Committee for the Executive Office

The Committee for the Executive Office was established to advise and assist the First Minister and deputy First Minister (currently Michelle O'Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly), on matters within their responsibilities as Ministers. The committee undertakes a scrutiny, policy development and consultation role with respect to the Executive Office and plays a key role in the consideration and development of legislation.

The Assembly approved a motion on 12 June 2007 to change the name of the committee from Committee of the Centre to Committee for the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister.^[1] Following the renaming of departments in the Northern Ireland Executive in 2016, the Assembly committee was renamed as the Committee for the Executive Office, reflecting the new name of the former Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister.

2022–2027 Assembly

The committee met for the first time in the 2022–2027 Assembly on 14 February 2024.

Party		Member[2]	Constituency
	Alliance	Paula Bradshaw MLA (Chairperson)	Belfast South
	Alliance	Connie Egan MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	North Down
	Sinn Féin	Pádraig Delargy MLA	Foyle
	DUP	Harry Harvey MLA	Strangford
	DUP	Brian Kingston MLA	Belfast North
	SDLP	Sinéad McLaughlin MLA	Foyle
	Sinn Féin	Carál Ní Chuilín MLA	Belfast North
	Sinn Féin	Emma Sheerin MLA	Mid Ulster
	Ind. Unionist	Claire Sugden MLA	East Londonderry

Changes 2022–2027

Date	Outgoing member and party		Constituency	→	New member and party		Constituency
9 October 2024		Pádraig Delargy MLA (Sinn Féin)	Foyle	→		Timothy Gaston MLA (TUV)	North Antrim

2017-2022 Assembly

The committee met for the first time in the 2017–2022 Assembly on 20 January 2020.

Party		Member[3]	Constituency
	SDLP	Colin McGrath MLA (Chairperson)	South Down
	UUP	Mike Nesbitt MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	Strangford
	DUP	Trevor Clarke MLA	South Antrim
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn MLA	Lagan Valley
	Sinn Féin	Fra McCann MLA	Belfast West
	DUP	George Robinson MLA	East Londonderry
	Sinn Féin	Pat Sheehan MLA	Belfast West
	Sinn Féin	Emma Sheerin MLA	Mid Ulster
	DUP	Christopher Stalford MLA	Belfast South

Changes 2017–2022

Date	Outgoing member and party		Constituency	→	New member and party		Constituency
9 March 2020		Fra McCann MLA (Sinn Féin)	Belfast West	→		Martina Anderson MLA (Sinn Féin)	Foyle
4 May 2020		Mike Nesbitt MLA (Deputy Chairperson, UUP)	Strangford	→		Doug Beattie MLA (Deputy Chairperson, UUP)	Upper Bann
1 July 2021		Doug Beattie MLA (Deputy Chairperson, UUP)	Upper Bann	→		John Stewart MLA (Deputy Chairperson, UUP)	East Antrim
18 June 2021		Trevor Clarke MLA (DUP)	South Antrim	→		Diane Dodds MLA (DUP)	Upper Bann
13 September 2021		Martina Anderson MLA (Sinn Féin)	Foyle	→	Vacant
27 September 2021	Vacant			→		Pádraig Delargy MLA (Sinn Féin)	Foyle
24 September 2021		George Robinson MLA (DUP)	East Londonderry	→		Alex Easton MLA (Independent Unionist)	North Down
18 October 2021		Colin McGrath MLA (Chairperson, SDLP)	South Down	→		Sinéad McLaughlin MLA (Chairperson, SDLP)	Foyle

2016-2017 Assembly

The committee met for the first time in the 2016–2017 Assembly on 31 May 2016.

Party		Member[4]	Constituency
	UUP	Mike Nesbitt MLA (Chairperson)	Strangford
	UUP	Danny Kennedy MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	Newry and Armagh
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Boylan MLA	Newry and Armagh
	DUP	Pam Cameron MLA	South Antrim
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson MLA	East Antrim
	DUP	William Irwin MLA	Newry and Armagh
	DUP	Phillip Logan MLA	North Antrim
	Sinn Féin	Seán Lynch MLA	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	SDLP	Richie McPhillips MLA	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	Sinn Féin	Ian Milne MLA	Mid Ulster
	DUP	Christopher Stalford MLA	Belfast South

Changes 2016–2017

Date	Outgoing member and party		Constituency	→	New member and party		Constituency
12 September 2016		Ian Milne MLA (Sinn Féin)	Mid Ulster	→		Philip McGuigan MLA (Sinn Féin)	North Antrim

See also

• Executive Office
• First Minister and deputy First Minister