No. 63-08/09
MINUTE OF PROCEEDINGS
MONDAY 15 JUNE 2009
The Assembly met at noon, the Deputy Speaker (Mr McClarty) in the Chair
1. Personal Prayer or Meditation
Members observed two minutes’ silence.
2. Matters of the Day - Kilkeel Plane crash
2.1 Ms Margaret Ritchie made a statement, under Standing Order 24, in relation to a plane crash in Kilkeel. Representatives from the South Down constituency were called to speak on the matter.
3. Speaker’s Business
3.1 The Deputy Speaker informed Members that Mr Danny Kinahan had been returned as a Member of the Assembly for the South Antrim constituency to fill the vacancy that resulted from the resignation of Mr David Burnside.
Mr Kinahan had signed the Roll of Members on Tuesday 9 June 2009 in the presence of the Speaker and the Clerk/Director General. The Deputy Speaker confirmed that Mr Kinahan had signed the Roll and had entered his designation of identity.
4. Executive Committee Business
4.1 Motion - Suspension of Standing Orders
Proposed: That Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4) be suspended for 15 June 2009.
[Minister Foster on behalf of the Minister of Finance and Personnel]
The Question being put, the Motion was carried with cross-community support nemine contradicente.
4.2 Statement - Swine Flu
The Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Mr Michael McGimpsey, made a statement to the Assembly regarding Swine Flu, following which he replied to questions.
4.3 Motion - Supply Resolution for the 2009-2010 Main Estimates
Proposed: That this Assembly approves that a sum, not exceeding £7,566,927,000, be granted out of the Consolidated Fund, for or towards defraying the charges for Northern Ireland Departments, the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission, the Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints, the Food Standards Agency, the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation for the year ending 31 st March 2010 and that resources, not exceeding £8,311,830,000, be authorised for use by Northern Ireland Departments, the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission, the Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints, the Food Standards Agency, the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation for the year ending 31 st March 2010 as summarised for each Department or other public body in Columns 3 (b) and 3 (a) of Table 1.3 in the volume of the Northern Ireland Estimates 2009-10 that was laid before the Assembly on 29 May 2009.
[Minister Foster of behalf of the Minister of Finance and Personnel]
Debate ensued.
Debate was suspended for Question Time.
The Deputy Speaker (Mr Molloy) in the chair.
5. Question Time
5.1 Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
Questions were put to, and answered by, the First Minister, Rt Hon Peter Robinson.
5.2 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Questions were put to, and answered by, the Minister, Ms Michelle Gildernew.
6. Executive Committee Business (cont’d)
6.1 Motion - Supply Resolution for the 2009-2010 Main Estimates (cont’d)
Debate resumed on the Motion.
The Question being put, the Motion was carried with cross-community support nemine contradicente.
6.2 First Stage - Budget (No. 2) Bill (NIA 8/08
The Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Mrs Arlene Foster, on behalf of the Minister of Finance and Personnel, introduced a Bill to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of certain sums for the service of the year ending 31st March 2010; to appropriate those sums for specified purposes; to authorise the Department of Finance and Personnel to borrow on the credit of the appropriated sums; to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources (including accruing resources) for the year ending 31st March 2010; and to repeal certain spent provisions.
Bill passed First Stage and ordered to be printed (NIA Bill 8/08).
Members were informed that the Chairperson of the Committee for Finance and Personnel had provided the confirmation required in Standing Orders, and that the Bill would therefore proceed under accelerated passage.
7. Adjournment
Proposed: That the Assembly do now adjourn.
[The Speaker]
The Assembly adjourned at 5.23 pm.
Mr William Hay
The Speaker
15 June 2009
NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY
PAPERS PRESENTED TO THE ASSEMBLY FROM
10 to 15 JUNE 2009
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
Safefood’s Annual Report and Accounts for the year ending 31 December 2007 (NIA 50/08-09)
Food From Britain Annual Report and Accounts 2008/09 (NIA 102/08-09)
The Administration & Management of Disability Living Allowance Reconsideration & Appeals Process (NIA 116/08-09)
The Pre-school Education Expansion Programme (NIA 133/08-09)
5. Assembly Reports
Third Composite Report on Issues Dealt with by Correspondence (Public Accounts Committee)
6. Statutory Rules
(The Department identified after each rule is for reference purposes only.)
S.R 2009/227 The Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocation) Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2009 (DETI)
S.R. 2009/228 The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) (Amendment) Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2009 (DSD)
S.R. 2009/229 The Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (Amendment) Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2009 (DARD)
For Information Only :
S.R. 2009/207 The Rules of the Supreme Court ( Northern Ireland) (Amendment) 2009 (Supreme Court)
S.R. 2009/208 The Criminal Appeal (Serious Crime Prevention Orders) Rules ( Northern Ireland) 2009 (Supreme Court)
S.R. 2009/209 The Criminal Appeal (Offenders Assisting Investigations and Prosecutions) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009 (Supreme Court)
S.R. 2009/210 The Criminal Appeal (Amendment) ( Northern Ireland) Rules 2009 (Supreme Court)
7. Written Ministerial Statements
8. Consultation Documents
Disputes in the workplace: a systems review ( DEL)
Draft Rathlin Island Policy (DRD)
Consultation on Draft Regulations Implementing Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the Quality of Water Intended for Human Consumption in Respect of Private Water Supplies (DOE)
9. Departmental Publications
Agricultural Wages (Amendment) Order 2009 (DARD)
Northern Ireland Office Departmental Report 2009 (NIO)