Order Paper

1. Prayers

2. Members’ Statements

3. Executive Committee Business

Final Stage: RHI (Closure of Non-Domestic Scheme) Bill (NIA Bill 22/22-27)

Minister for the Economy

4. Question Time

4.1 Justice

5. Committee Business

Motion: Extension of Committee Stage – Education (Holiday Meal Payments) Bill (NIA Bill 27/22-27)

Proposed:

That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 18 September 2026, in relation to the Committee Stage of the Education (Holiday Meal Payments) Bill.

Chairperson, Committee for Education

Motion: Extension of Committee Stage – Irish-medium (Workforce Plan) Bill (NIA Bill 28/22-27)

Proposed:

That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 30 August 2026, in relation to the Committee Stage of the Irish-medium (Workforce Plan) Bill.

Chairperson, Committee for Education

6. Private Members’ Business

Motion: Delivering Fit-for-Purpose Autism Services

Proposed:

That this Assembly expresses significant concern at the failure to provide fit-for-purpose services and support for those impacted by autism in Northern Ireland; further expresses significant concern at the findings of the Independent Autism Reviewer’s Annual Report September 2024 – March 2026 including on major pressures in respite and short break provision, the mental health effects of long autism assessment waiting times, the postcode lottery of available services, and the lack of a cross-government transition pathway for autistic young people; agrees that, with autism rates rising exponentially, providing high quality and responsive autism services should be a priority for the Department of Health; and calls on the Minister of Health to outline how he will ensure delivery of the measures in the Autism Strategy 2023 – 2028 and the Autism Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 during the rest of the Assembly mandate and his plans for the continued improvement of services in the years that follow.

Miss Nuala McAllister

Mr Danny Donnelly

Mrs Michelle Guy

Motion: Strengthening Homecare Provision

Proposed:

That this Assembly recognises the essential contribution of the homecare (domiciliary care) sector to supporting independence and enabling older people, people with disabilities, and those living with long-term conditions to remain in their own homes and communities; acknowledges that demand for homecare is increasing and becoming more complex; notes with concern the ongoing pressures undermining effective community-based care, including persistent workforce shortages, rising fuel costs and regional disparities leading to delayed hospital discharges and unmet care; and calls on the Minister of Health to fulfil his commitment to introduce the real Living Wage for social care workers and to develop, through meaningful engagement and co-production, a comprehensive action plan to strengthen homecare in an equitable, sustainable and future proofed manner.

Mr Philip McGuigan

Mrs Linda Dillon

Miss Órlaithí Flynn

7. Adjournment

Development of St Patrick’s Day in Downpatrick

Mr Colin McGrath