The first hurdle will be easily overcome, but the second is far more difficult, tied as it is to overall agreement on devolution.

BBC: Gerry Adams

Mr McGuinness said it was now up to the British and Irish governments to defend the integrity of the Good Friday Agreement, on which devolution is based.

BBC: Premiers discuss NI sanctions rift

Following the Good Friday Agreement and the eventual devolution of power to Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein appointed Denis Donaldson as their key administrator in the party's Stormont offices.

BBC: Obituary: Denis Donaldson