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No. 7-08/09

MINUTE OF PROCEEDINGS

MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2008

The Assembly met at noon, the Speaker in the Chair

  1. Personal Prayer or Meditation

Members observed two minutes’ silence.

  1. Executive Committee Business

2.1 Motion - Draft Fixed-Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2008

Proposed: That the draft Fixed-Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2008 be approved.

[Minister for Employment and Learning]

Debate ensued.

The Question being put, the Motion was carried without division.

  1. Committee Business

3.1 Motion - Extension of Committee Stage: Diseases of Animals Bill (NIA 22/07)

Proposed: That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 17 February 2009, in relation to the Committee Stage of the Diseases of Animals Bill (NIA Bill 22/07).

[Chairperson, Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development]

The Question being put, the Motion was carried without division.

  1. Private Member’s Business

4.1 Motion - Strategy for Cohesion, Sharing and Integration

Proposed: That this Assembly expresses its concern at the delayed publication of the Strategy for Cohesion, Sharing and Integration; calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to publish their strategy without further delay and to detail how this strategy will promote reconciliation, the ideal of a truly shared future and how it will help the Executive’s commitment to eradicate poverty.

[Mrs D Kelly]
[Mr A Maginness]
[Mrs C Hanna]

4.2 Amendment No. 1

Proposed: At end insert:

‘; and calls on the Executive to meet immediately to commit to producing an action plan, led by the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, to tackle segregation in schools, housing and leisure facilities.’

[Dr S Farry]
[Mrs N Long]

Debate ensued.

The Amendment being put, the Amendmentwas made.

The Question being put, the Motion, as amended, was carried without division.

4.3 Motion - Comber Greenway

Proposed: That this Assembly acknowledges the health benefits that outdoor exercise offers children and adults, including positive mental well-being; recognises that safe walking and cycling routes contribute greatly to this and are in short supply in urban areas; and calls on the Minister for Regional Development to preserve safe pedestrian and cyclist access on the Comber Greenway.

[Ms D Purvis]
[Mrs N Long]

The Deputy Speaker (Mr McClarty) in the chair.

Debate ensued.

The debate was suspended for Question Time.

  1. Question Time

5.1 Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Questions were put to, and answered by, the Minister, Mr Michael McGimpsey.

5.2 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

Questions were put to, and answered by, the Minister, Ms Michelle Gildernew.

5.3 Minister for Social Development

Questions were put to, and answered by, the Minister, Ms Margaret Ritchie.

  1. Private Member’s Business (cont’d)

6.1 Motion - Comber Greenway (cont’d)

Debate resumed on the Motion.

The Deputy Speaker (Mr Molloy) in the chair.

The Question being put, the Motion was carried without division.

  1. Adjournment

Dr Alasdair McDonnell spoke on Primary School Education in South Belfast.

Proposed: That the Assembly do now adjourn.

[The Speaker]

The Assembly adjourned at 5.44 pm.

Mr William Hay
The Speaker
6 October 2008

PAPERS PRESENTED TO THE ASSEMBLY FROM
1 TO 6 OCTOBER 2008

  1. Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly
  2. Bills of the Northern Ireland Assembly
  3. Orders in Council
  4. Publications Laid in the Northern Ireland Assembly
  5. Assembly Reports

Report on the Committee for Social Development’s Consideration of the Administration of Disability Living Allowance (XX/07/08R) (Social Development Committee)

  1. Statutory Rules

(The department identified after each rule is for reference purposes only.)

S.R. 2008/X Lands Tribunal (Salaries) Order ( Northern Ireland) 2008 (DFP)

S.R. 2008/376 Grammar Schools (Charges) (Amendment) Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2008 (DE)

S.R. 2008/394 The European Fisheries Fund (Grants) Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2008 (DARD)

S.R. 2008/397 The Salaries (Assembly Ombudsman and Commissioner for Complaints) Order ( Northern Ireland) 2008 (OFMDFM)

S.R. 2008/400 The Tullygrawley Road, Ballymena (Abandonment) Order ( Northern Ireland) 2008 (DRD)

S.R. 2008/403 The Child Support Information Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2008 (DSD)

S.R. 2008/404 The Child Support (Consequential Provisions) Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2008 (DSD)

S.R. 2008/406 The Social Security (Child Maintenance Amendments) Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2008 (DSD)

S.R. 2008/409 The Child Support and Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2008 (DSD)

S.R. 2008/410 The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 3) Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2008 (DSD)

S.R. 2008/411 The Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) (Amendment) Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2008 (DSD)

For Information Only :

S.R. 2008/396 (C.21) The Libraries (2008 Act)(Commencement No 1) Order ( Northern Ireland) 2008 (DCAL)

S.R. 2008/399 (C. 22) The Child Maintenance (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order ( Northern Ireland) 2008 (DSD)

  1. Consultation Documents
  2. Departmental Publications
  3. Agency Publications
  4. Westminster Publications
  5. Miscellaneous Publications