Junior Minister (Northern Ireland)
The name given to two positions in the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The term Junior Minister, in Northern Ireland, is the name given to two positions in the Executive Office, a department in the Northern Ireland Executive answerable to the First Minister and deputy First Minister.
The positions have been filled by Aisling Reilly and Pam Cameron since 3 February 2024.
Under the Northern Ireland Act 1998,[1] the First Minister and Deputy First Minister acting jointly may determine that a number of members of the Northern Ireland Assembly shall be appointed as junior ministers.
The salary of each junior minister in 2007–2008 (when devolution was restored) was £60,067.42,[2] which decreased to the current level of £55,000.00 in 2016.[3][4][5]
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) called for the immediate abolition of the junior minister positions in its 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election manifesto.[6]