Order Paper

1. Prayers

2. Members’ Statements

3. Assembly Business

Motion: Committee Membership

Proposed:

That Mr Colin Crawford replace Mr John Stewart as a member of the Public Accounts Committee; and that Mr John Stewart be appointed as a member of the Assembly and Executive Review Committee.

Mr Robbie Butler
Mr Andy Allen

4. Executive Committee Business

Motion: The draft Period Products (the Executive Office Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Proposed:

That the draft Period Products (the Executive Office Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 be approved.

The Executive Office

         
Motion: The draft Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Proposed:

That the draft Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 be approved.

Minister for the Economy

5. Question Time

5.1  The Executive Office

5.2  Infrastructure

6. Private Members’ Business

Motion: Support for Deaf Children

Proposed: 

That this Assembly recognises the negative impact that the lack of specialist Teachers of the Deaf and other essential specialist educational support professionals has on deaf children and their families; and calls on the Minister of Education to bring forward plans to ensure that every deaf child and their family has access to a qualified Teacher of the Deaf and other specialist support staff as early as possible, regardless of their level of deafness.

Mr Robbie Butler

Mr John Stewart

Mr Andy Allen

Ms Diana Armstrong

Motion: Addressing the Lack of Respite Provision for Adults with Learning Difficulties, Complex Needs and Challenging Behaviour

Proposed:

That this Assembly recognises the inadequate provision of respite services for adults with learning difficulties, complex needs, and challenging behaviour; acknowledges that respite provision is not a luxury, but a necessity for unpaid carers in our society; notes that the demand for services is increasing year-on-year, with more children with learning difficulties, complex needs and challenging behaviour entering adult care services; recognises the hard work and dedication of staff members within the facilities that provide respite provision; accepts the need to address the lack of adult respite provision and the need for forward planning, additional investment and ring-fencing of these services; and calls on the Minister of Health to develop a plan that will address the lack of adult respite provision; and further calls on the Minister of Health to provide additional investment into these services to ensure that families and unpaid carers can avail of more regular and more consistent respite provision.

Ms Liz Kimmins

Mrs Linda Dillon

Miss Órlaithí Flynn

7. Adjournment

Statements by Ministers may also be taken at any time subject to the Speaker’s approval. Notice of Statements will appear on the Annunciator.