Order Paper

Date: 10 November 2026

The Assembly to sit at 10.30am.

Indicative Timings for Order of Business.

Marshalled Lists of Amendments.

 

1. Prayers

2. Members’ Statements

3. Question Time

3.1 Health

 

4. Committee Business

Motion: Extension of Committee Stage - Display of Flags and Emblems Bill (NIA Bill 44/22-27)
Proposed:

That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 12 February 2027, in relation to the Committee Stage of the Display of Flags and Emblems Bill.

Chairperson, Committee for Infrastructure


5. Private Members’ Business

Final Stage: Education (Holiday Meal Payments) Bill (NIA Bill 27/22-27)

Mr Danny Baker

 

Final Stage: Irish-medium Education (Workforce Plan) Bill (NIA Bill 28/22-27)

Mr Pat Sheehan

 

Motion: Future of Maternity Services in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust

Proposed:

That this Assembly expresses deep concern at the temporary withdrawal of maternity services from Daisy Hill Hospital; highlights that the loss of inpatient maternity care will inevitably heighten anxiety for many families and force women to travel further for care and treatment; stresses that the rights and safety of women and children must be paramount at all times; shares public concern about the apparent managed decline of services at Daisy Hill Hospital, particularly in light of the loss of general emergency surgery; is alarmed that Craigavon Area Hospital will now be expected to oversee almost one in four of all births in Northern Ireland despite a significant number of consultant posts remaining vacant and concerns surrounding capacity; believes, in light of this, that steps must be taken to increase, and stabilise, staffing levels in both Craigavon Area Hospital and Daisy Hill Hospital; calls on the Minister of Health to confirm if he will oppose the strategic reduction in services at Daisy Hill Hospital; and further calls on the Minister to work with the Southern Health and Social Care Trust to set out a clear timeline for the pathway to restoration of maternity services in Daisy Hill Hospital on a safe and sustainable basis.

 Mrs Diane Dodds

Ms Diane Forsythe

Mr Gareth Wilson

 

6. Adjournment

The Impact of Drugs and Drug-related Intimidation on Rural Communities in Fermanagh and South Tyrone.

Ms Diana Armstrong