SF to take education as North’s ministerial portfolios assigned [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 14 May 2011
SINN Féin will take the education portfolio in the next Northern Ireland Executive.
The DUP will retain the Departments of Finance and Personnel and the UUP has opted for Regional Development.
The ministerial seats are allocated using the d’Hondt procedure based on the number of Assembly seats won. The announcements were made on Twitter.
Former Sinn Féin education minister Caitriona Ruane scrapped the 11-plus during the last mandate but the matter has been controversial, with schools setting independent tests and the DUP opposed to the change.
Regional Development will be the UUP’s only position after it lost a bid to woo former MLA David McClarty back into the party.
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