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| Ministers demand executive meets | Ministers demand executive meets |
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| Ulster Unionist and SDLP ministers have held a joint news conference demanding That the Northern Ireland Executive meets. | Ulster Unionist and SDLP ministers have held a joint news conference demanding That the Northern Ireland Executive meets. |
| Sir Reg Empey, Michael McGimpsey and Margaret Ritchie complained that the deadlock was delaying vital decisions on suicide and fuel poverty. | Sir Reg Empey, Michael McGimpsey and Margaret Ritchie complained that the deadlock was delaying vital decisions on suicide and fuel poverty. |
| Talks are ongoing between the DUP and Sinn Féin. | Talks are ongoing between the DUP and Sinn Féin. |
| The Executive had been scheduled to meet this afternoon, but it looks as if this is not going to happen. | The Executive had been scheduled to meet this afternoon, but it looks as if this is not going to happen. |
| There may instead be an informal gathering of ministers - the DUP has said it is going to be at Stormont Castle ready to meet and the SDLP and Ulster Unionists have indicated they would attend. | There may instead be an informal gathering of ministers - the DUP has said it is going to be at Stormont Castle ready to meet and the SDLP and Ulster Unionists have indicated they would attend. |
| But Sir Reg, minister for employment, and Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie said this was no substitute for an Executive meeting. | But Sir Reg, minister for employment, and Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie said this was no substitute for an Executive meeting. |
| Michael McGimpsey, the health minister, said it was disgraceful initiatives on suicide and sexual health for young people were being delayed. |