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href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Emma_Little-Pengelly" title="Emma Little-Pengelly">Emma Little-Pengelly</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ministries</th><td class="infobox-data">9<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Northern_Ireland_ministers,_government_departments_and_executive_agencies#Ministers" title="List of Northern Ireland ministers, government departments and executive agencies">list</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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Northern Ireland ministers, government departments and executive agencies">Government departments</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="padding-left:1.0em;"> </span><sup>a</sup> Lowercase "d" per <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland#Capitalisation_of_"deputy"" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland">here</a>.</span> </p> <hr /></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Assembly</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly">Speaker</a> <dl><dd><a 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It is answerable to the assembly and was initially established according to the terms of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Act_1998" title="Northern Ireland Act 1998">Northern Ireland Act 1998</a>, which followed the <a href="/wiki/Good_Friday_Agreement" title="Good Friday Agreement">Good Friday Agreement</a> (or Belfast Agreement). The <a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">executive</a> is referred to in the legislation as the <b>Executive Committee</b> of the assembly and is an example of <a href="/wiki/Consociationalism" title="Consociationalism">consociationalist</a> ("power-sharing") government. </p><p>The Northern Ireland Executive consists of the <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister">First Minister and deputy First Minister</a> and various ministers with individual portfolios and remits. The main assembly parties appoint most ministers in the executive, except for the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Justice_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department of Justice (Northern Ireland)">Minister of Justice</a> who is elected by a <a href="/wiki/Cross-community_vote" title="Cross-community vote">cross-community vote</a>. It is one of three devolved governments in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, the others being the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh</a> governments. </p><p>In January 2017, the then deputy First Minister <a href="/wiki/Martin_McGuinness" title="Martin McGuinness">Martin McGuinness</a> resigned in protest over the <a href="/wiki/Renewable_Heat_Incentive_scandal" title="Renewable Heat Incentive scandal">Renewable Heat Incentive scandal</a> and the Northern Ireland Executive consequently collapsed.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The governing of Northern Ireland fell to civil servants in a <a href="/wiki/Caretaker_government" title="Caretaker government">caretaker</a> capacity until January 2020, when the parties signed the <a href="/wiki/New_Decade,_New_Approach" title="New Decade, New Approach">New Decade, New Approach</a> agreement and an Executive was subsequently established.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a> First Minister <a href="/wiki/Paul_Givan" title="Paul Givan">Paul Givan</a> resigned in line with his party's protest over the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Protocol" title="Northern Ireland Protocol">Northern Ireland Protocol</a>, The Northern Ireland Executive collapsed again.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No agreement on power-sharing was made after the <a href="/wiki/2022_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2022 Assembly election</a>, and from October 2022 to February 2024, Northern Ireland was governed by civil servants.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 3 February 2024, <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a> was appointed First Minister, the first Irish nationalist to be appointed to the position,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Emma_Little-Pengelly" title="Emma Little-Pengelly">Emma Little-Pengelly</a> as deputy First Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_basis">Legal basis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_Executive&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Legal basis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Executive (and the Assembly) were established in law by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 that followed the Good Friday Agreement and its basis was revised by the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(St_Andrews_Agreement)_Act_2006" title="Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006">Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006</a> that followed the <a href="/wiki/St_Andrews_Agreement" title="St Andrews Agreement">St Andrews Agreement</a> of that year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ministers">Ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_Executive&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 9 May 2016,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the number of ministries and departments of the Northern Ireland Executive was reduced, leaving the following departments:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col 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Ireland)">Minister of Finance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Health_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department of Health (Northern Ireland)">Minister of Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Infrastructure_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland)">Minister for Infrastructure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Justice_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department of Justice (Northern Ireland)">Minister of Justice</a></li></ul> </div> <p>At the same time, various departments were renamed as follows: </p> <ul><li>Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister was renamed Executive Office</li> <li>Department of Agriculture and Rural Development was renamed Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs</li> <li>Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment was renamed Department for the Economy</li> <li>Department of Finance and Personnel was renamed Department of Finance</li> <li>Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety was renamed Department of Health</li> <li>Department for Regional Development was renamed Department for Infrastructure</li> <li>Department for Social Development was renamed Department for Communities</li></ul> <p>The following departments were dissolved: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Culture,_Arts_and_Leisure" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure">Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Environment_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)">Department of the Environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Employment_and_Learning" title="Department for Employment and Learning">Department for Employment and Learning</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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#b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Special:EditPage/Northern Ireland Executive">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2013</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In contrast with <a href="/wiki/Westminster_system" title="Westminster system">Westminster system</a> cabinets, which generally need only be backed by a <a href="/wiki/Majority" title="Majority">majority</a> of legislators, ministerial positions in the Northern Ireland Executive are allocated to parties with significant representation in the Assembly. With the exception of justice, the number of ministries to which each party is entitled is determined by the <a href="/wiki/D%27Hondt_system" class="mw-redirect" title="D'Hondt system">D'Hondt system</a>. </p><p>In effect, major parties cannot be excluded from participation in government and power-sharing is enforced by the system. The form of government is therefore known as <i>mandatory coalition</i> as opposed to <i>voluntary coalition</i> where parties negotiate an agreement to share power. The <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a> (DUP), the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a> (UUP), the <a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance Party of Northern Ireland</a> and some <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">Social Democratic and Labour Party</a> (SDLP) members favour a move towards voluntary coalition in the longer term but this is currently<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (October 2019)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> opposed by <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The executive cannot function if either of the two largest parties refuse to take part, as these parties are allocated the First Minister and deputy First Minister positions. However, other parties are not required to enter the executive even if they are entitled to do so; instead, they can choose to go into <a href="/wiki/Opposition_(parliamentary)" class="mw-redirect" title="Opposition (parliamentary)">opposition</a> if they wish. There were some calls for the SDLP and the UUP to enter opposition after the <a href="/wiki/2007_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2007 Assembly elections</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-uupruleout_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uupruleout-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but ultimately the two parties chose to take the seats in the Executive to which they were entitled. </p><p>In 2010, an exception to the D'Hondt system for allocating the number of ministerial portfolios was made under the <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Castle_Agreement" title="Hillsborough Castle Agreement">Hillsborough Castle Agreement</a> to allow the cross-community <a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance Party of Northern Ireland</a> to hold the politically contentious policing and justice brief when most of those powers were devolved to the Assembly. Devolution took place on 12 April 2010. </p><p>Under D'Hondt, the SDLP would have been entitled to the extra ministerial seat on the revised Executive created by the devolution of policing and justice. Accordingly, both the UUP and SDLP protested that Alliance was not entitled, under the rules of the <a href="/wiki/Good_Friday_Agreement" title="Good Friday Agreement">Good Friday Agreement</a>, to fill the portfolio and refused to support this move. However, Alliance leader <a href="/wiki/David_Ford_(politician)" title="David Ford (politician)">David Ford</a> was elected Minister with the support of the DUP and Sinn Féin. </p><p>On 26 August 2015, the UUP announced it would withdraw from the Executive and form an opposition after all, in response to the assassination of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_McGuigan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kevin McGuigan (page does not exist)">Kevin McGuigan</a>. </p><p>On 25 May 2016 a new executive was announced (three weeks after assembly election). For the first time in the assembly's history, parties that were entitled to ministries (i.e. UUP, SDLP and Alliance) chose instead to go into opposition following a recent bill providing parties with this choice. This meant that the executive was formed only by the two major parties, the DUP and Sinn Féin, and thus giving them more seats in the Executive (with the exception of the Department of Justice which was given to an <a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Independent Unionist</a> MLA, <a href="/wiki/Claire_Sugden" title="Claire Sugden">Claire Sugden</a>, due to this appointment needing cross-community support).