Who are the leading civil servants running Northern Ireland? Stormont
Northern Ireland's ministers left office at the end of October and since then Stormont's nine government departments have been left in the hands of senior civil servants.With no ministers in place, the powers of civil servants are severely limited.
"The court also stated that any matter, which as a matter of convention or otherwise would normally go before the minister for approval, lies beyond the competence of a department in the absence of a minister.
TEO's official role includes "the effective operation of the institutions of government in the delivery of an agreed programme for government" - a tough job given the absence of an executive, or a programme for government. Responsibility at the head of the remaining eight executive departments transferred to their individual permanent secretaries when the politicians lost their ministerial posts.
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