Marshalled List of Amendments
16 September 2025
Item 5: Order Paper 118/22-27 - Tuesday 16 September 2025
Motion: Bonfire Regulation
Proposed:
That this Assembly notes that this summer has again seen illegal and unregulated bonfires on contaminated land, placed dangerously close to hospitals, and used as platforms for racist and sectarian displays; further notes that the Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition report set out a framework to regulate bonfires including limits on the materials that can be used, the distance that bonfires can be placed from physical structures and the prevention of flags, emblems and election posters being displayed and burnt; and calls for the implementation of the Commission's recommendations to put in place bonfire regulations that prevents threats to public safety, pollution to the environment and attempts to spread hate.
Mr Colm Gildernew
Mr Pádraig Delargy
Ms Carál Ní Chuilín
Miss Deirdre Hargey
Amendment 1
Leave out all after "this Assembly" and insert:
'recognises the cultural importance of bonfires, particularly in the unionist community; believes that issues around bonfires can only be resolved with local community buy-in; notes the recent LucidTalk poll conducted in August 2025, which indicates that only 18 per cent of unionist respondents support the establishment of a regulatory commission for bonfires and flags and does not believe that another quango is required.'
[Mr Timothy Gaston]
Amendment 2
Leave out all after "burnt;" and insert:
'and calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to bring forward a full Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition Implementation Plan as a matter of urgency.'
[Mark Durkan]
[Matthew O'Toole]
[Sinead McLaughlin]
Amendment 3
Leave out all after "burnt;" and insert:
'calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to show leadership by affirming that bonfires must be lawful, safe and respectful; and further calls on the Executive Office to establish and oversee a cross-departmental programme board to assess the recommendations in the report by the Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition and produce a delivery plan to address threats to public safety, environmental pollution and manifestations of hate.'
[Ms Paula Bradshaw]
[Mr Stewart Dickson]
[Mr Peter McReynolds]
[Mr Andrew McMurray]
Amendment 4
Leave out all after "burnt;" and insert:
'condemns the construction of bonfires built on sites near or containing asbestos; calls for the implementation of the Commission's recommendations to put in place bonfire regulations that prevents threats to public safety, pollution to the environment and attempts to spread hate; and further calls on the Executive to establish a taskforce group comprised of appropriate health officials and other relevant agencies, to identify any possible negative health impacts resulting from this summer's bonfire on the Donegall Road on working class communities.'
[Mr Gerry Carroll]
Motion: Sectarian and Racist Intimidation from Homes
Proposed:
That this Assembly condemns all sectarian and racist attacks on individuals and their homes; recognises the need for elected representatives to speak clearly and unequivocally on behalf of the victims and to be responsible in the language they use in the aftermath of such attacks; expresses frustration at the ongoing delay by the Executive Office to bring forward a refreshed Good Relations Strategy as a successor to Together: Building a United Community to address sectarianism and racism through a whole-community approach; acknowledges that there is a housing crisis which requires urgent cross-departmental interventions to remove barriers to building more social and affordable homes; and calls on the Minister for Communities to outline what specific action his Department is undertaking to focus resources to deliver housing for all, based on the Community Safety Framework designed to protect people being targeted in their own homes.
Ms Kellie Armstrong
Ms Sian Mulholland
Ms Paula Bradshaw
Mr Stewart Dickson
Amendment 1
Leave out all after "such attacks;" and insert:
'notes the commitment by the Executive Office to bring forward a refreshed Good Relations Strategy alongside Together: Building a United Community to address sectarianism and racism through a whole-community approach; acknowledges that there is a housing crisis which requires urgent cross-departmental interventions to remove barriers to building more social and affordable homes; calls on the Minister for Communities to outline what specific action his department has undertaken, or is undertaking, to focus resources to delivering housing for all, including in the context of the Housing Supply Strategy; and further calls on the Minister of Justice to promote an effective multi-agency criminal justice response, based on the Community Safety Framework, designed to protect people being targeted in their own homes.'
[Mr Brian Kingston]
[Ms Joanne Bunting]
Amendment 2
Leave out all after "whole-community approach;" and insert:
'condemns the disparity of treatment between those expressing support for proscribed paramilitary organisations and those expressing support for Palestine Action; acknowledges that there is a housing crisis which requires urgent cross-departmental interventions to remove barriers to building more social and affordable homes; calls on the Minister for Communities to outline what specific action his Department is undertaking to focus resources to deliver housing for all, based on the Community Safety Framework designed to protect people being targeted in their own homes; and further calls on the Minister to reform and re-introduce intimidation points for all who have intimidated from their homes.'
[Mr Gerry Carroll]
The Speaker will make a decision on the above amendments on Friday 12 September 2025
