Stormont: WATCH: programme for government is agreed
Last updated 27th Feb 2025
Stormont ministers agreed early today (Thursday) agreed the Executive's programme for government.
The ministers rubber-stamped the governance plan during a virtual meeting on Thursday morning.
It is understood there were no dissenting voices during the meeting, which lasted just over half an hour.
First Minister Michelle O'Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly are due to formally announce the agreement at a press conference at Stormont later on Thursday morning.
The programme for government (pfg) will now go before the Assembly for consideration by MLAs.
Ministers had been due to meet on Wednesday to green light the pfg but it was postponed at late notice.
The hold up was blamed on an administrative issue, with Alliance Party Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir complaining he was not being provided with sufficient time to review the final document ahead of a planned Executive meeting to sign it off.
A draft programme for government, which was an 88-page document titled Our Plan: Doing What Matters Most, was published last September ahead of an eight-week public consultation exercise.