Paul Givan was speaking as teachers resumed industrial action on Monday after a majority rejected a 5.5% pay offer.

Finnegan, from Crossmaglen, has served as a Sinn Féin councillor for the Slieve Gullion area of Newry, Mourne and Down council since 2020.

A new bill proposes setting up an independent board to set MLA pay and pension entitlements.

BBC News NI asks residents in Dundonald whether assembly members should be paid more.

For five years, the Independent Financial Review Panel set wages and expenses for politicians in the assembly.

Emma Little-Pengelly says a Sinn Féin proposal to change funding for north-south bodies "breaks the balance" between governments.

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald said she was very confident in the team after the party's reshuffle following Conor Murphy's resignation.