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Feuding Stormont leaders to meet Robinson challenges SF 'fig leaf'
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The NI first and deputy first ministers are to appear together in front of a Stormont committee as the crisis over the devolved institutions deepens. The NI First Minister has said he is happy to have an executive meeting on Thursday with an "open agenda".
On Tuesday, Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness said it was highly unlikely the executive would meet on Thursday because of concerns about the agenda. Peter Robinson said he wanted to "remove the fig leaf" of Sinn Féin's claim that he only wanted to discuss issues that were important to the DUP.
But the DUP said an agenda was agreed with First Minister Peter Robinson. On Tuesday, Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said the meeting was highly unlikely to take place because of delays in devolving justice powers.
Ministers have not met since June, amid Sinn Fein insisting progress must first be made on devolving justice powers. The executive has not met since June because of the dispute.
Mr McGuinness said a meeting of the executive had to deal with all of the issues of concern to all of the parties. "The only reasons that they have publicly given for the executive not meeting are that the agenda is in some way being constrained," said Mr Robinson.
"I am saying we can have an open agenda, we can deal with whatever issues, including policing and justice, which can be raised at the executive table if they wish."
Earlier, Mr McGuinness said the executive meeting had to deal with all of the issues of concern to all of the parties.
"Not least the whole issue of education and the gross interference by the DUP in the work of the education minister," he said."Not least the whole issue of education and the gross interference by the DUP in the work of the education minister," he said.
"The whole issue of the Long Kesh site, where thousands and thousands of jobs could have been provided but the DUP made a dog's dinner of that over the course of the last 18 months.""The whole issue of the Long Kesh site, where thousands and thousands of jobs could have been provided but the DUP made a dog's dinner of that over the course of the last 18 months."
However on Wednesday, the DUP's Sammy Wilson said the executive meeting was not being held up by Mr Robinson. The two ministers are due to appear together in front of a Stormont committee on Wednesday.
"Martin McGuinness had agreed the 12 items, so there was joint agreement there, and still he refuses to hold an executive meeting.
"When he says he's sad there is no executive meeting, there must be an element of crocodile tears because the only reason there has not been an executive meeting is because Martin McGuinness will not agree to call it."