Order Paper

1.   Prayers

2.   Members’ Statements

3.   Executive Committee Business

Motion: The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

Proposed:

That the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 be affirmed.

Minister for Communities

Legislative Consent Motion: Sporting Events Bill

Proposed:

That this Assembly endorses the principle of the extension of the provisions of the Sporting Events Bill, as introduced in the House of Commons on 14 May 2026, dealing with provisions relating to specific departmental powers in clauses 1–13, 18–24, 25, and 26–30, together with Schedules 1–3, Schedule 5 (paragraphs 1 and 3 only), and Schedule 6 of the Bill.

Minister for the Economy

4.   Question Time

4.1     Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

5.   Private Members’ Business

Second Stage: Age Discrimination (Goods, Facilities and Services) Bill (NIA Bill 46/22-27)

          Ms Claire Sugden

Motion: Geo-blocking of RTÉ and TG4

Proposed:

That this Assembly expresses concern at the continued geo-blocking of Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) and Teilifís na Gaeilge (TG4) content for audiences here; recognises the frustration caused to viewers who are denied equal access to public service broadcasting, cultural programming and major sporting events; notes the growing cross-party support for ending the exclusion of audiences here, including the backing of the Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport for proposals to address geo-blocking and recognise audiences here as under-served; welcomes the ongoing work of the Minister for the Economy, in promoting greater all-island connectivity and cooperation and for engaging with both Governments in Dublin and London on this issue; and calls on RTÉ, TG4, both Governments, and relevant regulators to work together to remove geo-blocking barriers and ensure fair and equal access to public service broadcasting across the island of Ireland.

Mr Pádraig Delargy
Mr Colm Gildernew
Miss Nicola Brogan
Mr Declan Kearney

Motion: Reiterating Unconditional Support for the Rule of Law

Proposed:

That this Assembly believes support for upholding the rule of law is essential to maintaining stability and confidence in the devolved institutions; deplores the actions of those elected representatives who participated in, encouraged, or directed the recent unnotified and unlawful protest on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown; condemns, in particular, the First Minister’s pledge to stand firmly against the law in certain circumstances; stresses that the rule of law must be applied without fear or favour and that lawmakers engaged in lawbreaking should be brought to justice; calls on the Minister of Justice to exercise her powers under the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 to remove Miss Deirdre Hargey as a member of the Policing Board with immediate effect; and further calls on the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to consider strengthening the law to increase democratic accountability for those local elected representatives who undermine support for the rule of law.

Mr Jonathan Buckley
Mrs Diane Dodds
Mr Paul Frew

6.     Adjournment