The Executive Office has published an Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) on the proposals for the Department’s budget allocation for 2024-2025. The process aims to avoid any adverse impacts and where possible take action to mitigate these. The EQIA examines the options for budget reductions and the equality impacts of these.

The deadline for responses to the EQIA is 8^th November 2024 and you can find the plan on the Executive Office’s website here:

https://www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk/consultations/consultation-executive-office-budget-allocation-2024-2025-equality-impact-assessment