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Procedure">Procedure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_Executive&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Procedure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stormont_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_964434.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Stormont_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_964434.jpg/220px-Stormont_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_964434.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Stormont_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_964434.jpg/330px-Stormont_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_964434.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Stormont_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_964434.jpg/440px-Stormont_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_964434.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="505" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Stormont_Castle" title="Stormont Castle">Stormont Castle</a>, seat of the Executive</figcaption></figure> <p>The Executive is co-chaired by the First Minister and deputy First Minister. Its official functions are: </p> <ul><li>acting as a forum for the discussion of, and agreement on, issues which cut across the responsibilities of two or more ministers;</li> <li>prioritising executive and legislative proposals;</li> <li>discussing and agreeing upon significant or controversial matters; and</li> <li>recommending a common position where necessary (e.g. in dealing with external relationships).<sup id="cite_ref-legislation.gov.uk_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-legislation.gov.uk-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Executive meetings are normally held fortnightly, compared to weekly meetings of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">British Cabinet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">Irish Government</a>. Under the Executive's Ministerial Code, ministers are obliged to:<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>operate within the framework of the Programme for Government;</li> <li>support all decisions of the Executive and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a>; and</li> <li>participate fully in the Executive, the <a href="/wiki/North/South_Ministerial_Council" title="North/South Ministerial Council">North/South Ministerial Council</a> and the <a href="/wiki/British-Irish_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="British-Irish Council">British-Irish Council</a>.</li></ul> <p>The Ministerial Code allows any three ministers to request a cross-community vote. The quorum for voting is seven ministers. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dundonald_House_-_3724956_f8d69b20.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Dundonald_House_-_3724956_f8d69b20.jpg/220px-Dundonald_House_-_3724956_f8d69b20.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Dundonald_House_-_3724956_f8d69b20.jpg/330px-Dundonald_House_-_3724956_f8d69b20.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Dundonald_House_-_3724956_f8d69b20.jpg/440px-Dundonald_House_-_3724956_f8d69b20.jpg 2x" data-file-width="623" data-file-height="384" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dundonald_House" title="Dundonald House">Dundonald House</a>, home to various government agencies</figcaption></figure> <p>The current system of devolution has succeeded long periods of direct rule (1974–1999 and 2002–2007), when the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Civil_Service" title="Northern Ireland Civil Service">Northern Ireland Civil Service</a> had a considerable influence on government policy. The legislation which established new departments in 1999 affirmed that "the functions of a department shall at all times be exercised subject to the direction and control of the Minister".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ministerial powers can be conferred by an Act of the Assembly<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and ministers can also exercise executive powers which are vested in the <a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">Crown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ministers are also subject to several limitations, including the <a href="/wiki/European_Convention_on_Human_Rights" title="European Convention on Human Rights">European Convention on Human Rights</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_Union_law" class="mw-redirect" title="European Union law">European Union law</a>, other international obligations of the UK,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a requirement not to discriminate on religious or political grounds,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and having no power over <a href="/wiki/Reserved_and_excepted_matters" class="mw-redirect" title="Reserved and excepted matters">reserved and excepted matters</a> (which are held by the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Government">United Kingdom Government</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ministerial decisions can be challenged by a petition of 30 <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a> members. This action can be taken for alleged breaches of the Ministerial Code and on "matters of public importance". The Speaker of the Assembly must consult political party leaders in the Assembly (who are often also ministers) before deciding whether the subject is a matter of public importance. Successful petitions will then be considered by the Executive.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The number of ministers and their responsibilities can be changed when a department is being established or dissolved. The proposal must be made by the First Minister and the deputy First Minister and be carried by a cross-community vote in the Assembly. The number of departments was initially limited to 10 but this increased to 11 upon the devolution of justice.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ministers are disqualified from holding office if appointed to the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">Government of Ireland</a> or as the chairman or deputy chairman of an <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a> (Irish Parliament) committee.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Strategies">Strategies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_Executive&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Strategies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Good_Friday_Agreement" title="Good Friday Agreement">Good Friday Agreement</a> states that the Executive will "seek to agree each year, and review as necessary" a Programme for Government incorporating an agreed budget.<sup id="cite_ref-legislation.gov.uk_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-legislation.gov.uk-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following programmes for government have been published to date: </p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/politics/programme/pfg2000/draftpfg.pdf">Draft Programme for Government (2001–2002)</a> (25 October 2000)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/politics/programme/pfg2001/pfg2001d.pdf">Draft Programme for Government (2002–2003)</a> (24 September 2001)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/pfgfinal.pdf">Programme for Government 2008–2011</a> (22 January 2008)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/pfg-2011-2015-final-report.pdf">Programme for Government 2011–2015</a> (12 March 2012)</li></ul> <p>The following budgets have been published to date: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/20px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/30px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text" style="width: auto;"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_Executive&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2011</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/politics/programme/2010-01-22_final-budget.pdf">Budget 2008–11</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/politics/programme/2011-03-07_revised-budget.pdf">Budget 2011–15</a></li></ul> <p>Under the <a href="/wiki/St_Andrews_Agreement" title="St Andrews Agreement">St Andrews Agreement</a>, the Executive is obliged to adopt strategies on the following policy matters: </p> <ul><li>enhancing and protecting the development of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish language</a>;</li> <li>enhancing and developing <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Scots_people" title="Ulster Scots people">Ulster Scots</a> language, heritage and culture; and</li> <li>tackling poverty, social exclusion and patterns of deprivation based on objective need.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister published a child poverty strategy in March 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The wider anti-poverty strategy was carried over from direct rule in November 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of November 2011, neither an Irish language strategy nor an Ulster Scots strategy had been adopted. The <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Culture,_Arts_and_Leisure" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure">Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure</a> states that a <i>Strategy for Indigenous or Regional Minority Languages</i> "will be presented to the Executive in due course".