The new Stormont budget will not deliver all the money needed, the new Education Authority chief has warned.
Last week, Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald said she has received resource bids from ministers for public services that are more than three times the available budget.Richard Pengelly, chief executive of the Education Authority, which delivers all education services in the region, said he expects the budget to be “incredibly difficult”.“I don’t think anyone in public service provision is under any illusions that whatever the budget is, it’s going to be incredibly difficult,” he said.
“So the brutal reality is we’re not going to get the funding settlement that we want or indeed we need in terms of service provision, so the way forward is going to land on some really hard-nose choices and I think the best thing that we can do with schools is be honest that we’re not going to have a financial settlement that solves the problem but that what we are prepared to do is have conversations about prioritisation.
“I genuinely hope that that will be a sort of hunkering down for a year or two and that the dial will start to turn in terms of the financial position, but I genuinely worry that, in terms of many services, we’re rapidly approaching the point at which they become unsustainable.Mr Pengelly continued: “The Executive hasn’t been back for very long.
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