |
| Health Minister Michael McGimpsey said he had not agreed the cuts and would resist them "very strongly". | Health Minister Michael McGimpsey said he had not agreed the cuts and would resist them "very strongly". |
| "I'm not satisified, I have not agreed that. I made it quite clear to Sammy Wilson and the executive colleagues I do not agree that," he said. | "I'm not satisified, I have not agreed that. I made it quite clear to Sammy Wilson and the executive colleagues I do not agree that," he said. |
| Budget cuts for executive departments Agriculture: £9.7mCulture: £25.9mEducation: £73.7mEmployment & learning: £28.7mEnterprise: £11.2mEvironment: £4.2mFinance: £6.2mHealth: £113.5mRegional development: £80.5mSocial development: £30.3mOFMDFM: £9.3m | |
| "Whilst you can bandy figures around, weasel words over percentages, the fact is health's the big loser over this, losing over £100m in monies from a budget that is already seriously under-resourced." | "Whilst you can bandy figures around, weasel words over percentages, the fact is health's the big loser over this, losing over £100m in monies from a budget that is already seriously under-resourced." |
| However, Mr Wilson said: "There are limited options available to the Executive in terms of the scope to raise this amount of funding. | However, Mr Wilson said: "There are limited options available to the Executive in terms of the scope to raise this amount of funding. |
| "Therefore, the only realistic option was to examine the existing spending plans of local departments. | "Therefore, the only realistic option was to examine the existing spending plans of local departments. |
| "The Executive was critically aware of the need to protect priority frontline services where possible. | "The Executive was critically aware of the need to protect priority frontline services where possible. |
| "Therefore, a targeted approach has been adopted with, for example, the lowest level of savings in percentage terms for current spending proposed for the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety." | "Therefore, a targeted approach has been adopted with, for example, the lowest level of savings in percentage terms for current spending proposed for the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety." |
| The plans now go out to consultation with the Assembly and need to be agreed by the start of the new financial year "to minimise the potential disruption to public services", Mr Wilson added. | The plans now go out to consultation with the Assembly and need to be agreed by the start of the new financial year "to minimise the potential disruption to public services", Mr Wilson added. |
| The Executive has proposed £26m go to an Invest to Save Fund to help departments with the upfront costs required to make savings. | The Executive has proposed £26m go to an Invest to Save Fund to help departments with the upfront costs required to make savings. |