<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_Executive&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Northern_Ireland_Executives" title="List of Northern Ireland Executives">List of Northern Ireland Executives</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1974">1974</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_Executive&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1974"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive_(1974)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Ireland Executive (1974)">Northern Ireland Executive</a> was established on 1 January 1974, following the <a href="/wiki/Sunningdale_Agreement" title="Sunningdale Agreement">Sunningdale Agreement</a>. It comprised a voluntary coalition between the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">Social Democratic and Labour Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance Party of Northern Ireland</a>, with the UUP's Brian Faulkner in the position of Chief Executive. It was short-lived, collapsing on 28 May 1974 due to the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Workers%27_Council_strike" title="Ulster Workers' Council strike">Ulster Workers' Council strike</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">the Troubles</a> continued in the absence of a political settlement. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composition_since_devolution">Composition since devolution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_Executive&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Composition since devolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="16">Historical composition of the Northern Ireland Executive </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">Executive (<a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Assembly</a>) </th> <th rowspan="3">Date </th> <th rowspan="3">Event </th> <th colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Consociationalism" title="Consociationalism">Mandatory coalition</a>:<br /><a href="/wiki/Executive_Office_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Executive Office (Northern Ireland)">Executive Office</a> </th> <th colspan="2" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Cross-community_vote" title="Cross-community vote">Cross-community</a><br />appointment: <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Justice_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department of Justice (Northern Ireland)">Justice</a> </th> <th colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/D%27Hondt_method" title="D'Hondt method">D'Hondt method</a> allocation </th> <th rowspan="3">Vacant </th> <th rowspan="3">Total Ministerial Offices </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister">FM</a> </th> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister">dFM</a> </th> <th style="background-color: #48A5EE"> </th> <th style="background-color: #2AA82C"> </th> <th style="background-color: #D46A4C"> </th> <th style="background-color: #326760"> </th> <th style="background-color: #F6CB2F"> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> (U) </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> (N) </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> (U) </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">SF</a> (N) </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">APNI</a> (O) </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Executive_of_the_1st_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Executive of the 1st Northern Ireland Assembly">1st E.</a> (<a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_1st_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of the 1st Northern Ireland Assembly">1st A.</a>)</b> </td> <td><b>1 July 1998</b> </td> <td><b>formation</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td><b>UUP</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #2AA82C"> </td> <td><b>SDLP</b></td> <td colspan="2"><b>-</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td><b>0</b> </td> <td><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 October 2002 </td> <td>dissolution</td> <td colspan="11">Vacant</td> <td><b>10</b> </td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Executive_of_the_3rd_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Executive of the 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly">2nd E.</a> (<a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_3rd_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of the 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly">3rd A.</a>)</b> </td> <td><b>8 May 2007</b> </td> <td><b>formation</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #D46A4C"> </td> <td><b>DUP</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #326760"> </td> <td><b>SF</b></td> <td colspan="2"><b>-</b></td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>4</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td>0</td> <td><b>0</b> </td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 April 2010 </td> <td>devolution </td> <td style="background-color: #D46A4C"> </td> <td>DUP </td> <td style="background-color: #326760"> </td> <td>SF </td> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F"> </td> <td><b>Alliance</b></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td><b>11</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 March 2011 </td> <td>dissolution</td> <td colspan="11">Vacant</td> <td><b>11</b> </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Executive_of_the_4th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Executive of the 4th Northern Ireland Assembly">3rd E.</a> (<a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_4th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of the 4th Northern Ireland Assembly">4th A.</a>)</b> </td> <td><b>16 May 2011</b> </td> <td><b>formation</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #D46A4C"> </td> <td>DUP </td> <td style="background-color: #326760"> </td> <td>SF </td> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F"> </td> <td><b>Alliance</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>0</b> </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">1 September 2015</span> </td> <td>resignation </td> <td style="background-color: #D46A4C"> </td> <td>DUP </td> <td style="background-color: #326760"> </td> <td>SF </td> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F"> </td> <td>Alliance</td> <td><b>R</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 October 2015 </td> <td>reallocation </td> <td style="background-color: #D46A4C"> </td> <td>DUP </td> <td style="background-color: #326760"> </td> <td>SF </td> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F"> </td> <td>Alliance</td> <td>R</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>5</b></td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>0</b> </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 May 2016 </td> <td>dissolution</td> <td colspan="11">Vacant</td> <td><b>11</b> </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Executive_of_the_5th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Executive of the 5th Northern Ireland Assembly">4th E.</a> (<a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_5th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of the 5th Northern Ireland Assembly">5th A.</a>)</b> </td> <td><b>26 May 2016</b> </td> <td><b>formation</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #D46A4C"> </td> <td>DUP </td> <td style="background-color: #326760"> </td> <td>SF </td> <td style="background-color: #aadfff"> </td> <td><b>Ind. (U)</b> </td> <td>R</td> <td><b>R</b></td> <td><b>4</b></td> <td>3</td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td><b>0</b> </td> <td><b>8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 January 2017 </td> <td>dissolution</td> <td colspan="11">Vacant</td> <td><b>8</b> </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Executive_of_the_6th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Executive of the 6th Northern Ireland Assembly">5th E.</a> (<a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_6th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of the 6th Northern Ireland Assembly">6th A.</a>)</b> </td> <td><b>11 Jan 2020</b> </td> <td><b>formation</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #D46A4C"> </td> <td>DUP </td> <td style="background-color: #326760"> </td> <td>SF </td> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F"> </td> <td><b>Alliance</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td>0</td> <td><b>0</b> </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Executive_of_the_6th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Executive of the 6th Northern Ireland Assembly">5th E.</a> C (<a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_6th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of the 6th Northern Ireland Assembly">6th A.</a>)</b> </td> <td>3 February 2022 </td> <td>collapse </td> <td colspan="4">Vacant </td> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F"> </td> <td>Alliance </td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 March 2022 </td> <td>dissolution<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="4">Vacant </td> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F"> </td> <td>Alliance </td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Executive_of_the_6th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Executive of the 6th Northern Ireland Assembly">5th E.</a> C (<a href="/wiki/7th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="7th Northern Ireland Assembly">7th A.</a>)</b> </td> <td>16 May 2022 </td> <td>reallocation </td> <td colspan="4">Vacant </td> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F"> </td> <td>Alliance </td> <td>1</td> <td><b>R</b></td> <td>3</td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 October 2022 </td> <td>expiry </td> <td colspan="11">Vacant</td> <td><b>8</b> </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Executive_of_the_7th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Executive of the 7th Northern Ireland Assembly">6th E.</a> (<a href="/wiki/7th_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="7th Northern Ireland Assembly">7th A.