Following a two-year political impasse, the Assembly reconvened on Saturday, with Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill becoming the first nationalist First Minister of Northern Ireland.

After a settlement between Mr. Sunak's government and the DUP to ease unionist worries over post-Brexit trading arrangements, the institutions were reestablished.

Ms O'Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly of the DUP, the deputy first minister, will greet Sunak in Stormont Castle.

This will be his seventh visit to Northern Ireland. He will also meet people working in public services at a variety of community engagements.

In order to stabilise finances, the British government has committed £3.3 billion for the new Executive, of which £600 million would be used to resolve wage disputes from the public sector.

As part of its agreement with the DUP, the British government expedited two pieces of legislation through the House of Commons on Thursday, paving the way for the Assembly to reconvene on Saturday.

Ms. O'Neill said the PA news agency that it would be necessary to start working on resolving the funding issues facing the public sector right away.

"I am determined to do our very best," she declared.

We can do far more than that. "This place has been starved of public services funding for over a decade because of the Tories in London."

"It's a battle I believe we must wage jointly, and I believe the Executive is working together to establish an appropriate funding model here so we can genuinely provide better public services and invest in the public sector workers."