Marshalled List of Amendments
Tuesday 16 March 2021
Private Members’ Business
Item 4: Order Paper 84/17-22 – Tuesday 16 March 2021
Private Members’ Business
Motion: Welfare Support
Proposed:
That this Assembly highlights the need for a fair and sustainable welfare system in Northern Ireland; notes with concern the deep economic impact of the pandemic and resulting restrictions; stresses the need to meet any related increase in eligibility for, or uptake of, benefits and other forms of financial support for those made redundant or suffering ill-health, as part of the recovery from Covid-19; expresses grave concern that the review of welfare mitigations measures provided for in New Decade, New Approach has not been taken forward as a priority by the Department for Communities; and calls on the Minister for Communities to accelerate that review and to ensure that appropriate and ongoing welfare support is made available to households hardest hit by the effects of the pandemic as the Executive charts a course toward recovery.
[Ms Paula Bradley]
[Mr Alex Easton]
[Mr Robin Newton]
The Speaker has selected the following Amendment for debate:
Amendment 1
At end insert:
‘, to overturn the recent withdrawal of funding for advice centres and to reallocate the money to allow for the continuation of vital advice services.’
[Mr Gerry Carroll]
Motion: Supporting Students
Proposed:
That this Assembly welcomes the recent announcement of a £500 Covid Disruption Payment for students studying full-time higher education courses; believes that the exclusion of full-time students studying further education courses and students studying higher education courses in the Republic of Ireland or in Britain is unfair; acknowledges the difficulty of part-time students facing financial hardship also needs to be addressed; and calls on the Minister for the Economy to address these inequalities and ensure that all students who are currently excluded from the Covid Disruption Payment receive the £500 payment.
[Mr John O’Dowd]
[Dr Caoimhe Archibald]
[Ms Nicola Brogan]
[Ms Emma Sheerin]
The Speaker has selected the following Amendment for debate:
Amendment 1
Leave out all after the first ‘courses;’ and insert:
‘notes with regret the absence of legal powers in the Department for the Economy to extend this support to all full-time students studying further education courses and students studying higher education courses in the Republic of Ireland or in Great Britain; acknowledges the difficulty of part-time students facing financial hardship also needs to be addressed; and calls on the Minister for the Economy to raise with her counterparts in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland the desire to ensure that all students who are currently excluded from the Covid Disruption Payment receive comparable and much-deserved support.’
[Mr Christopher Stalford]
[Mr Gary Middleton]
