Stormant is back after its Christmas break. Red Lines is back with the first podcast of 2025 and we're up in Parliament buildings to test the political temperature with five members of the Assembly.

They'll be giving us their verdict on how the executive did on a whole range of issues as we head towards the first anniversary of its return.

And we'll be looking ahead to what we expect to be some of the key issues in the next 12 months.

So I'm pleased to say I'm joined by the DUP chair of the Infrastructure Committee, Deborah Erskine.

Sinn Féin's Linda Dillon sits on the Health Committee and is a former chair of the Standards and Privileges Committee.

The Austro-Unionist Party's deputy leader Robbie Butler, chairs the Agriculture, Environment

and Rural Affairs Committee.

The Alliance MLA, Kate Nichols, sits on the Economy and Windsor Framework Committees.

And finally, the STLP, MLA, Matthew 2, chairs the Finance Committee and Leads Stormont's

official opposition.

So welcome to you all.

And if it's not too late, happy new year.

Good to see you all.

Good to be back.

The Assembly and the Executive, as I said, back for 11 months now.

The first anniversary will be February the 3rd.

Linda Dillon, what score would you give the

executive out of 10 for its performance over 2024? I don't give scores. I think you're much better

to play the game. To look at people. But if I'm going to play the, I think this executive over and

above any other executive has actually shown a maturity and a willingness to work together.

And I think that that started out even before we got the Assembly up and running in terms of the fiscal framework

and needing to address here according to its need, not according to what the British government were actually funding us.

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