Marshalled List of Amendments

 24 OCTOBER 2014

Private Members’ Business – Motions

Item 4: Order Paper 237/11-16 – 04 November 2014

Motion: BBC Spotlight Programme 14 October 2014 

That this Assembly expresses concern at the contents of the investigation by the BBC Spotlight programme broadcast on Tuesday 14 October into allegations of sexual abuse perpetrated by members of the Provisional IRA and covered up within the IRA, implicating senior members of Sinn Féin; notes Ms Jennifer McCann’s admission that she was informed about the abuse that Ms Maíria Cahill suffered, yet inexplicably did not report it to the lawful authorities; further notes that Ms McCann, in her role as junior Minister in the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, has responsibilities in relation to policy relating to historical institutional abuse and children; and calls for a full inquiry into the junior Minister to establish any impropriety as well as any breach of the Ministerial Code of Conduct.

[Mr S Wilson]
[Ms P Bradley]

Amendment 1

Proposed: Insert after ‘Sinn Fein;’:

‘believes that the scale of the abuse perpetrated by members of the republican movement needs to be determined with accountability, both by those responsible and those with knowledge, and that victims be given individual and emotional support;’

[Mr A Attwood]
[Mr C Eastwood]