OP 3-09/10 Marshalled

MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Item 4: Order Paper 3 09/10– 21 September 2009

Private Members’ Business - Motions

Motion - Civil Service Recruitment

That this Assembly notes the efforts made by the Northern Ireland Civil Service in recent years to address the under-representation of Protestants among those applying for, and being recruited to, occupational groups which have most employees in the Civil Service; and calls for continued monitoring of all the grades, but particularly those grades where thousands of people are employed, in order that those from all community backgrounds can have confidence in the recruitment process.

[Mr G Campbell]
[Mr P Weir]

The Speaker has selected the following amendment(s) for debate:

Amendment 1:

Proposed: Leave out all after the second ‘Civil Service;’ and insert:

‘notes the continued under-representation of Catholics and women in the most senior grades of the Civil Service; and calls for continued monitoring of all grades, the immediate publication of the ninth Equal Opportunities Unit report which the DFP Equality and Diversity Plan (para. 6.2) stated, in October 2008, would be published by the end of 2008 and the continued publication, in their traditional format, of the major DFP Equal Opportunities Unit reports detailing NICS workforce recruitment, composition and promotion patterns in order that those from all community backgrounds can have confidence in the recruitment and promotion processes.’

[Mr J O’Dowd]
[Mr M McLaughlin]
[Ms J McCann]

Amendment 2:

Proposed: Leave out all after ‘people are employed’ and insert:

‘to ensure that achievements made to address historic imbalances throughout the Civil Service workforce are sustained; and recognises the continued need for a specific focus on encouraging religious and gender equality and ethnic diversity, not least in the Senior Civil Service, in order that those from all community backgrounds can have confidence in the recruitment and appointment processes.’

[Mr D O’Loan]
[Mr A Attwood]

Motion : Financial Support for Sports Clubs

That this Assembly calls on the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure to ensure that no sports club, which facilitates a commemoration or glorification of terrorism, receives financial support through his Department, either directly or indirectly.

[Mr T Elliott]
[Mr D Kennedy]
[Mr D McNarry]

The Speaker has selected the following amendment(s) for debate:

Amendment 1:

Proposed: Leave out all after ‘ensure’ and insert:

‘that his Department recognises the excellent work done by sports clubs, particularly in providing community facilities, encouraging healthy activity, and promoting a positive life-style for young people; further, noting cases of sectarianism and support for terrorism carried out in sports clubs, this Assembly urges the Minister to use his good offices with governing bodies to ensure that sporting facilities provide a welcoming atmosphere for everyone; and while recognising the excellent work that has already been done in this regard, this Assembly believes a withdrawal of funding would be appropriate after repeated and deliberate incidents of sectarianism or glorification of terrorism.’

[Mr T Lunn]
[Mrs N Long]
[Mr S Farry]
[Ms A Lo]