Order Paper
Date: 12 October 2026
Indicative timings for order of business
The Assembly to sit at noon.
1. Prayers
2. Members’ Statements
3. Public Petition
St Malachy's Primary School, Kilclief - Save Our School
Mr Colin McGrath
4. Assembly Business
Motion: Suspension of Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4)
Proposed:
That Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4) be suspended for 12 October 2026.
Business Committee
5. Executive Committee Business
Consideration Stage: Water, Sustainable Drainage and Flood Management Bill (NIA Bill 17/22-27)
Minister for Infrastructure
6. Question Time
7. Private Members’ Business
Further Consideration Stage: Education (Holiday Meal Payments) Bill (NIA Bill 27/22-27)
Mr Danny Baker
Further Consideration Stage: Irish-medium Education (Workforce Plan) Bill (NIA Bill 28/22-27)
Mr Pat Sheehan
8. Assembly Business (cont’d)
Motion: Exclusion of the First Minister from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998
Proposed:
That this Assembly, under section 30(1)(b) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, resolves that the First Minister no longer enjoys the confidence of the Assembly because, by participating in the unlawful protest on the Garvaghy Road on 27 September 2026 which prevented a permitted parade from proceeding, she failed to observe paragraphs (cd) and (ce) of the Pledge of Office, requiring her to uphold the rule of law and support it unequivocally in word and deed; and that she be excluded from holding office as a Minister or junior Minister for a period of 12 months.
Mr Timothy Gaston
Mr Jonathan Buckley
Mrs Diane Dodds
Mr Jon Burrows
Motion: Exclusion of the Minister for the Economy from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998
Proposed:
That this Assembly, under section 30(1)(b) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, resolves that the Minister for the Economy no longer enjoys the confidence of the Assembly because, by participating in the unlawful protest on the Garvaghy Road on 27 September 2026 which prevented a permitted parade from proceeding, she failed to observe paragraphs (cd) and (ce) of the Pledge of Office, requiring her to uphold the rule of law and support it unequivocally in word and deed; and that she be excluded from holding office as a Minister or junior Minister for a period of 12 months.
Mr Timothy Gaston
Mr Jonathan Buckley
Mrs Diane Dodds
Mr Jon Burrows
Motion: Exclusion of the Minister of Finance from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998
Proposed:
That this Assembly, under section 30(1)(b) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, resolves that the Minister of Finance no longer enjoys the confidence of the Assembly because, by participating in the unlawful protest on the Garvaghy Road on 27 September 2026 which prevented a permitted parade from proceeding, he failed to observe paragraphs (cd) and (ce) of the Pledge of Office, requiring him to uphold the rule of law and support it unequivocally in word and deed; and that he be excluded from holding office as a Minister or junior Minister for a period of 12 months.
Mr Timothy Gaston
Mr Jonathan Buckley
Mrs Diane Dodds
Mr Jon Burrows
Motion: Exclusion of the Minister for Infrastructure from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998
Proposed:
That this Assembly, under section 30(1)(b) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, resolves that the Minister for Infrastructure no longer enjoys the confidence of the Assembly because, by participating in the unlawful protest on the Garvaghy Road on 27 September 2026 which prevented a permitted parade from proceeding, she failed to observe paragraphs (cd) and (ce) of the Pledge of Office, requiring her to uphold the rule of law and support it unequivocally in word and deed; and that she be excluded from holding office as a Minister or junior Minister for a period of 12 months.
Mr Timothy Gaston
Mr Jonathan Buckley
Mrs Diane Dodds
Mr Jon Burrows
