Order Paper
Date: 18 March 2025
Indicative timings for order of business
The Assembly to sit at 10.30am.
1. Prayers
2. Members’ Statements
3. Executive Committee Business
Further Consideration Stage: Child Support Enforcement Bill (NIA Bill 05/22-27)
Minister for Communities
Motion: The draft Welfare Supplementary Payment (Universal Credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Proposed:
That the draft Welfare Supplementary Payment (Universal Credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 be approved.
Minister for Communities
Motion: The draft Welfare Supplementary Payment (Universal Credit) (Social Sector Size Criteria) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Proposed:
That the draft Welfare Supplementary Payment (Universal Credit) (Social SectorSize Criteria) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 be approved.
Minister for Communities
Motion: The draft Welfare Supplementary Payment (Extension) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Proposed:
That the draft Welfare Supplementary Payment (Extension) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 be approved.
Minister for Communities
Motion: The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Proposed:
That the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 be affirmed.
Minister for Communities
Legislative Consent Motion: Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill
Proposed:
That this Assembly endorses the principle of the extension to Northern Ireland of the provisions of the Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill, as amended in the House of Lords on 3 February 2025, dealing with territorial extent as contained in clause 2 of the Bill.
Minister of Finance
4. Question Time
5. Private Members’ Business
Motion: Delivering an Irish Language Strategy
Proposed:
That this Assembly acknowledges the enormous historical, cultural and social importance of the Irish language; recognises the vibrancy and growth of the language in music, education and film; commends all those who have participated in another Seachtain na Gaeilge, celebrating and appreciating the vibrancy of the Irish Language across our island; and calls on the Minister for Communities to deliver the long overdue Irish Language Strategy.
Miss Nicola Brogan
Ms Emma Sheerin
Mr Colm Gildernew
Mr Maolíosa McHugh
6. Adjournment
- Education Authority's Published Admission Number Allocations for Community and Voluntary Playgroups in West Tyrone
Miss Nicola Brogan