Covid inquiry to hear Michelle O'Neill evidence
Former Stormont deputy first minister Michelle O'Neill is giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 inquiry on Wednesday.Northern Ireland's devolved government did not function from January 2017 to January 2020.The inquiry is focusing on Northern Ireland this week and its preparedness in the run-up to the pandemic.
Due to the system of government in Northern Ireland, Ms O'Neill held equal powers to the first minister at the time, Arlene Foster.She said the UK government should have stepped in to make decisions in the absence of ministers at Stormont between January 2017 to January 2020. "If there is a gap in resilience in part of the UK, surely that should concern the government of the UK," she added.a lack of reform and investment in the health service hindered its response to the pandemicAt a press conference in May 2020, Ms O'Neill and Baroness Foster told Sky News they had been brought closer together by the pandemic.with hundreds of other mourners.
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