Further details on the Programme are expected in a statement to the Assembly on Monday
First Minister Michelle O’Neill said she was “very glad” to have reached another milestone with the agreement of the draft programme of government between the four-party Executive at Stormont .
Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly said that despite the “difficult budget situation”, the programme aims to improve lives for people in Northern Ireland in meaningful ways.Justice Minister Naomi Long said the Stormont programme was a draft and would not be delivered in one go. Stormont Health Minister Mike Nesbitt said he was “pleased” that his Executive colleagues agreed their new programme for government is linked closely to the budget.
Ms Long said this was “a much wider issue” and is about community relations and race relations, as well as the work being done in the Department of Justice. Asked whether there was a risk the Stormont programme was simply a “wish list”, First Minister Michelle O’Neill said: “I think we all recognise that we are bringing forward for programme for government in a very difficult financial circumstance.
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