Order Paper

Reference: OP 59/11-15

Date: 26 March 2012

The Assembly to sit at noon.

Indicative Timings for Order of Business

1. Prayers

2. Assembly Business

Motion: Committee Membership

Proposed:

That Mr Alastair Ross replace Mr Sammy Douglas as a member of the Committee for Social Development.

Mr P Weir
Lord Morrow

3. Executive Committee Business

Second Stage - Superannuation Bill (NIA 6/11-15)

Minister of Finance and Personnel

Motion: Draft Rates (Deferment) (Revocation and Savings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Proposed:

That the Draft Rates (Deferment) (Revocation and Savings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 be approved.

Minister of Finance and Personnel

Motion: Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Proposed:

That the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 be approved.

Minister for Social Development

Motion: Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Proposed:

That the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 be affirmed.

Minister for Social Development

4. Question Time

4.1 Environment

4.2 Health, Social Services and Public Safety

5. Private Members’ Business

Motion: Accident and Emergency Department at the Royal Victoria Hospital

Proposed:

That this Assembly recognises the unprecedented pressures currently being placed on the Accident and Emergency Department at the Royal Victoria Hospital; notes with concern that staff are working in extremely challenging circumstances and the impact that this has on staff and patients; accepts the recommendation contained in the recent review into the provision of Health and Social Care that the Department should encourage only people in need of emergency treatment to attend accident and emergency departments; and calls on the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to review urgently the services at the Royal Victoria Hospital, to ensure that the necessary permanent staff are employed on an effective and efficient basis to allow the smooth operation of the Accident and Emergency Department.

Mr J McCallister
Mr S Gardiner

6. Adjournment