16.08 BST RSPCA says it's 'frustrated and disappointed' by government dropping kept animals bill Power sharing has been suspended for more than a year because the DUP is boycotting Stormont as a protest against the Northern Ireland protocol. I’m not the chancellor of the exchequer, I’m the secretary of state for Northern Ireland, and I will do everything I can to get the executive back up and running but let’s take it step by step. Northern Ireland needs the executive up and running, decisions need to be taken by the locally elected decision-makers and so I really do welcome the fact that – I’ve seen it behind the scenes myself over a period of weeks and months – that parties can work together in a positive way to move this thing forward and so I take it as a good sign, a good start. I honestly don’t know the answer to that question.įirstly I think we want to see the executive up and running and actually have a proper plan for government before we started talking much at all, but I am very pleased to hear that the parties are talking about the future and not looking at the past, because we need to move forward now. He was speaking to reporters after Northern Ireland’s party leaders met with the head of the Northern Ireland civil service, Jayne Brady, where there was talk that upwards of £1bn was needed to relieve pressure on Northern Irish public services.Īsked if the government would provide investment on that scale as part of a move to restore power sharing, Heaton-Harris replied:
16.32 BST Stormont won't get extra cash from UK government until power sharing restored, NI secretary Chris Heaton-Harris suggestsĬhris Heaton-Harris, the Northern Ireland secretary, has said power sharing needs to resume at Stormont before the UK government starts discussing a financial package for the region.
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