BBC News NI looks back at the deadlocks, the resignations and the flurry of new legislation on the hill.
Independent MLA Claire Sugden - herself a former justice minister in 2016 - remarked that departments were still working in "silos" and too often "pass the buck".
After the election, the parties will have a period of 24 weeks - about six months - to reappoint a first and deputy first minister to lead the executive. "My big fear is that if we don't get an executive back, we're going to see further decay and stagnation across our public services."
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