</a>)</b> </td> <td><b>3 Feb 2024</b> </td> <td><b>formation</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #326760"> </td> <td><b>SF</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #D46A4C"> </td> <td><b>DUP</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F"> </td> <td>Alliance </td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td>3</td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>0</b> </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="16">C = Caretaker ministers under the <a href="/wiki/New_Decade,_New_Approach" title="New Decade, New Approach">New Decade, New Approach agreement</a>; FM, dFM = First and deputy First Minister, each assisted by a <a href="/wiki/Junior_Minister_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Junior Minister (Northern Ireland)">junior minister</a> from their respective parties; R = resigned or refused posts entitled to under the D'Hondt method. </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1998–2002"><span id="1998.E2.80.932002"></span>1998–2002</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_Executive&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1998–2002"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The current Executive was provided for in the <a href="/wiki/Belfast_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast Agreement">Belfast Agreement</a>, signed on 10 April 1998. Designates for <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland">First Minister and deputy First Minister</a> were appointed on 1 July 1998 by the UUP and SDLP, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A full Executive was nominated on 29 November 1999 and took office on 2 December 1999, comprising the UUP, SDLP, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Devolution was suspended for four periods, during which the departments came under the responsibility of <a href="/wiki/Direct_rule_over_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct rule over Northern Ireland">direct rule</a> ministers from the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Office" title="Northern Ireland Office">Northern Ireland Office</a>: </p> <ul><li>between 12 February 2000<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 30 May 2000;<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>on 11 August 2001;<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>on 22 September 2001;<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>between 15 October 2002<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 8 May 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The 2002–2007 suspension followed the refusal of the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a> to share power with <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> after a high-profile <a href="/wiki/Police_Service_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Police Service of Northern Ireland">Police Service of Northern Ireland</a> investigation into an alleged <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army" title="Provisional Irish Republican Army">Provisional Irish Republican Army</a> spy ring.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2007–2011"><span id="2007.E2.80.932011"></span>2007–2011</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_Executive&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2007–2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The second Executive formed in 2007 was led by the DUP and Sinn Féin, with the UUP and SDLP also securing ministerial roles.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, the Executive did not meet between 19 June 2008 and 20 November 2008 due to a boycott by <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a>. This took place during a dispute between the DUP and Sinn Féin over the devolution of policing and justice powers.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Policing and justice powers were devolved on 12 April 2010, with the new <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Justice_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department of Justice (Northern Ireland)">Minister of Justice</a> won by <a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> in a cross-community vote.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011–2016"><span id="2011.E2.80.932016"></span>2011–2016</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_Executive&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2011–2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election">Northern Ireland Assembly election</a> held on 5 May 2011, a third Executive was formed on 16 May 2011 with the same five parties represented. Alliance for the first time gained administration of a department under the D'Hondt system, in addition to the Department of Justice. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)">Peter Robinson</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martin_McGuinness" title="Martin McGuinness">Martin McGuinness</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> were nominated by their parties and appointed as <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister">First Minister and deputy First Minister</a> on 12 May 2011. <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Unionist_Voice" title="Traditional Unionist Voice">Traditional Unionist Voice</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Jim_Allister" title="Jim Allister">Jim Allister</a> opposed the joint appointment.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 May 2011, 10 other Executive ministers (with the exception of the Minister of Justice) and two junior ministers were appointed by their political parties. The Minister of Justice was then elected by the Assembly via a cross-community vote.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 August 2015, the UUP withdrew from the Executive in protest over the alleged involvement of members of the Provisional IRA in the murder of Kevin McGuigan Sr.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Danny Kennedy MLA's position as Minister for Regional Development was later taken over by the DUP, thereby leaving four Northern Irish parties in the power sharing agreement. On 10 September 2015 Peter Robinson stepped down as First Minister, although he did not officially resign. Arlene Foster took over as acting First Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson resumed his duties as First Minister again on 20 October 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the signing of the <a href="/wiki/Fresh_Start_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Fresh Start Agreement">Fresh Start Agreement</a>, Peter Robinson announced his intention to stand down as leader of the DUP and First Minister of Northern Ireland. He subsequently resigned as DUP leader on 18 December 2015, being succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Arlene_Foster" title="Arlene Foster">Arlene Foster</a>. Foster then took office as First Minister on 11 January 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016–2017"><span id="2016.E2.80.932017"></span>2016–2017</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_Executive&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2016–2017"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The fourth Executive was formed following the <a href="/wiki/2016_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election">May 2016 election</a>. The <a href="/wiki/SDLP" class="mw-redirect" title="SDLP">SDLP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance Party</a> left the Executive and formed the Official Opposition for the first time. Ministerial positions were proportionally allocated between the DUP and Sinn Féin, with independent unionist <a href="/wiki/Claire_Sugden" title="Claire Sugden">Claire Sugden</a> serving as Minister of Justice. The government collapsed on 16 January 2017, after <a href="/wiki/Martin_McGuinness" title="Martin McGuinness">Martin McGuinness</a> resigned in protest over the <a href="/wiki/Renewable_Heat_Incentive_scandal" title="Renewable Heat Incentive scandal">Renewable Heat Incentive scandal</a>. His resignation sparked a <a href="/wiki/2017_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election">snap election</a> as Sinn Féin refused to re-nominate a deputy First Minister. </p><p>In 2018, Arlene Foster stated that the ongoing political deadlock was caused by Sinn Féin's insistence on an <a href="/wiki/Irish_Language_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Language Act">Irish Language Act</a> that would grant legal status to the <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish language</a> in Northern Ireland, which Foster's party refuses to allow.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Northern_Ireland_(Executive_Formation)_Act_2019"><span id="Northern_Ireland_.28Executive_Formation.29_Act_2019"></span>Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Act 2019<span class="anchor" id="Northern_Ireland_(Executive_Formation_etc)_Act_2019"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_Executive&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Act 2019"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(Executive_Formation_etc)_Act_2019" title="Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019">Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019</a></div> <p>The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2019 was passed by the UK parliament on 10 July 2019<sup id="cite_ref-formation_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-formation-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and became law on 24 July.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main purpose of the bill was to prevent another election and keep Northern Ireland services running in the absence of a functional devolved government. However, two Labour MPs, <a href="/wiki/Conor_McGinn" title="Conor McGinn">Conor McGinn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stella_Creasy" title="Stella Creasy">Stella Creasy</a>, added amendments that would legalize same-sex marriage and liberalize abortion law (both devolved issues) if the DUP and Sinn Féin could not come to an agreement before 21 October.<sup id="cite_ref-formation_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-formation-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reformation">Reformation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_Executive&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Reformation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2024_Northern_Ireland_Executive_Formation" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Northern Ireland Executive Formation">2024 Northern Ireland Executive Formation</a></div> <p>On 11 January 2020, the Executive was re-formed with <a href="/wiki/Arlene_Foster" title="Arlene Foster">Arlene Foster</a> as First Minister and Sinn Féin's <a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a> as deputy First Minister following the <a href="/wiki/New_Decade,_New_Approach" title="New Decade, New Approach">New Decade, New Approach</a> agreement. All five parties joined the government; other ministers include <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Poots" title="Edwin Poots">Edwin Poots</a> (DUP); <a href="/wiki/Robin_Swann" title="Robin Swann">Robin Swann</a> (UUP), <a href="/wiki/Nichola_Mallon" title="Nichola Mallon">Nichola Mallon</a> (SDLP), <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Lyons" title="Gordon Lyons">Gordon Lyons</a> (DUP), and <a href="/wiki/Declan_Kearney" title="Declan Kearney">Declan Kearney</a> (SF). Alliance Party leader <a href="/wiki/Naomi_Long" title="Naomi Long">Naomi Long</a> was appointed justice minister. At the first session of the assembly, Foster stated that it was "time for Stormont to move forward". The new speaker of the Assembly was a member of Sinn Féin.