Marshalled list of amendments

Friday 5 December 2024

Item 7: Order Paper 70/22-27 – Monday 09 December 2024

Motion: Welfare Supplementary Payments

Proposed:

That this Assembly expresses its concern at the impending March 2025 deadline for the review of Welfare Supplementary Payments under the Welfare Supplementary Payments

(Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022; recognises the vital role that these mitigation

payments play in supporting vulnerable individuals and families affected by welfare reforms;

calls on the Minister for Communities to commit to preserving these payments at no less than

their current levels beyond March 2025 and to initiate clear, proactive communication with all current recipients about their entitlement; and further calls on the Minister to prioritise legislative planning and coordination with the Executive to secure robust, long-term mitigation protections for those most adversely impacted by welfare reform, with a clear timeline for implementation.

Chairperson, Committee for Communities

Single Amendment

Leave out all after the second ‘March 2025’ and insert:

‘, and until at least the end of the current Assembly mandate, and to initiate clear, proactive communication with all current recipients about their entitlement; further calls on the Minister to re-introduce cost-of-living payments to recipients of means-tested benefits, in recognition of the financial impacts of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis on low income households; and calls on the Minister to prioritise legislative planning and coordination with the Executive to secure robust, long-term mitigation protections for those most adversely impacted by welfare reform, with a clear timeline for implementation.’

[Mr Gerry Carroll]