Stormont Opposition motion expresses ‘shame’ at repeated devolution collapses
The leader of Stormont’s Opposition has expressed shame at the collapse of devolved government across five of the last seven years and called for reform to prevent future suspensions.
Matthew O’Toole opened speaking on the first of three motions proposed by the SDLP on the first Opposition day in the Assembly by describing them as being aimed at preventing future suspensions.
The motions call for a commitment to reform the institutions in the Programme for Government and an ad hoc committee to consider legislation to prevent further collapses.
The first motion also calls for an apology to public sector workers for years of suspension, and another motion calls for the swift resolution to pay negotiations for those workers who staged a