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The collapse of this Executive led to the <a href="/wiki/2022_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election</a>. </p><p>On 3 February 2022, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Givan" title="Paul Givan">Paul Givan</a> resigned as first minister, which automatically resigned <a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a> as deputy first minister and collapsed the executive of Northern Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 30 January 2024, leader of the DUP <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Donaldson" title="Jeffrey Donaldson">Jeffrey Donaldson</a> announced that the DUP would restore an executive government on the condition that new legislation was passed by the UK House of Commons.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Executive_committee">Executive committee</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_Executive&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Executive committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Northern_Ireland_Executives" title="List of Northern Ireland Executives">List of Northern Ireland Executives</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Northern Ireland Executive </caption> <tbody><tr style="background:#cccccc;"> <th>Portfolio</th> <th>Minister</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>Term </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#cccccc;" colspan="5"><b>Executive Ministers</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister">First Minister</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></td> <td>2024–present </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister">Deputy First Minister</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Emma_Little-Pengelly" title="Emma Little-Pengelly">Emma Little-Pengelly</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a></td> <td>2024–present </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Agriculture,_Environment_and_Rural_Affairs" title="Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs">Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Muir_(politician)" title="Andrew Muir (politician)">Andrew Muir</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a></td> <td>2024–present </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Communities" title="Department for Communities">Communities</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Lyons" title="Gordon Lyons">Gordon Lyons</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a></td> <td>2024–present </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Department_for_the_Economy" title="Department for the Economy">Economy</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conor_Murphy" title="Conor Murphy">Conor Murphy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></td> <td>2024–present </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Education_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department of Education (Northern Ireland)">Education</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Givan" title="Paul Givan">Paul Givan</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a></td> <td>2024–present </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Finance_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department of Finance (Northern Ireland)">Finance</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caoimhe_Archibald" title="Caoimhe Archibald">Caoimhe Archibald</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></td> <td>2024–present </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Health_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department of Health (Northern Ireland)">Health</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robin_Swann" title="Robin Swann">Robin Swann</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Infrastructure_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland)">Infrastructure</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_O%27Dowd" title="John O'Dowd">John O'Dowd</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; 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color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></td> <td>2024–present </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Junior_Minister_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Junior Minister (Northern Ireland)">Junior Minister</a> (assisting the deputy First Minister)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pam_Cameron" title="Pam Cameron">Pam Cameron</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a></td> <td>2024–present </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Changes_8_May_2024">Changes 8 May 2024</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:NI_Executive&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: Changes 8 May 2024"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Department_for_the_Economy" title="Department for the Economy">Economy</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deirdre_Hargey" title="Deirdre Hargey">Deirdre Hargey</a><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></td> <td>2024 <small>(interim)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Changes_28_May_2024">Changes 28 May 2024</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:NI_Executive&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Changes 28 May 2024"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Department_for_the_Economy" title="Department for the Economy">Economy</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conor_Murphy" title="Conor Murphy">Conor Murphy</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></td> <td>2024–present </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Health_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department of Health (Northern Ireland)">Health</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Nesbitt" title="Mike Nesbitt">Mike Nesbitt</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></td> <td>2024–present </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>On 8 May 2024, <a href="/wiki/Conor_Murphy" title="Conor Murphy">Conor Murphy</a> stepped down as <a href="/wiki/Department_for_the_Economy" title="Department for the Economy">Minister for the Economy</a>. First Minister <a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a> said that <a href="/wiki/Deirdre_Hargey" title="Deirdre Hargey">Deirdre Hargey</a> will serve as an interim <a href="/wiki/Department_for_the_Economy" title="Department for the Economy">Minister for the Economy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ministers are assisted by backbench "Assembly private secretaries" (equivalent to <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_private_secretary" title="Parliamentary private secretary">parliamentary private secretaries</a>). The non-political <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Attorney General for Northern Ireland">Attorney General for Northern Ireland</a> is the chief legal advisor to the Executive, appointed by the First Minister and deputy First Minister, and may also attend Executive meetings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_Executive&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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title="Department of Finance (Northern Ireland)"><span style="color:white;">Finance</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:rgb(68, 143, 143);color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/D%27Hondt_method" title="D'Hondt method"><span style="color:white;">Party allocation</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:rgb(68, 143, 143);color:white;width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span style="color:white;">Minister</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Caoimhe_Archibald" title="Caoimhe Archibald">Caoimhe Archibald</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:rgb(68, 143, 143);color:white;width:1%;background:rgb(83, 151, 183);color:white;"><a href="/wiki/Executive_Office_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Executive Office (Northern Ireland)"><span style="color:white;">Executive Office</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:rgb(68, 143, 143);color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister"><span style="color:white;">First Minister</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:rgb(68, 143, 143);color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/D%27Hondt_method" title="D'Hondt method"><span style="color:white;">Party allocation</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Cross-community_vote" title="Cross-community vote">Designated Nationalist</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:rgb(68, 143, 143);color:white;width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span style="color:white;">Minister</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:rgb(68, 143, 143);color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Junior_Minister_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Junior Minister (Northern Ireland)"><span style="color:white;">Junior Minister</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Aisling_Reilly" title="Aisling Reilly">Aisling Reilly</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:rgb(68, 143, 143);color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister"><span style="color:white;">deputy First Minister</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:rgb(68, 143, 143);color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/D%27Hondt_method" title="D'Hondt method"><span style="color:white;">Party allocation</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Cross-community_vote" title="Cross-community vote">Designated Unionist</a>: <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:rgb(68, 143, 