Prime Minister Gordon Brown will travel to Northern Ireland later to address assembly members at Stormont and meet local political party leaders.
The Prime Minister has called on local political leaders to set a date for the transfer of policing and justice powers.
Mr Brown will tour a manufacturer in the Greater Belfast area before addressing MLAs.
Gordon Brown told MLAs that a minority should not be allowed to exercise a veto on progress.
The parties will press him for financial help to defer water charges and he will urge them to move on the issues blocking an executive meeting.
He argued that the Assembly could not address issues like youth disorder unless they were responsible for the "levers of change".
It has not met for three months, but a meeting is planned for Thursday.
Mr Brown is on a one-day vist to Northern Ireland.
He was met by First Minister Peter Robinson at aerospace firm Bombardier on Tuesday afternoon.
The parties are expected to press Mr Brown for financial help to defer water charges and he will urge them to move on the issues blocking an executive meeting.
The Executive has not met for three months, but a meeting is planned for Thursday.
The visit comes amid attempts to force a leadership contest in the Labour Party.
The visit comes amid attempts to force a leadership contest in the Labour Party.
The party's National Executive Committee is expected to reject requests for leadership nomination forms from MPs unhappy with Mr Brown's performance.
The party's National Executive Committee has rejected requests for leadership nomination forms from MPs unhappy with Mr Brown's performance.
Mr Brown will be attending the meeting of the NEC, followed by a Cabinet meeting and hold talks with the new Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari before travelling to Northern Ireland.
Mr Brown attended the meeting of the NEC, followed by a Cabinet meeting and talks with the new Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari before travelling to Northern Ireland.
On Monday, the first minister faced questions in the assembly about the failure of the executive to convene since June.
However, Mr Robinson said there were more than two dozen issues that needed to be dealt with.
"The situation requires much more of me simply than grandstanding and scoring party political points," he said.
"What I do say is I would be deeply disappointed and the disappointment I have would be reflected right across this community, if the executive does not meet on Thursday."
The assembly got back to work at Monday lunchtime with DUP MLA Ian Paisley Junior raising a point of order about security searches ahead of the prime minister's visit.
