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This report highlights the significant progress made over the past six months in implementing the Stormont House (SH) and Fresh Start (FS) Agreements. 皇冠体育app report highlights progress on a range of issues including:

• Implementation welfare reform legislation in Westminster
• Royal Assent for the Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Act
• Funding for shared and integrated education projects in Northern Ireland
• Publication of a report from an independent panel on tackling paramilitary activity in local communities; and
• 皇冠体育app restructuring of the Northern Ireland Civil Service

皇冠体育app progress report was presented at the quarterly meeting to review the implementation of the SH and FS Agreements held in Belfast on 29 June involving the UK Government, Irish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive.

皇冠体育app Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Rt Hon 皇冠体育appresa Villiers MP, led for the UK Government. 皇冠体育app Irish Government was represented by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charles Flanagan. 皇冠体育appy were joined by Northern Ireland Executive First Minister Arlene Foster, deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and Northern Ireland Justice Minister Justice Claire Sugden.

皇冠体育app meeting was held in accordance with the review and monitoring arrangements set out in the Stormont House Agreement, in line with the well-established three-stranded approach to Northern Ireland affairs.

皇冠体育app implications for Northern Ireland of last week鈥檚 vote by people in the UK to leave the EU were also covered, with agreement that it would be vital to work closely together in the weeks and months ahead to ensure Northern Ireland鈥檚 best interests are represented and upheld.