143);color:white;width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span style="color:white;">Minister</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Emma_Little-Pengelly" title="Emma Little-Pengelly">Emma Little-Pengelly</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:rgb(68, 143, 143);color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Junior_Minister_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Junior Minister (Northern Ireland)"><span style="color:white;">Junior Minister</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Pam_Cameron" title="Pam Cameron">Pam Cameron</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:rgb(68, 143, 143);color:white;width:1%;background:rgb(2, 147, 168);color:white;"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Health_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department of Health (Northern Ireland)"><span style="color:white;">Health</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:rgb(68, 143, 143);color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/D%27Hondt_method" title="D'Hondt method"><span style="color:white;">Party allocation</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:rgb(68, 143, 143);color:white;width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span style="color:white;">Minister</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Nesbitt" title="Mike Nesbitt">Mike Nesbitt</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:rgb(68, 143, 143);color:white;width:1%;background:rgb(254, 204, 104);color:white;"><a 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devolution</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution" title="Welsh devolution">Welsh devolution</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional level (in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Combined_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Combined authority">Combined authorities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directly_elected_mayors_in_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Directly elected mayors in England and Wales">Directly elected mayoralties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority" title="Greater London Authority">Greater London Authority</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Referendums in the United Kingdom">Referendums</a><sup>1</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales_mayoral_referendums" title="England and Wales mayoral referendums">English mayoral referendums</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Greater_London_Authority_referendum" title="1998 Greater London Authority referendum">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_English_mayoral_referendums" title="2012 English mayoral referendums">2012</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_East_England" title="North East England">North East England</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/2004_North_East_England_devolution_referendum" title="2004 North East England devolution referendum">2004</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Northern_Ireland_Good_Friday_Agreement_referendum" title="1998 Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement referendum">1998</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/1979_Scottish_devolution_referendum" title="1979 Scottish devolution referendum">1979</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Scottish_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Scottish devolution referendum">1997</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/1979_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1979 Welsh devolution referendum">1979</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Welsh devolution referendum">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="2011 Welsh devolution referendum">2011</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Heads of devolved<br />governments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chairs_of_combined_authorities" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairs of combined authorities">Metro mayors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directly_elected_mayors_in_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Directly elected mayors in England and Wales">Directly elected mayors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_London" title="Mayor of London">London (Mayor)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister">Northern Ireland (FM and dFM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">Scotland (FM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">Wales (FM)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Devolved legislatures<sup>2</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Devolved administrations<sup>3</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Mayor_of_London" title="Deputy Mayor of London">London (Mayoral cabinet)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Northern Ireland Executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organisations and laws<br />of the legislatures and<br />governments of the UK<br />and the devolved areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commissions (<a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Commission_on_the_Constitution_(United_Kingdom)" title="Royal Commission on the Constitution (United Kingdom)">Kilbrandon Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Commission_on_Funding_and_Finance_for_Wales" title="Independent Commission on Funding and Finance for Wales">Holtham Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Devolution_in_Wales" title="Commission on Devolution in Wales">Silk Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commission_on_the_consequences_of_devolution_for_the_House_of_Commons" title="Commission on the consequences of devolution for the House of Commons">McKay Commission</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commissions (devolved legislatures)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Richard,_Baron_Richard#Richard_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Ivor Richard, Baron Richard">Richard Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Commission_on_Funding_and_Finance_for_Wales" title="Independent Commission on Funding and Finance for Wales">Holtham Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Justice_in_Wales" title="Commission on Justice in Wales">Thomas Commission</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Scottish_Devolution" title="Commission on Scottish Devolution">Calman Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smith_Commission" title="Smith Commission">Smith Commission</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Referendum and devolution acts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority_(Referendum)_Act_1998" title="Greater London Authority (Referendum) Act 1998">Greater London Authority (Referendum) Act 1998</a></li> <li>Greater London Authority Acts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority_Act_1999" title="Greater London Authority Act 1999">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority_Act_2007" title="Greater London Authority Act 2007">2007</a></li></ul></li> <li>Northern Ireland Acts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Act_1998" title="Northern Ireland Act 1998">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(St_Andrews_Agreement)_Act_2006" title="Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006">2006</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Referendums_(Scotland_%26_Wales)_Act_1997" class="mw-redirect" title="Referendums (Scotland & Wales) Act 1997">Referendums (Scotland & Wales) Act 1997</a></li> <li>Wales Acts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_1998" title="Government of Wales Act 1998">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_2006" title="Government of Wales Act 2006">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2014" title="Wales Act 2014">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2017" title="Wales Act 2017">2017</a></li></ul></li> <li>Scotland Acts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2012" title="Scotland Act 2012">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2016" title="Scotland Act 2016">2016</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Select_committees_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Select committees of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">Select committees</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Affairs_Select_Committee" title="Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee">Northern Ireland Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Affairs_Select_Committee" title="Scottish Affairs Select Committee">Scottish Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Affairs_Select_Committee" title="Welsh Affairs Select Committee">Welsh Affairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grand_committee" title="Grand committee">Grand committees</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Grand_Committees" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative Grand Committees">Legislative Grand Committees</a> (2015–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Grand_Committee" title="Northern Ireland Grand Committee">Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Grand_Committee" title="Scottish Grand Committee">Scottish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Grand_Committee" title="Welsh Grand Committee">Welsh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_the_United_Kingdom_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Departments of the United Kingdom Government">Departments</a> and <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Offices" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial Offices">Territorial Offices</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)">MOJ</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Office" title="Cabinet Office">Cabinet Office - Devolution Secretariat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Justice – Devolution Directorate-General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advocate_General_for_Scotland" title="Advocate General for Scotland">Office of the Advocate General for Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Office" title="Northern Ireland Office">Northern Ireland Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Office" title="Scotland Office">Scotland Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Office" title="Wales Office">Wales Office</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">Elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_mayoral_elections" title="London mayoral