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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]
- ^ Section 19, Northern Ireland Act 1998
- ^ Members' Salaries 2007–2008, Northern Ireland Assembly
- ^ Members' Salaries 2008–2009, Northern Ireland Assembly
- ^ Members' Salaries 2009–2010, Northern Ireland Assembly
- ^ Members' Salaries 2010–2011, Northern Ireland Assembly Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ SDLP Manifesto: Assembly & Local Government Elections 2011 (PDF). Belfast: SDLP. 2011. p. 52.
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