To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the anticipated start date for the public consultation on the Heritage, Culture and Creativity policy, given that the previously indicated Autumn 2025 timeframe has now passed; and (ii) the timetable for the publication of the policy, including the associated collective action plan, and implementation reporting mechanisms.

Heritage, Culture & Creativity is a programme through which I am delivering new policies for public libraries, museums, the arts and the historic environment.

Preparation of public consultations in relation to each of the new policies is at an advanced stage and I anticipate that these will open, in sequence, over the coming months.

Publication of the final policies will follow once consultation responses have been analysed and taken into account. A Heritage, Culture and Creativity

action plan will be published when the policies are complete.