2 Years On: Is the Stormont Executive Failing Northern Ireland?

Two years after devolution returned, has the Stormont Executive actually delivered for Northern Ireland?David McCann is joined by former Special Advisers Tim Cairns (DUP) and Michael McKernan (SDLP) to assess the record of the O’Neill–Pengelly Executive — from childcare and health waiting lists to major project delays, civil service power, and whether Stormont ministers are really in control.They debate:Has the Stormont Executive achieved anything significant?Why major Northern Ireland projects keep stallingAre civil servants running departments instead of ministers?Is Stormont about to rush bad legislation before the next election?Why the political tone at Stormont is deterioratingThe controversial suspension of TUV MLA Timothy GastonDid the Assembly overreact — or is political conduct getting worse?With the next Assembly election approaching, is Stormont finally finding its footing — or drifting again?PLUS: Inside discussion on how policy really gets made behind the scenes in Northern Ireland departments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.