Finance Minister John O'Dowd announced £102.6 million for six projects under the final tranche of the UK government's £235 million transformation fund.

The Department of Health will receive £42 million for an e-pharmacy programme that replaces paper prescriptions with an electronic system for more than 45 million items issued annually.

A further £29.2 million will go to the Department of Health for the Together for Families project, matched by £30 million from the National Lottery Community Fund, to strengthen 29 family support hubs.

The Department for Communities is allocated £16 million for a pathway to work and well-being scheme that links employability and health services.

The Department of Finance receives £6 million for a digital workplace solution to modernise records management across the Northern Ireland Civil Service, and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency receives £5.3 million to develop data linkage.

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs is allocated £4 million, supplemented by £5.6 million from the Irish government's Shared Island Fund, for a pilot project on bovine tuberculosis control.

The funding runs until 2029. Health Minister Mike Nesbitt said the e-pharmacy system could take two to three years to become available to patients. Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said the allocation completes the transformation fund agreed in the 2024 restoration package.