Marshalled list of amendments

10 October 2024

Item 6: Order Paper 56/22-27 – Monday 14 October 2024

Motion: Funding for the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice

Proposed:

That this Assembly acknowledges the vital role of the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice in providing palliative care for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and supporting their families through extremely challenging times; notes the financial pressures faced by the Children’s Hospice due to statutory funding not increasing in line with rising costs incurred due to inflationary pressures; calls on the Minister of Health to prioritise the inclusion of additional funding for the Children’s Hospice in future health budgets; and further calls on the Minister to underline his commitment to sustainable funding going forward by covering 50 per cent of the costs incurred by the Children’s Hospice in providing lifeline care and support to children and their families.

Mrs Diane Dodds

Mr Paul Frew

Mr Phillip Brett

Mr Brian Kingston

Amendment

After ‘inflationary pressures;’ insert:

‘agrees that the provision of palliative care should be a core Health and Social Care service and not dependent on charitable fundraising;’

[Miss Nuala McAllister]

[Mr Danny Donnelly]

[Mr Stewart Dickson]

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]