Sinn Féin

Identity and Language (NI) Act 2022 passed at Westminster — Irish Language Commissioner, Ulster Scots Commissioner, and NSMC language body established.

£150 cost-of-living payment made to 290,000 households in 2022-23. Supplementary payment of £100 in 2024.

Prescription charges abolished in NI since 2010; maintained throughout mandate. Extension to dental check-ups agreed 2024.

Welfare Supplementary Payments Act (NI) renewed 2023. Mitigation payments totalling £85m per year continued.

Elective Care Framework published. Waiting lists fell 8% in cardiology and orthopaedics 2024-25 but overall unscheduled care lists rose.

NI Housing Executive target revised to 18,000 new social homes 2022-27. 9,200 completed as of Q1 2026, on pace for 15,000.

InterTrade Ireland digital economy fund established. Full all-island data strategy not yet published.

Housing Amendments Act (NI) 2024 introduces prevention duty — councils must assess risk within 56 days. Guidance published; implementation ongoing.

Shared Island Fund committed €500m to cross-border greenways. Belfast-Dublin cycleway phase 1 complete. Phase 2 planning underway.

Legacy Act 2023 passed against SF objections. Conditional immunity mechanism condemned by SF and victims groups. Judicial review ongoing.

2021 census did not include Irish language proficiency question. Next census due 2031. Lobbying ongoing.

No border poll called. Secretary of State has not met the legal threshold under the Good Friday Agreement to trigger one.