Skip to content
Research Matters

Research Matters

A blog from the Northern Ireland Assembly Research and Information Service

Research Matters

  • Agriculture & Environment
    • Agriculture
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Fisheries
    • Rural Affairs
  • Economy & Finance
    • Economy
    • Employment & Labour Market
    • Energy
    • Enterprise & Investment
    • Finance
    • Research & Innovation
  • Education & Skills
    • Education
    • Higher & Further Education
    • Research & Innovation
    • Skills & Training
  • Governance
    • Brexit
    • Democracy & Government
    • Justice
    • Planning
    • Statistics & GIS
  • Health & Society
    • Children & Families
    • Community Relations
    • Culture & Sport
    • Equality
    • Health & Social Care
    • Housing
    • Immigration
    • Third Sector
    • Welfare
  • Infrastructure
    • Energy
    • Infrastructure
    • Transport
    • Water
  • COVID-19

Author: Colin Pidgeon

An image showing a shop closing down.
Finance 

Northern Ireland economy: Autumn 2020 update

8th October 20208th October 2020 Colin Pidgeon

Reading Time: 8 minutes As Northern Ireland (NI) emerges from the widespread COVID-19 public health crisis into a phase of more localised outbreaks and

Read more
Stormont Estate in the autumn
Finance 

Autumn Statement and NI Budget 2021-22. NI public finances update no.2 (Autumn 2020)

22nd September 202022nd September 2020 Colin Pidgeon

Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog article is the second of two providing updates on NI’s public finances: Update no.1 looks back to a

Read more
Image by Department of Finance: http://www.greenflagaward.org.uk/park-summary/?park=2343
Finance 

Poundhog Day: The UK Chancellor’s Summer Statement. NI public finances update no.1 (Summer 2020)

22nd September 202022nd September 2020 Colin Pidgeon

Reading Time: 8 minutes The summer months are often quiet times for NI public finances. But, like so much else about 2020, this summer

Read more
An image showing an urban road at night with very little traffic
COVID-19 Finance 

Fiscal ball gazing: How could the COVID-19 crisis affect NI’s public finances?

22nd June 202022nd June 2020 Colin Pidgeon Devolution - Fiscal Framework & Scotland Bill devolution settlement, Fiscal policy and the annual Budget

Reading Time: 9 minutes Governments around the world have undertaken very significant, and hugely costly, actions attempting to prop up businesses and employment through

Read more
Image of piggy bank and scrabble tiles spelling out the word budget
Finance 

UK Chancellor’s Budget 2020: Implications for Northern Ireland

13th March 202026th March 2020 Colin Pidgeon Fiscal policy and the annual Budget

Reading Time: 8 minutes The recently appointed UK Chancellor presented his first Budget on Wednesday (as had been planned by his predecessor). It was

Read more
Finance 

An independent Fiscal Council for Northern Ireland: What might it look like?

21st January 202023rd January 2020 Colin Pidgeon Fiscal policy and the annual Budget

Reading Time: 6 minutes The recent New Decade, New Approach deal to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland contains considerable commitments to financial support but

Read more
An image showing free sanitary products in a box
Education Health & Social Care 

Free periods? Period poverty, its impact on education, and policy responses to the issue

5th September 20195th September 2019 Colin Pidgeon Taxation

Reading Time: 7 minutes Period poverty is a topical issue, globally and within the United Kingdom (UK). Recently, there has been some concern about

Read more
An image of an empty wallet
Finance 

Reclaiming the power of the purse

17th October 201727th March 2018 Colin Pidgeon Fiscal policy and the annual Budget

Reading Time: 5 minutes Half way through the fiscal year, Northern Ireland (NI) still has no 2017-18 budget. A previous blog, Who has the

Read more
The word 'budget' spelled in Scrabble tiles
Finance 

Who has the power of the purse if the Assembly does not agree a budget?

9th March 201717th July 2017 Colin Pidgeon Fiscal policy and the annual Budget

Reading Time: 6 minutes Piecing together a budget is one of the most fundamental activities of government. But in Northern Ireland (NI) there is

Read more
A mole emerging from molehill (image by Stefan Didam and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons)
Finance 

Autumn Statement 2016: a fiscal molehill?

2nd December 20166th July 2017 Colin Pidgeon

Reading Time: 4 minutes Has the Chancellor’s statement had the mountainous impact on the Executive’s budget that was expected?

Read more
  • ← Previous

About

This blog provides an opportunity for the Northern Ireland Assembly Research and Information Service (RaISe) to produce short, topical articles in an accessible format, primarily for MLAs and their support staff, but also for a wider audience. RaISe employs subject specialists and library professionals to provide research and information in support of Assembly business. We produce written and oral briefings in an impartial, objective, timely and non-partisan manner. You can find out more about our work by visiting the RaISe pages on the Northern Ireland Assembly Website.

Copyright

The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission’s copyright policy can be viewed on our website.

Contact

Research and Information Service
Northern Ireland Assembly
Ballymiscaw
Stormont
Belfast
BT4 3XX
Phone: 028 9041 8320
Click here to submit feedback

Subscribe to the Blog

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Links

Blog archive (All blogs before 2020)
NI Assembly
RaISe
Research Publications
Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS)
@AssembyLibrary
Privacy Notice
Copyright © 2023 Research Matters. All rights reserved.
Theme: ColorMag by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.

We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website.

You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings.

Research Matters
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

 

Our Privacy Notice sets out out how the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission uses and protects the information we collect from you, or that you provide to us, in relation to the Research Matters blog, www.assemblyresearchmatters.org. Please read this notice to understand our views and practices regarding personal data and how we will treat it.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.

Cookie Policy

More information about the Cookies that are used

Research Matters uses the following cookies:

Cookie Name

Cookie Category

Description Duration
wordpress_

2

WordPress cookie for a logged in user. session
wordpress_logged_in_

2

WordPress cookie for a logged in user session
wordpress_test_

2

WordPress cookie for a logged in user session
wordpress_test_cookie

2

WordPress test cookie session
wp-settings-

1

Wordpress also sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. 1 year
wp-settings-time-

2

Wordpress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. 1 year
PHPSESSID

1

To identify your unique session on the website session
SESS

1

To ensure that you are recognised when you move from page to page within the site and that any information you have entered is remembered. session
__utma

2

This cookie keeps track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site pertaining to the cookie, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred. Google Analytics uses the information from this cookie to calculate things like Days and Visits to purchase. permanent
__utmb

2

__utmb is a Google Analytics cookie. It takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor enters a site. session
__utmc

2

__utmc takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor leaves a site. 30 mins
uvc

2

The uvc cookie is one of the cookies used to track usage of the Addthis.com service. It allows a user to share a webpage with many social sites. 1 day
catAccCookies

1

Cookie set by the UK cookie consent plugin to record that you accept the fact that the site uses cookies. 30 days
__utmz

2

Keeps track of where the visitor came from, what search engine you used, what link you clicked on, what keyword you used, and where they were in the world when you accessed a website. This cookie is how Google Analytics knows to whom and to what source / medium / keyword to assign the credit for a Goal Conversion or an Ecommerce Transaction. 6 months

 

 

Simple List of Cookie Categories

 

1.Strictly necessary cookies – these cookies enable services you have specifically asked for
2.Performance cookies – these cookies collect anonymous information on the pages visited
3.Functionality cookies – these cookies remember choices you make to improve your experience