Alliance Party deputy leader Eóin Tennyson stated that Northern Ireland's Stormont institutions face ongoing risk of collapse without major changes. The party released proposals to modify Executive operations, impose limits on political donations and establish a lobbying register.

Tennyson noted that Stormont has been suspended for nearly half of the period since 1998. He said current structures allow vetoes and deadlock that block basic functions like budget papers from reaching Executive meetings. Alliance seeks to enforce a three-meeting rule on a statutory basis to limit such blocks by the First Minister or deputy First Minister.

Specific measures include weighted-majority voting instead of parallel consent and allowing the next-largest party to nominate a First or deputy First Minister if the largest declines. Tennyson argued these steps support the Good Friday Agreement by preventing repeated collapses and restoring public trust.

The proposals also call for retrospective transparency on donations since 2014 and broader Westminster changes like electoral reform and a directly elected second chamber.

Separately, SDLP leader of the opposition Matthew O'Toole criticised Sinn Féin and the DUP for rejecting SDLP amendments to the Fiscal Council Bill. The amendments, backed by all other Assembly members, would have allowed the Fiscal Council to monitor Executive progress on its Programme for Government, assess economic impacts of decisions and examine costs of duplicated public services.

O'Toole said the Executive has not delivered a multi-year budget, remains in breach of the law and has failed on projects including the A5 road and Casement Park.