Northern Ireland Executive
From Academic Kids
The Northern Ireland Executive as established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 is the (currently suspended) executive body for Northern Ireland , answerable to the Northern Ireland Assembly . It consists of a First Minister who heads it and various ministers with individual portfolios and remits. The Assembly elects the First Minister and Executive.
The Executive officially took power on December 2 , 1999 , but was suspended on various occasions, the last effective from October 15 , 2002 , as Unionists refused to share power with Sinn Féin whose offices at Stormont had just been raided by Police investigating terrorist activity by members of their support staff. While it is suspended, the functions it exercised have reverted to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland . The seats were allocated in a power-sharing formula and were proportional to the number of members in the Assembly. In effect the Executive is a coalition between the four major parties including, the Ulster Unionist Party , Social Democratic and Labour Party , Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionist Party . The Assembley uses the D'Hondt method for allocating the ministerial positions in the Executive.
Northern Ireland Executive 1998-2002
First Minister of Northern Ireland
Deputy-First Minister of Northern Ireland
Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Investment
Minister for Finance & Personnel
Minister for Regional Development
Minister for Education
Minister for the Environment
Minister for Employment & Learning
The position was originally called Minister for Further and Higher Education, Training and Development.
Minister for Social Development
Minister for Culture, Arts & Leisure
Minister for Health, Social Services & Public Safety
Minister for Agriculture & Rural Development
External Links
Navigation
Information
Home Page (http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php )
New Articles (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Special:Newpages )
Contact Us (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Contactus )
Academic Kids Menu
Art and Cultures (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Art_and_Cultures )
Art (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Art )
Architecture (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Architecture )
Cultures (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Cultures )
Music (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Music )
Musical Instruments (http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/List_of_musical_instruments )
Biographies (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Biographies )
Clipart (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Clipart )
Geography (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Geography )
Countries of the World (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Countries )
Maps (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Maps )
Flags (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Flags )
Continents (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Continents )
History (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/History )
Ancient Civilizations (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Ancient_Civilizations )
Industrial Revolution (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Industrial_Revolution )
Middle Ages (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Middle_Ages )
Prehistory (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Prehistory )
Renaissance (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Renaissance )
Timelines (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Timelines )
United States (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/United_States )
Wars (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Wars )
World History (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/History_of_the_world )
Human Body (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Human_Body )
Mathematics (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Mathematics )
Reference (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Reference )
Science (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Science )
Animals (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Animals )
Aviation (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Aviation )
Dinosaurs (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Dinosaurs )
Earth (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Earth )
Inventions (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Inventions )
Physical Science (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Physical_Science )
Plants (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Plants )
Scientists (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Scientists )
Social Studies (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Social_Studies )
Anthropology (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Anthropology )
Economics (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Economics )
Government (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Government )
Religion (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Religion )
Holidays (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Holidays )
Space and Astronomy (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Space_and_Astronomy )
Solar System (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Solar_System )
Planets (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Planets )
Sports (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Sports )
Timelines (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Timelines )
Weather (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Weather )
US States (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/US_States )
Advertisement
