Marshalled List of Amendments

Monday 1 December 2025

Item 6 - Order Paper 137/22-27 - Monday 1 December 2025

Motion: Pressure on PSNI due to Health System Failings Proposed:

That this Assembly expresses grave concern that failings in the health and social care system are forcing the PSNI to act as the service of last resort for those facing mental ill-health or other forms of health crisis; expresses further severe concern that the PSNI responds to over 100 concern for safety calls per day on average, with only three per cent of those incidents linked to crime; agrees that having to make up for gaps in health and social services is having an unaffordable impact on policing resources and capacity; notes that this additional pressure is being put on policing despite the Department of Health receiving more than half of the Executive's entire 2025-26 resource budget; and calls on the Minister of Health to prioritise delivery of the Mental Health Strategy 2021-2031, Health and Wellbeing 2026: Delivering Together and the Right Care, Right Person model in order to address the unsustainable burden his Department is placing on police services.

Miss Nuala McAllister

Mr Danny Donnelly

Mr Peter McReynolds

Ms Paula Bradshaw

Amendment

Leave out all after 'resource budget' and insert:

'and the PSNI being in urgent need of additional funding with both staff and officer numbers at a critically low level; calls on the Minister of Health to prioritise delivery of the Mental Health Strategy 2021-2031, including expediting the delivery of a new regional mental health crisis service, as well as Health and Wellbeing 2026: Delivering Together; and further calls on the Minister of Justice to work alongside the Minister of Health to implement the Right Care, Right Person model in order to address the unsustainable burden the Department of Health is placing on police services.'

[Mr Trevor Clarke]

[Ms Cheryl Brownlee]

[Mr Paul Frew]

[Mr Keith Buchanan]

Motion: Recognising the Importance of Food Security Proposed:

That this Assembly notes the importance of food security; believes food production should be recognised as a strategic asset in Northern Ireland; further notes Northern Ireland's role in feeding 10 million people; celebrates the food and drink sector generating £4.9 billion Gross Value Added to Northern Ireland; stresses that investing in agriculture is essential for boosting productivity, job creation and delivering progress toward more environmentally sustainable practices; expresses grave concern that agri-food businesses face significant trading barriers as a result of the Windsor Framework and the application of EU law; condemns, in particular, the ongoing threat to the critical supply of veterinary medicines from Great Britain from 1 January 2026, as well as uncertainty surrounding new EU rules on deforestation-free products; highlights that this could undermine animal welfare and the resilience of UK-wide food supply chains; notes that current, aspirational climate targets would see a reduction in livestock numbers; believes that perfection cannot prevent progress; calls on the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to urgently bring proposals to the Executive to reduce Northern Ireland's interim 2030 and 2040 emissions reduction targets in the interests of protecting food security and a just transition for agriculture; and further calls on the Minister to unlock greater levels of on-farm investment and innovation by providing immediate clarity on ammonia controls within planning, in keeping with the Executive's Programme for Government.

Miss Michelle McIlveen

Mr Tom Buchanan

Mr William Irwin

Amendment

Leave out all after 'environmentally sustainable practices;' and insert:

'recognises that Brexit has had a significant destabilising impact on our agriculture and agri-food sector, negatively affecting our farmers and rural communities; further recognises the all-island nature of the agrifood sector; acknowledges that the Windsor Framework provides a pragmatic way to manage the new trading realities which now exist, preventing a hard border on the island of Ireland and securing dual market access for our food produce; understands that concerns exist for farmers regarding future access to veterinary medicines and the implementation of emerging regulatory requirements; believes that progress toward emissions reduction targets must promote food security, be fair, evidence-based, avoid culls, be consistent with a just transition for agriculture, and avoid carbon leakage whereby higher-emission food imports displace local production; and calls on the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to bring forward measures to unlock greater levels of on-farm investment and innovation, including providing clarity on ammonia controls within planning, in line with the Executive's Programme for Government.'

[Mr Declan McAleer]

[Ms Áoife Finnegan]

[Miss Áine Murphy]