Assembly Debates raise awareness of topical and/or specific local issues. This category will promote those debates that are in the wider public interest.
https://youtu.be/GEpRjENDK9M Proposed: That this Assembly recognises the need to safeguard and build on the success of Northern Ireland’s fishing industry; notes with concern the impact of rising input costs for many local fishermen; supports the delivery of adequate and ongoing practical and financial support to those affected; further notes the importance of ensuring the local… Continue Reading Motion: Capital Investment in Fishing Industry
https://youtu.be/2cUBRSRy_GE Proposed: That this Assembly commits to prioritising the needs of our most vulnerable children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND); notes that the current system for supporting children with SEND has failed to deliver appropriate and timely support for parents, pupils and schools; and calls on the Minister of Education to prioritise and… Continue Reading Motion: Special Educational Needs and Disability – Investment and Transformation
https://youtu.be/C_yivp2h7sA Proposed: That this Assembly affirms that the Executive Office’s Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls must recognise that misogyny is a root cause of violence against women and girls; laments that since 2021, we have had the joint highest rate of femicide in Europe; expresses deep sadness that violence against women… Continue Reading Motion: Implementation of the Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls
https://youtu.be/t3fDrJtgwyo Mr Colin McGrath MLA asks an urgent oral question of Minister for Health Robin Swann in relation to the Strike Action by Junior Doctors.
https://youtu.be/swX-fy9-Qcg Motion: Action Plan on Waiting Lists Proposed: That this Assembly believes it is deplorable that none of the formal waiting time targets for health and social care services in Northern Ireland have been met since 2014; notes with concern a recent Northern Ireland Audit Office report which indicated that the number of people currently on… Continue Reading Motion: Action Plan on Waiting Lists
https://youtu.be/YrNqs1a1Z4M What are Members’ Statements? If a Member wishes to make a statement in the Assembly Chamber during Plenary, he or she must rise in their place. The Speaker will select a Member to make a statement, which must relate to a topical matter of public interest.
https://youtu.be/LKypo9CaGLQ An adjournment debate is a particular type of debate. Adjournment debates are generally used so that an MLA can highlight issues within their constituency and may receive a ministerial response in the Assembly Chamber. This debated was tabled by Emma Sheerin MLA. You can read a transcript of the debate in the Official Report… Continue Reading Adjournment Debate: Domiciliary Care Packages in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust – 13 February 2024
https://youtu.be/7l98vYq_mrI Motion: Lough Neagh Rescue Plan Proposed: That this Assembly recognises the vital importance of Lough Neagh to our environment, ecology and drinking water supply; further recognises its importance to tourism, fishing and leisure activities in local communities surrounding the Lough; notes with grave concern the ecological damage caused by the blue-green algae bloom last… Continue Reading Motion: Lough Neagh Rescue Plan – 13 February 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdgMirlrA4Q Motion: Women’s Health Strategy Proposed: That this Assembly calls on the Minister of Health, working with his Executive colleagues, to bring forward, as a priority, a fully-budgeted Women’s Health Strategy that supports women through every stage of their lives, and is focused on education and awareness raising, screening and earlier diagnosis, and support services… Continue Reading Motion: Women’s Health Strategy – 13 February 2024
https://youtu.be/zJSsvFxKpUM What are Members’ Statements? If a Member wishes to make a statement in the Assembly Chamber during Plenary, he or she must rise in their place. The Speaker will select a Member to make a statement, which must relate to a topical matter of public interest.