Order Paper

Date: 10 January 2022

Indicative Timings for the Order of Business

The Assembly to sit at noon.

1. Prayers

2. Assembly Business

Suspension of Standing Order 20(1)

Proposed:

That Standing Order 20(1) be suspended for 10 January 2022.


Mr John O’Dowd
Ms Joanne Bunting

Mrs Dolores Kelly
Mr Robbie Butler

Mr Andrew Muir
Ms Clare Bailey

 

3. Private Members’ Business

Motion: Keeping Schools Open and Safe

Proposed:

That this Assembly expresses its support for keeping schools open and operating in a manner that is safe for pupils, parents, teachers and staff; further expresses serious concern at the lack of planning by the Minister of Education to ensure the safe reopening of schools in the context of the increased transmissibility of the Omicron COVID-19 variant; recognises the staffing pressures that increased transmissibility will present for schools; and calls on the Minister of Education to urgently develop a plan that puts the safety of pupils and staff first, through the installation of air monitoring and air filtration devices in all classrooms, and addresses the staffing pressures facing the education system by utilizing and deploying additional teaching capacity to keep schools open and safe.



Mr Pat Sheehan
Ms Nicola Brogan
Mr John O’Dowd
Ms Sinéad Ennis

 

4. Adjournment

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