Order Paper

2.   Members’ Statements

3.   Public Petition

Amend one-hour parking restriction in Dungannon

Mr Colm Gildernew

4.   Assembly Business

Motion: Committee Membership

Proposed:

That Ms Connie Egan replace Mr Stewart Dickson as a member of the Committee for Justice; and that Mr Stewart Dickson be appointed as a member of the Committee on Standards and Privileges.

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Miss Nuala McAllister
Ms Kate Nicholl
Mr Eóin Tennyson

5.   Executive Committee Business

Motion: The draft Fair Employment (Monitoring) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Proposed:

That the draft Fair Employment (Monitoring) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 be approved.

The Executive Office

6.   Question Time

6.1     The Executive Office

6.2     Education

7.   Private Members’ Business

Motion: Statutory Duty of Candour

Proposed:

That this Assembly agrees on the need for statutory and legally enforceable organisational and individual duties of candour in Northern Ireland’s Health and Social Care system; believes that, while the overwhelming majority of staff are committed to the highest standards of care, a statutory duty of candour will play a vital role in identifying and addressing cases of abuse, negligence and failings in health and social care settings; expresses concern that limited progress has been made in introducing a statutory duty of candour, since the beginning of the Inquiry into Hyponatraemia-related Deaths, 20 years ago; calls on the Executive to engage with the UK Government around the implications of the proposed Hillsborough Law, and how it could strengthen candour in public services in Northern Ireland; and calls on the Minister of Health to bring forward legislation to implement statutory organisational and individual duties of candour before the end of the current Assembly mandate.

Miss Nuala McAllister
Mr Danny Donnelly
Mr Stewart Dickson
Ms Paula Bradshaw

Motion: Tackling the high number of unadopted housing developments and roads 

Proposed:

That this Assembly expresses alarm at the high number of unadopted housing developments across Northern Ireland; regrets that some roads and footpaths have been left for decades without full adoption; highlights the significant challenges faced by affected homeowners when seeking to sell their property; is concerned that unfinished and unadopted sites are contributing to pollution in our waterways; stresses that those who have purchased a home in good faith must not be left to foot the bill of bringing their development up to an adoptable standard; further regrets the significant number of unadopted alleyways locally, which raises health, safety and public hygiene concerns; calls on the Minister for Infrastructure to proactively identify high-priority and legacy sites for adoption and to bring forward plans for more meaningful enforcement against developers who have entered into bonds but fail to bring roads and sewerage systems to a satisfactory standard; and further calls on the Minister to work alongside Northern Ireland Water and Executive colleagues to develop, and publish, a new strategy to address the backlog in unadopted roads.

Mrs Deborah Erskine
Mr Keith Buchanan
Mr Stephen Dunne

8. Adjournment