Marshalled List of Amendments
13 September 2024
Item 5: Order Paper 49/22-27 – Tuesday 17 September 2024
Motion: Funding for Health Service Transformation
Proposed:
That this Assembly acknowledges the deepening crisis engulfing the health service; believes current hospital waiting times are unacceptable and must be urgently and sustainably addressed; notes with particular concern the 9.4 per cent rise in the number of patients waiting for a first consultant-led outpatient appointment in the Northern, Southern and Western Health & Social Care Trusts between June 2023 and June 2024; reiterates support for the full and timely implementation of the Systems, not Structures report by Professor Rafael Bengoa in order to deliver a more effective, efficient and responsive health service; recognises the importance of transformation being clinically led, as well as the need to value and reward our dedicated frontline health professionals; expresses concern that the stabilisation package agreed with the Government in December 2023 is insufficient to enable the immediate sustainability of public services or to take forward the much-needed transformation agenda; further believes there is a need for a new, long-term financial settlement with the Treasury; calls on the Minister of Health to work with Executive colleagues to strongly make the case for additional funding from the Treasury; and further calls on the Minister to prioritise and allocate additional resources to tackle the backlog in hospital waiting lists in the delivery of the Executive’s forthcoming Programme for Government.
Mrs Diane Dodds
Mr Alan Robinson
Amendment 1
Leave out all after ‘responsive health service;’ and insert:
‘agrees that delivering the ambitions of Health and Social Care transformation will require political leadership and an emphasis on service quality; recognises the importance of transformation being clinically led with genuine co-design and partnership working with the Health and Social Care sector; further recognises the need to value and reward our dedicated frontline health professionals; expresses concern that the stabilisation package agreed with the Government in December 2023 and lack of multi-year budgets is insufficient to enable the immediate sustainability of public services or to take forward the much-needed transformation agenda; further believes there is a need for a new, long-term financial settlement with the Treasury; calls on the Minister of Health to work with Executive colleagues to strongly make the case for additional funding from the Treasury; and further calls on the Minister to prioritise and allocate additional resources to tackle the backlog in hospital waiting lists in the delivery of the Executive’s forthcoming Programme for Government.’
[Miss Nuala McAllister]
[Mr Danny Donnelly]
[Mr Eóin Tennyson]
Motion: Removing the Barriers to Green Growth
Proposed:
That this Assembly recognises that fair and just growth in the green economy is vital for securing Northern Ireland’s economic future and delivering on our Net Zero commitments; welcomes work from the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to bring forward a Green Growth Strategy; recognises that this Strategy is an important precursor to the delivery of a wider Green New Deal that will decarbonise our economy and create sustainable green jobs in existing and emerging industries; agrees that the major delays within our planning system is one of the greatest barriers to green growth, inward investment and delivery of vital renewable energy infrastructure; further recognises that, without fundamental reform of the planning system, the ambition to harness the potential of a green growth economy, as set out in the draft Programme for Government, will not be possible; and calls on the Minister for Infrastructure and the Minister for the Economy to work together to deliver fundamental reform of the planning system in order to deliver green growth and maximise renewable energy.
Mr David Honeyford
Ms Kate Nicholl
Mr John Blair
Mr Andrew McMurray
Amendment 1
Leave out all from ‘welcomes’ to ‘industries’ and insert:
‘welcomes work from the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to develop a Green Growth Strategy; highlights that this Strategy, once presented by the Minister to the Executive for consideration and agreement, could provide a framework to decarbonise our economy, create sustainable green jobs in existing and emerging industries, whilst recognising the importance of an affordable and sustainable transition for businesses and households;’
[Mrs Deborah Erskine]
[Mr Phillip Brett]
[Mr Gary Middleton]
