The speech will mark the end to a tempestuous year for Mr Robinson The DUP’s leader is set to tell his party’s annual conference that dissident republicans should not be allowed to hold back progress.
Peter Robinson is also expected to express confidence that the Stormont parties will be able to agree a budget.
PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott has said that the threat from dissidents remains severe in Northern Ireland.
Mr Robinson will say that the police should not “take their foot off the pedal” when tackling this threat.
Despite the economic downturn, he will try to accentuate the positive, paying tribute to the skilled workforce available locally and expressing confidence that the Stormont parties can resolve their difference over the budget.
Northern Ireland’s parties have clashed over a draft budget, with Sinn Fein calling on the executive to resist “Tory cuts” and the DUP appealing for “realism”.
Both Mr Robinson and the deputy first minister, Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness, have said recently that they expect a budget to be agreed.
BBC NI political editor Mark Devenport said that the speech would mark the end to a tempestuous year for Mr Robinson.
“It has encompassed the revelations about his wife Iris’ personal and financial affairs and the loss of his East Belfast seat. But he has proven wrong those who predicted he would not still be leader by the end of the year.”
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