elections">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Elections in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland" title="Elections in Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales" title="Elections in Wales">Wales</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Agreements/Treaties <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Treaty" title="Anglo-Irish Treaty">Anglo-Irish Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Friday_Agreement" title="Good Friday Agreement">Good Friday Agreement</a></li></ul></li> <li>Budget <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barnett_formula" title="Barnett formula">Barnett formula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Block_grant" title="Block grant">Block grant</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constitution of the United Kingdom">Constitution of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserved_and_excepted_matters" class="mw-redirect" title="Reserved and excepted matters">Reserved and excepted matters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Lothian_question" title="West Lothian question">West Lothian question</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Proposals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cornish_Assembly" title="Cornish Assembly">Cornish Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornish_Constitutional_Convention" title="Cornish Constitutional Convention">Cornish Constitutional Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mebyon_Kernow" title="Mebyon Kernow">Mebyon Kernow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revived_Cornish_Stannary_Parliament" title="Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament">Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devolved_English_parliament" title="Devolved English parliament">Devolved English parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separatism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Separatism in the United Kingdom">Separatism in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federalism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Federalism in the United Kingdom">Federalism in the United Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Campaign_for_an_English_Parliament" title="Campaign for an English Parliament">Campaign for an English Parliament</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_England" title="Northern England">Northern England</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Campaign_for_the_North" title="Campaign for the North">Campaign for the North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Party" title="Yorkshire Party">Yorkshire Party</a></li></ul></li> <li>Other parts of <a href="/wiki/Southern_England" title="Southern England">Southern England</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wessex_Regionalist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Wessex Regionalist Party">Wessex Regionalist Party</a></li></ul></li> <li>Scotland <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Full_fiscal_autonomy_for_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Full fiscal autonomy for Scotland">Full fiscal autonomy</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Administrations of England <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regional_assembly_(England)" title="Regional assembly (England)">English Regional Assemblies, 1998–2010</a></li></ul></li> <li>Administrations of London <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_County_Council" title="London County Council">London County Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Council" title="Greater London Council">Greater London Council</a></li></ul></li> <li>Administrations of Northern Ireland <ul><li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Act_1914" title="Government of Ireland Act 1914">Ireland, 1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Act_1920" title="Government of Ireland Act 1920">Ireland, 1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State_(Consequential_Provisions)_Act_1922" title="Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922">Irish Free State, 1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Act_1974" title="Northern Ireland Act 1974">Northern Ireland, 1974</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Home_Rule_movement" title="Irish Home Rule movement">Irish Home Rule movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Prime Minister of Northern Ireland">Prime Minister of Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1978" title="Scotland Act 1978">Scotland Act 1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Office" title="Scottish Office">Scottish Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunningdale_Agreement" 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style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="History" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland" title="History of Ireland">History</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Irish_history" title="Timeline of Irish history">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Ireland" title="Prehistoric Ireland">Prehistory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protohistory_of_Ireland" title="Protohistory of Ireland">Protohistory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(400%E2%80%93800)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Ireland (400–800)">Early history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland" title="Gaelic Ireland">Gaelic Ireland</a> / <a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Ireland" title="Lordship of Ireland">Lordship of Ireland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(800%E2%80%931169)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Ireland (800–1169)">800–1169</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(1169%E2%80%931536)" title="History of Ireland (1169–1536)">1169–1536</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" title="Kingdom of Ireland">Kingdom of Ireland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(1536%E2%80%931691)" title="History of Ireland (1536–1691)">1536–1691</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(1691%E2%80%931800)" title="History of Ireland (1691–1800)">1691–1800</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(1801%E2%80%931923)" title="History of Ireland (1801–1923)">1801–1923</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Republic" title="Irish Republic">Irish Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Ireland_(1921%E2%80%931922)" title="Southern Ireland (1921–1922)">Southern Ireland (1921–1922)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> (1921–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Northern_Ireland" title="History of Northern Ireland">since 1922</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State (1922–1937)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="History of the Republic of Ireland">Ireland (since 1922)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tara_(Ireland)" title="Battle of Tara (Ireland)">Battles of Tara</a> / <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Glenmama" title="Battle of Glenmama">Glenmama</a> / <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Clontarf" title="Battle of Clontarf">Clontarf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Norman_invasion_of_Ireland" title="Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland">Norman invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_campaign_in_Ireland" title="Bruce campaign in Ireland">Bruce campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Death" title="Black Death">Black Death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tudor_conquest_of_Ireland" title="Tudor conquest of Ireland">Tudor conquest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desmond_Rebellions" title="Desmond Rebellions">Desmond Rebellions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Armada_in_Ireland" title="Spanish Armada in Ireland">Spanish Armada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Years%27_War_(Ireland)" title="Nine Years' War (Ireland)">Tyrone's Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flight_of_the_Earls" title="Flight of the Earls">Flight of the Earls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster" title="Plantation of Ulster">Plantation of Ulster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1641" title="Irish Rebellion of 1641">1641 Rebellion</a> / <a href="/wiki/Irish_Confederate_Wars" title="Irish Confederate Wars">Confederate War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cromwellian_conquest_of_Ireland" title="Cromwellian conquest of Ireland">Cromwellian conquest</a> / <a href="/wiki/Act_for_the_Settlement_of_Ireland_1652" title="Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652">Settlement of 1652</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamite_War_in_Ireland" title="Williamite War in Ireland">Williamite War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penal_laws_(Ireland)" title="Penal laws (Ireland)">Penal Laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Famine_(1740%E2%80%931741)" title="Irish Famine (1740–1741)">First Great Famine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798" title="Irish Rebellion of 1798">1798 Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800" title="Acts of Union 1800">Act of Union (1800)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_rebellion_of_1803" title="Irish rebellion of 1803">1803 Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tithe_War" title="Tithe War">Tithe War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)" title="Great Famine (Ireland)">Second Great Famine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_War" title="Land War">Land War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenian_Rising" title="Fenian Rising">Fenian Rising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dublin_lock-out" title="Dublin lock-out">Dublin lock-out</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Act_1914" title="Government of Ireland Act 1914">Home Rule crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Rising" title="Easter Rising">Easter Rising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_War_of_Independence" title="Irish War of Independence">War of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Treaty" title="Anglo-Irish Treaty">Anglo-Irish Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Civil_War" title="Irish Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Emergency_(Ireland)" title="The Emergency (Ireland)">The Emergency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_campaign_(Irish_Republican_Army)" title="Northern