Under the draft budget for 2026/27, only four departments would see a mild increase in their budgets – education, health, justice and infrastructure.
However, the figures currently do not reflect any potential overspend by departments for this year.
Health Minister Mike Nesbitt had previously said he was on course to bust his budget by up to £100m to meet the cost of pay awards for healthcare workers this year.
Education Minister Paul Givan has also made clear staffing and teacher pay costs mean he will struggle to balance his budget for this year.
Alliance leader and Stormont Justice Minister Naomi Long said “toxicity” between the parties needs to stop in order to focus on delivery.
“We don’t have forever in this mandate, we’ve got to inject pace into this and we won’t do that by taking each other on in the chamber week by week,” she said.
“My department I know will suffer next year… we have got to deliver within our means.”