Order Paper
Date: 27 May 2025
Indicative timings for order of business
The Assembly to sit at 10.30am.
1. Prayers
2. Members’ Statements
3. Question Time
4. Private Members’ Business
Motion: Access to Dental Care
Proposed:
That this Assembly expresses severe concern at the challenges many people experience in accessing dental care; notes the testimony from the British Dental Association that the shortfall between Department of Health fees for dentists and the cost of providing services means many dental practices are not financially viable and are struggling to continue seeing NHS patients; further notes that early and preventative oral healthcare can help improve health outcomes for patients and reduce demand for wider health services; calls on the Minister of Health to develop a new oral health strategy to address access to services and workforce challenges; and further calls on the Minister to conclude and publish the general dental services cost-of-service review as soon as possible.
Miss Nuala McAllister
Mr Danny Donnelly
Ms Paula Bradshaw
Mr Stewart Dickson
Motion: Additional Funding for North South Bodies
Proposed:
That this Assembly recognises the significant strain placed on public finances as a result of 14 years of austerity cuts by the British Government; expresses deep concern that the current British Government is continuing their predecessor's austerity agenda, as evidenced by the cuts to winter fuel payments and planned cuts to welfare payments; welcomes the willingness of the Irish Government to increase its funding allocation for the six North South Bodies including Waterways Ireland, the Loughs Agency, the Special European Union Programmes Body, InterTrade Ireland, Foras na Gaeilge, and the Ulster Scots Agency; notes that such additional funding, at no cost to the Executive, would help deliver better outcomes in terms of environmental conservation, language and cultural rights, food quality and safety, and investment and job creation; believes that the rejection of this additional funding is nonsensical, particularly at a time when public finances are stretched and when additional money could make a real difference; and calls on all Ministers to agree the new funding model to allow additional funding to help deliver and sustain services.
Ms Emma Sheerin
Mr Declan Kearney
Mr Cathal Boylan
5. Adjournment
- Drug-related Deaths in East Antrim
Mr Danny Donnelly
