Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has launched the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland’s (PRONI) five‑year strategy for 2026-2031, ’Building our future by preserving our past’.

Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald has announced that mobile crushing and screening equipment manufacturer, Roco, is investing £2.5m in a factory expansion and 30 new jobs.

I welcome the opportunity to update Members today on progress with the affordable rent programme. I am pleased to announce that I have now made an award of £61.5m Financial Transactions Capital loan funding to Maple and May. I can also now provide more information on the locations where we will see the first affordable homes of this type delivered here in Northern Ireland.

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has launched the first-ever Affordable Rent programme for lower income households in Northern Ireland.

Education Minister Paul Givan has today launched a 16-week public consultation on a new world-leading Northern Ireland Curriculum, marking a major milestone in the TransformED programme to deliver excellence and equity across the education system.