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Finance

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Data Viz Finance 

Departmental forecasting and analysis: Most recent update

9th November 202210th November 2022 Public Finance Scrutiny Unit

Reading Time: < 1 minutes This dashboard visually presents Northern Ireland’s departmental Total Forecast Outturn (TFO) data – capital and resource spending – when released

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Finance 

Spring Statement 2022: Blossoming prospects for NI?

25th March 202211th May 2022 Nathan Mulholland

Reading Time: 4 minutes By Nathan Mulholland and Eileen Regan On 23 March 2022, the United Kingdom (UK) Chancellor delivered his 2022 Spring Statement,

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A screenshot from the COVID-19 funding snapshot dashboard
COVID-19 Finance 

Snapshot of COVID-19 Funding: Department for Communities

14th April 202114th April 2021 Rachel Keyes

Reading Time: < 1 minutes This visualisation provides a series of interactive graphs compiled by the Assembly’s Research and Information Service (RaISe), which offer a

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COVID-19 Culture & Sport Finance 

How has Arts Council NI COVID-19 emergency funding been distributed to arts organisations?

9th March 20219th March 2021 Karen McCallion

Reading Time: 3 minutes By James Bamford, Karen McCallion & Thomas Procter The Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) has the role of distributing

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A summary of COVID-19 funding
COVID-19 Finance 

A snapshot of COVID-19 funding (updated)

10th December 202010th December 2020 Rachel Keyes

Reading Time: < 1 minutes This visualisation provides a series of interactive graphs compiled by the Assembly’s Research and Information Service (RaISe), which offer a

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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

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A graph showing COVID-19 funding by department and support category
COVID-19 Finance 

A snapshot of COVID-19 funding

30th September 202030th September 2020 Rachel Keyes

Reading Time: < 1 minutes This visualisation provides a series of interactive graphs compiled by the Assembly’s Research and Information Service (RaISe), which offer a

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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

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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

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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

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