Northern Ireland Assembly

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devolved legislature parliamentary body unicameral legislature

The Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature for Northern Ireland, responsible for making laws and scrutinizing the work of ministers on a range of regional matters.

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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form	Occurrences
Stormont	4
Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)	2
Northern Ireland Assembly (1998)	2
Northern Ireland Assembly Commission	2
devolved administration of Northern Ireland	2
Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)	1
Northern Ireland Assembly (through its office holder)	1
Northern Ireland Assembly Commission (for Parliament Buildings)	1
Northern Ireland Assembly elections	1
Northern Ireland power-sharing institutions	1
Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly	1
Stormont Assembly	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	devolved legislature ⓘ parliamentary body ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ surface form: Stormont Assembly
appliesToJurisdiction	Northern Ireland ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdAsResultOf	Good Friday Agreement ⓘ
devolvedPowerOver	agriculture and rural development ⓘ culture, arts and leisure ⓘ education ⓘ environment ⓘ health and social services ⓘ housing ⓘ justice and policing (with some exceptions) ⓘ local government ⓘ regional development and transport ⓘ
electoralSystem	proportional representation ⓘ
electoralTermLength	4 years ⓘ
establishedBy	Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
firstElectionDate	25 June 1998 ⓘ
firstMeetingDate	1 July 1998 ⓘ
governedBy	Northern Ireland Act 1998 ⓘ
hasFunction	approving the regional budget ⓘ debating public policy issues affecting Northern Ireland ⓘ electing the First Minister and deputy First Minister ⓘ holding the Northern Ireland Executive to account ⓘ making laws on devolved matters ⓘ nominating ministers to the Northern Ireland Executive ⓘ representing the people of Northern Ireland ⓘ scrutinizing the work of ministers ⓘ
hasNumberOfHouses	1 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.niassembly.gov.uk/ ⓘ
hasPredecessor	Northern Ireland Assembly (1973) ⓘ Northern Ireland Assembly self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Ireland Assembly (1982) Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention ⓘ Northern Ireland Parliament ⓘ
hasSpeakerTitle	Northern Ireland Assembly self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
inception	1998 ⓘ
isSubjectTo	suspension and restoration under UK legislation ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	Northern Ireland ⓘ
legislativeProcess	passing Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn	Belfast ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Northern Ireland ⓘ
locatedInCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
meetsIn	Parliament Buildings, Stormont ⓘ
numberOfMembers	90 ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	devolution settlement in the United Kingdom ⓘ
usesMinisterialAllocationMethod	d’Hondt method ⓘ
usesPowerSharingSystem	consociational power-sharing ⓘ
votingSystem	Single Transferable Vote ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Ireland Assembly → alsoKnownAs → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stormont Assembly

Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland → appointedBy → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

First Minister of Northern Ireland → appointedBy → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Minister for Justice (Northern Ireland) → appointedBy → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Northern Ireland Executive → appointedBy → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Minister of Finance (Northern Ireland) → belongsTo → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: devolved administration of Northern Ireland

United Kingdom → devolutionTo → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition → electoralParticipation → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Ireland Assembly elections

Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly → enactedBy → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Windsor Framework → enteredPoliticalDebateIn → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Northern Ireland Act 1998 → establishes → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Good Friday Agreement → establishesBody → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Northern Ireland Assembly (1973) → followedBy → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Ireland Assembly (1998)

Stormont Estate → governedBy → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Ireland Assembly Commission (for Parliament Buildings)

Parliament Buildings, Stormont → governingBody → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Ireland Assembly Commission

Northern Ireland Assembly → hasPredecessor → Northern Ireland Assembly self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)

Minister for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) → hasSeatIn → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Minister of Health (Northern Ireland) → hasSeatIn → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Ireland Assembly (through its office holder)

Northern Ireland Assembly → hasSpeakerTitle → Northern Ireland Assembly self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Stormont Estate → houses → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Northern Ireland Executive → legislativeBody → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Ulster Unionist Party → legislativeBody → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Northern Ireland → legislature → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Minister of Health (Northern Ireland) → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stormont

Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland → meetsAt → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stormont

Ian Paisley → memberOf → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Minister for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) → officeHolderMustBe → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)

Minister of Health (Northern Ireland) → officeHolderMustBe → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)

Parliament Buildings, Stormont → ownedBy → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Ireland Assembly Commission

Minister for Education (Northern Ireland) → partOf → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: devolved administration of Northern Ireland

Sinn Féin → participatedIn → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Ireland power-sharing institutions

Northern Ireland → regionalParliament → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Northern Ireland Parliament → replacedBy → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Ireland Assembly (1998)

Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland → reportsTo → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

First Minister of Northern Ireland → reportsTo → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Minister for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) → reportsTo → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Minister for Justice (Northern Ireland) → reportsTo → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) → reportsTo → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Minister of Health (Northern Ireland) → reportsTo → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Democratic Unionist Party → representedIn → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Sinn Féin → representedIn → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Social Democratic and Labour Party → representedIn → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

First Minister of Northern Ireland → residence → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stormont

Minister for Justice (Northern Ireland) → seat → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stormont

Parliament Buildings, Stormont → usedBy → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ

Attorney General for Northern Ireland → worksWith → Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