Summary
The 2025-26 Draft Budget was announced by the Finance Minister on the 19th December 2024. This provides the Draft Resource and Capital investment funding allocations to departments for the 2025-26 budget period.
The Department of Health’s Equality Impact Assessment document provides an Equality Impact Assessment of the 2025-26 Draft Budget for the Department, and we are seeking your comments on the equality implications.
Documents
- Draft Budget 2025-26 - Equality Impact Assessment
- Draft Budget 2025-26 - Rural Needs Impact Assessment
Consultation description
The consultation document sets out the Department’s assessment of the Draft 2025-26 Budget for the Department and the potential impact on service delivery, patients, and clients.
It sets out, at a strategic level, the steps the Department is taking in order to continue to deliver its functions and protect the safety of patients, clients and other services users and those measures that may be necessary in order for the Department to contain its spending within the limits set.
Draft 2025-26 Budget Equality Assessment
The Department of Health’s Equality Impact Assessment document provides an Equality Impact Assessment of the Draft 2025-26 Budget.
Comments on the Department of Health Equality Impact Assessment can be submitted from 15 January 2025.
The Department of Finance has asked all Departments to provide them with details of their screening, impact assessments and consultations, including the outcome of these, so that a summary can be provided to the Executive alongside the final Budget proposals.
In order for consultation responses to be shared with the Department of Finance we would appreciate early responses by 28 February however the consultation will remain open until 9 April 2025.
All responses will be considered as part of the Department of Health funding decisions.
Comments on the Departments 2025-26 Draft Budget Equality Impact Assessment can be submitted by email.