evidence: That extra funding will be distributed in June in the Executive’s first in-year monitoring round, which is the process by which new or unspent funds are allocated against bids from various departments. [...] The £3.3 billion financial package will have already been spent in Northern Ireland prior to the start of the 2026/27 financial year. This had prompted concerns that Stormont would face a financial cliff edge when the additional support dried up. [...] The Executive in Belfast agreed a budget package last month that Ms Archibald acknowledged had left all departments short of what they required.