Sinead Bradley of the SDLP thanks all of those who have offered their condolences to her party colleagues.

"Seamus's life's work has proven that the politics of coming together is the only type of politics that will ever benefit the people that we represent,"she says.

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Dolores Kelly (above), another SDLP MLA, says she was very encouraged when she heard Archbishop Eamon Martin at Mr Mallon's funeral refer to "the noble vocation of politics".

She remembers one particular comment of Mr Mallon's during the flags dispute: "Stop poking each other in the eye".

Ms Kelly says perhaps MLAs should bear this in mind when they go to speak in the assembly and moderate their language.

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SDLP MLA John Dallat (above) says he is rising to speak with "pride and emotion".

"I served with Seamus Mallon in the best of times and the worst of times," he says.

"At all times Seamus was a statesman."

Former UUP leader Mike Nesbitt recalled interviewing Mr Mallon when he was a broadcaster.

"Oh did he know how to express an opinion," he says.

"And I was amazed that he was still doing it in his 80s."

Gerry Carroll of People Before Profit expresses his condolences to Seamus Mallon's family and his colleagues in the SDLP.

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Independent MLA Claire Sugden (above) says Mr Mallon sought "to understand and respect" the views of others.

She expresses her condolences to his family and friends.

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Green Party leader Clare Bailey (above) says her party also extends its condolences to Mr Mallon's family and the SDLP.

"Seamus was a giant in the political arena," she says.

She praises Mr Mallon's courage and willingness to take risks and says his legacy would be "long remembered".

TUV leader Jim Allister says the thoughts and prayers of "many of us" are with Mr Mallon's family and the SDLP.

He says he was a "giant figure" and a "mentor to many".

UUP leader Steve Aiken says Seamus Mallon was an inspirational leader.

He says Mr Mallon was always courteous but forthright in his views and had a fierce determination to get his point across".

Mr Aiken pays tribute to Seamus Mallon's "integrity, his courage and his abhorrence of all forms of violence".

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Alliance leader Naomi Long says Mr Mallon was "a role model for generous leadership".

"His commitment to non-violence, to civil rights were unwavering and uncompromising," she says.

Mrs Long says Mr Mallon was a formidable politician and an admirable man.

Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill (below) says Seamus Mallon left a legacy of "hard work and commitment".

"Seamus led a full political life in the service of the Irish people and right into his 80s, he was still making his voice heard," she added.

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"Even if we didn't always agree he made sure that we heard it and that we were listening."

First Minister Arlene Foster expresses her condolences to Seamus Mallon's family.

She compares the earlier years of his political career - "decades of murder and mayhem that thankfully we no longer have to deal with to anywhere near the same extent".

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She says that he was a "fierce critic of violence" and a key negotiator for the SDLP.

Referring to Seamus Mallon's maiden speech at Westminster she says that Northern Ireland and its leaders "must carry forward that vision" of a shared future.

SDLP deputy leader Nichola Mallon pays tribute to Seamus Mallon and says the Assembly owes a "debt of gratitude to him".

Ms Mallon said the former NI deputy first minister had made an "enormous contribution".

She said he was a "man of peace, non-violence and justice", and of "fairness, truth and of courage".

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Speaker Alex Maskey (below) calls members to order as they begin their tributes to the former deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon

Mr Maskey first makes his own remarks - expressing his condolences to to Mr Mallon's family

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He says members should recognise Seamus Mallon's record as a "parliamentarian of distinction" in the assembly, Westminster and the Irish senate.

Mr Maskey says the former deputy first minister was his own man "with strongly-held views that he expressed passionately using his talent for a pithy turn of phrase and his dry wit".

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The funeral of former deputy first minister Seamus Mallon has taken place in St James' Church in Mullaghbrack, County Armagh.

Mourners were told Mr Mallon was a peacemaker who made a "real difference to the world".

Northern Ireland's First and Deputy First Ministers Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill, Taoiseach (Irish PM) Leo Varadkar and Northern Ireland Secretary of State Julian Smith were part of the congregation.

Archbishop Eamon Martin said Mr Mallon was a "shining example of someone who gives their life in a vocation of service".

Welcome to Monday's live coverage of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

We're starting later than usual today as MLAs have been attending the funeral of the former deputy First Minister, Seamus Mallon, who died on Friday.

Members will be paying tribute to Mr Mallon in today's first item of business.

Later, we'll have a ministerial statement from the Finance Minister, Conor Murphy.

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots is bringing a motion on direct payments to farmers.