Order Paper
Reference: OP 161/17-22
Date: 22 March 2022
Indicative Timings for the Order of Business
The Assembly to sit at 10.30am.
1. Prayers
2. Speaker's Business - End of Mandate
3. Public Petition
Keep the Firs Residential Care Home Open
Mr Colm Gildernew
4. Assembly Business
Consideration of business not concluded on Monday 21 March 2022
Motion: Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland
Proposed:
That this Assembly, in accordance with section 65(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, nominates the individual outlined in the proposal laid in the Assembly Business Office by the Assembly Commission on 21 March 2022, as the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland.
Mr John O'Dowd
Mr Trevor Clarke
Mrs Dolores Kelly
Mr Robbie Butler
Mr John Blair
5. Executive Committee Business
Motion: The draft Police Act 1997 (Criminal Record Certificates: Relevant Matters) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022
Proposed:
That the draft Police Act 1997 (Criminal Record Certificates: Relevant Matters) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 be approved.
Minister of Justice
Motion: The draft Domestic Abuse Information-sharing with Schools etc. Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022
Proposed:
That the draft Domestic Abuse Information-sharing with Schools etc. Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 be approved.
Minister of Justice
Motion: The draft Rehabilitation of Offenders (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022
Proposed:
That the draft Rehabilitation of Offenders (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 be approved.
Minister of Justice
Final Stage: Support for Mortgage Interest etc. (Security for Loans) Bill (NIA Bill 42/17-22)
Minister for Communities
6. Question Time
7. Committee Business
Motion: RHI Action Plan
Proposed:
That this Assembly takes note of the Executive's RHI Action Plan and the outcome of the RHI disciplinary process; indicates its disappointment in respect of the lack of accountability and the failure of the Northern Ireland Civil Service to demonstrate that it has learned lessons from RHI and the consequent damage to public confidence; and calls on the Minister of Finance to thoroughly review the RHI Action Plan and the relevant disciplinary procedures for senior civil servants in order to improve transparency and accountability and thus prevent recurrence.
Chairperson, Committee for Finance
Motion: Salary of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Proposed:
That, in accordance with Article 4(1) of the Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, this Assembly determines that the salary payable to the holder of the office of Comptroller and Auditor General shall be as follows: in each year from 1st April 2017 until 31st March 2021, £150,041 (excluding employer costs); and from 1st April 2021, until such time as the Assembly makes a further determination, £154,527 (excluding employer costs).
Chairperson, Audit Committee
8. Private Members' Business
Motion: Suspension of Standing Order 42(1) - Defamation Bill
Proposed:
That Standing Order 42(1) be suspended in respect of the Final Stage of the Defamation Bill (NIA Bill 25/17-22).
Mr Mike Nesbitt
Mr Robbie Butler
Final Stage: Defamation Bill (NIA Bill 25/17-22)
Mr Mike Nesbitt
Motion: Suspension of Standing Order 42(1) - Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Bill
Proposed:
That Standing Order 42(1) be suspended in respect of the Final Stage of the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Bill (NIA Bill 35/17-22).
Ms Clare Bailey
Miss Rachel Woods
Final Stage: Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Bill (NIA Bill 35/17-22)
Ms Clare Bailey
