Marshalled List of Amendments

13 June 2024

Item 7: Order Paper 39/22-27 – Monday 17 June 2024

Motion: All-Island Cancer Research Co-operation

Proposed:

That this Assembly notes the recent report from the All-Island Cancer Research Institute on the state of the oncology research industry; recognises the need for greater cooperation in cancer research on the island of Ireland; further recognises that clinical experts in this field have stated that developing “Oncology Innovation Clusters” by pooling resources, could help to drive research and investment in oncology, domestically and internationally; calls on the Department of Health to engage meaningfully with the Department of Health in Dublin to consider opportunities for increasing North-South cooperation in delivering innovative research into cancer prevention, treatments and interventions on the island; and further calls on the Minister of Health to subsequently update the Committee for Health on that engagement.                                                           

Ms Liz Kimmins

Mrs Linda Dillon

Miss Órlaithí Flynn

Amendment 1

Leave out all after ‘cooperation in cancer research’ and insert:

‘with both the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland; further recognises that clinical experts in this field have stated that developing Oncology Innovation Clusters by pooling resources, could help to drive research and investment in oncology, domestically and internationally; calls on the Department of Health to engage meaningfully with the respective Departments of Health in London and Dublin to consider opportunities for increasing both East-West and North-South cooperation in delivering innovative research into cancer prevention, treatments and interventions in the British Isles; and further calls on the Minister of Health to develop a Northern Ireland Cancer Research Strategy and subsequently update the Committee for Health with a progress report on this issue.’

[Mrs Diane Dodds]

[Mr Alan Robinson]