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Northern Ireland’s government is back up and running – here’s how it happened and why

In a piece written for The Conversation, Peter John McLoughlin, Queen’s University Belfast, provides a useful consideration of how the deadlock at Stormont has been overcome. The blog also outlines the continuing importance of legislative vetoes held by Sinn Féin and the DUP.

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Strengthening interparliamentary relations in the UK: first steps and possible future directions

Jack Sheldon and Hedydd Phylip discuss potential improvements to interparliamentary relations among the UK’s four legislatures, in the first blog from our Parliaments: Coming of Age? conference.

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Conference recap: Making Sense of Parliaments

A recap of the PSA Parliaments annual conference Making Sense of Parliaments, held at the Parliament Buildings, Belfast, on 8-9 November 2018.

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The Potential Impact of Institutional Collapse on Northern Ireland’s Public Accounts Committee

Devolved government in Northern Ireland collapsed in early 2017 and remains suspended, with no resolution in sight. Clare Rice, Queen’s University Belfast, discusses the impact of this institutional hiatus on the Public Accounts Committee in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the scrutiny of public spending.

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“What do you want from your MLA?” Constituency service in Northern Ireland

With no functioning Assembly at Stormont, there have been calls for a reduction or complete cut of salaries for Members of the Legislative Assembly. However, constituency work is continuing in Northern Ireland: Sean Haughey has examined how much constituency service MLAs actually provide, and what it entails.

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Important but underrated: Parliamentary Questions in the Northern Ireland Assembly

In the first of our blog series from our Annual Conference, Legislatures in Uncertain TimesSean Haughey discusses his research into parliamentary questions in the Northern Ireland Assembly.