campaign (Irish Republican Army)">IRA Northern Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_campaign_(Irish_Republican_Army)" title="Border campaign (Irish Republican Army)">IRA Border Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_peace_process" title="Northern Ireland peace process">Peace process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Economy of the Republic of Ireland">Economy of the Republic of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Tiger" title="Celtic Tiger">Celtic Tiger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-2008_Irish_economic_downturn" title="Post-2008 Irish economic downturn">Post-2008 Irish economic downturn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-2008_Irish_banking_crisis" title="Post-2008 Irish banking crisis">Post-2008 Irish banking crisis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Other topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_Ireland" title="List of conflicts in Ireland">List of conflicts in Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Celtic_peoples_and_tribes#Goidels_/_Gaels_/_Hibernians" title="List of ancient Celtic peoples and tribes">List of Irish tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_kingdoms" title="List of Irish kingdoms">List of Irish kingdoms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_High_Kings_of_Ireland" title="List of High Kings of Ireland">List of High Kings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland#Dress" title="Gaelic Ireland">Gaelic clothing and fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the Republic of Ireland">List of World Heritage Sites in the Republic of Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Geography" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Ireland" title="Geography of Ireland">Geography</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Natural</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Ireland" title="Climate of Ireland">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Climate change in the Republic of Ireland">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_landforms_of_Ireland" title="Coastal landforms of Ireland">Coastline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Ireland" title="Extreme points of Ireland">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Ireland" title="Fauna of Ireland">Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Ireland" title="List of islands of Ireland">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_loughs_of_Ireland" title="List of loughs of Ireland">Loughs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_mountains_in_Ireland" title="Lists of mountains in Ireland">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivers_of_Ireland" title="Rivers of Ireland">Rivers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Ireland" title="List of rivers of Ireland">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="List of national parks of the Republic of Ireland">List of national parks of the Republic of Ireland</a> / <a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_the_United_Kingdom#National_parks_in_Northern_Ireland" title="National parks of the United Kingdom">in Northern Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Human</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Ireland" title="Architecture of Ireland">Architecture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_buildings_in_Ireland" title="List of buildings in Ireland">Notable buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_Ireland" title="List of tallest structures in Ireland">Tallest buildings and structures</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_status_in_Ireland" title="City status in Ireland">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland">Counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Demographics of the Republic of Ireland">Demographics of the Republic of Ireland</a> / <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Demographics of Northern Ireland">of Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ports_in_Ireland" title="List of ports in Ireland">Ports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Ireland" title="Provinces of Ireland">Provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_border" title="Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border">ROI–UK border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_towns_in_Ireland" title="Lists of towns in Ireland">Towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Tourism in the Republic of Ireland">Tourism in the Republic of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tourist_attractions_in_Ireland" title="List of tourist attractions in Ireland">Tourist attractions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Ireland" title="Transport in Ireland">Transport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Politics" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Politics of the Republic of Ireland">Politics</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Ideologies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_nationalism" title="Irish nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_republicanism" title="Irish republicanism">Republicanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_loyalism" title="Ulster loyalism">Ulster loyalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_Ireland" title="Unionism in Ireland">Unionism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Politics of the Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Economy of the Republic of Ireland">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Education in the Republic of Ireland">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Ireland" title="Foreign relations of Ireland">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">Government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">local</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Law of the Republic of Ireland">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the Republic of Ireland">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas"><i>Oireachtas</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">parliament</span></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann"><i>Dáil Éireann</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(lower house)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann"><i>Seanad Éireann</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(upper house)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">President</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Taxation in the Republic of Ireland">Taxation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Politics of Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Assembly</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D%27Hondt_method" title="D'Hondt method">D'Hondt method</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Economy of Northern Ireland">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Education in Northern Ireland">Education</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Local government in Northern Ireland">local</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Northern_Ireland" title="LGBT rights in Northern Ireland">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_peace_process" title="Northern Ireland peace process">Peace process</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Culture" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Ireland" title="Culture of Ireland">Culture</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Irish_cuisine" title="Irish cuisine">Cuisine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Food</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_dishes" title="List of Irish dishes">List of dishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barmbrack" title="Barmbrack">Barmbrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacon_and_cabbage" title="Bacon and cabbage">Bacon and cabbage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxty" title="Boxty">Boxty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champ_(food)" title="Champ (food)">Champ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coddle" title="Coddle">Coddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colcannon" title="Colcannon">Colcannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drisheen" title="Drisheen">Drisheen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full_breakfast#Ireland" title="Full breakfast">Irish fry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skirts_and_kidneys" title="Skirts and kidneys">Skirts and kidneys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soda_bread" title="Soda bread">Soda bread</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spice_bag" title="Spice bag">Spice Bag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_stew" title="Irish stew">Stew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3-in-1_(fast_food_dish)" title="3-in-1 (fast food dish)">Three-in-One</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Drinks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_coffee" title="Irish coffee">Coffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_cream" title="Irish cream">Cream</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinness" title="Guinness">Guinness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Mist" title="Irish Mist">Mist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poit%C3%ADn" title="Poitín">Poitín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_breakfast_tea" title="Irish breakfast tea">Tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_whiskey" title="Irish whiskey">Whiskey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Irish_dance" title="Irish dance">Dance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jig" title="Jig">Jig</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sean-n%C3%B3s_dance" title="Sean-nós dance">Sean-nós</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_set_dancing" title="Irish set dancing">Set dancing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_stepdance" title="Irish stepdance">Stepdance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Festivals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Imbolc" title="Imbolc">Imbolc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day" title="Saint Patrick's Day">Saint Patrick's Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beltane" title="Beltane">Bealtaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Twelfth" title="The Twelfth">The Twelfth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lughnasadh" title="Lughnasadh">Lúnasa</a></li> <li><a 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