evidence: Finance Minister Conor Murphy has said a pot of £300m from the Treasury cannot be spent without executive approval. [...] The DUP has argued that if there is "political will" and agreement among the parties to allocate the money to departments, it can be done without the need for an executive meeting. [...] On Thursday, Ms O'Neill posted on social media to explain that a renomination could allow ministers to "agree a budget and allocate the £300m available to struggling families".