Order Paper
Reference: OP 82/22-27
Date: 17 February 2025
The Assembly to sit at noon.
1. Prayers
2. Members' Statements
3. Assembly Business
Motion: Committee Membership
Proposed:
That Ms Aoife Finnegan replace Miss Nicola Brogan as a member of the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs; and that Ms Aoife Finnegan be appointed as a member of the Committee on Procedures.
Mrs Sinéad Ennis
Mr Philip McGuigan
Second Stage: Assembly Members (Remuneration Board) Bill (NIA Bill 09/22-27)
Assembly Commission
Motion: Establishment of an Ad Hoc Committee to consider the Assembly Members (Remuneration Board) Bill (NIA Bill 09/22-27)
Proposed:
That, as provided for in Standing Order 53(1), this Assembly appoints an Ad Hoc Committee to consider the Assembly Members (Remuneration Board) Bill; and to submit a report to the Assembly by 1 April 2025.
Composition:
- Sinn Féin 2
- Democratic Unionist Party 2
- Alliance Party 1
- Ulster Unionist Party 1
- Social Democratic and Labour Party 1
Quorum:
The quorum shall be five Members except when no decision is taken or question put to the Committee, when the quorum shall be four.
Procedure:
The procedures of the Committee shall be such as the Committee shall determine.
Business Committee
4. Executive Committee Business
Motion: Suspension of Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4)
Proposed:
That Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4) be suspended for 17 February 2025.
Minister of Finance
Motion: Supply Resolution for the Northern Ireland Spring Supplementary Estimates 2024-2025
Proposed:
That this Assembly approves that a sum, not exceeding £26,536,605,000, be granted out of the Consolidated Fund, for or towards defraying the charges for the Northern Ireland Departments, the Food Standards Agency, the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission, the Northern Ireland Audit Office, the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation, the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman, and the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland for the year ending 31 March 2025 and that resources, not exceeding £31,041,393,000, be authorised for use by the Northern Ireland Departments, the Food Standards Agency, the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission, the Northern Ireland Audit Office, the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation, the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman, and the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland for the year ending 31 March 2025 as summarised for each Department or other public body in Column 4 of Table 1 in the volume of the Northern Ireland Spring Supplementary Estimates 2024-2025 laid before the Assembly on 10 February 2025.
Minister of Finance
Motion: Supply Resolution for the Northern Ireland Vote on Account 2025-2026
Proposed:
That this Assembly approves that a sum, not exceeding £12,148,157,000 be granted out of the Consolidated Fund, for or towards defraying the charges for the Northern Ireland Departments, the Food Standards Agency, the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission, the Northern Ireland Audit Office, the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation, the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman, and the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland for the year ending 31 March 2026 and that resources, not exceeding £13,968,655,000, be authorised for use by the Northern Ireland Departments, the Food Standards Agency, the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission, the Northern Ireland Audit Office, the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation, the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman, and the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland for the year ending 31 March 2026 as summarised for each Department or other public body in Column 4 of table 1 in the Northern Ireland Estimates Vote on Account 2025-2026 that was laid before the Assembly on 10 February 2025.
Minister of Finance
Motion: Supply Resolution for Excess Votes for 2023-2024
Proposed:
That this Assembly approves that resources, not exceeding £2,776,000, be authorised for use by the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission and the Department for Communities for the year ending 31 March 2024, that a sum be granted out of the Consolidated Fund, not exceeding £464,000 for use by The Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation, for the year ending 31 March 2024 as summarised in Part 1 of the Statement of Excesses 2023-2024 document laid before the Assembly on 10 February 2025.
Minister of Finance
First Stage: Budget Bill
Minister of Finance
5. Question Time
