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OP 44-10/11 Marshalled

MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Item 4: Order Paper 44-10/11– 8 and 9 March 2011

Executive Committee Business

Motion : Programme of Expenditure Proposals for 2011-2015

That this Assembly approves the programme of expenditure proposals for 2011-2015 as set out in the Budget laid before the Assembly on 7 March 2011.

[Minister of Finance and Personnel]

The Speaker has selected the following amendments for debate

Amendment 1:

Proposed: Leave out all after the first ‘Assembly’ and insert:

‘calls on the Minister of Finance and Personnel to revise the programme of expenditure proposals for 2011-2015, as set out in the Budget laid before the Assembly on 7 March 2011, by allocating 38 per cent of the additional £432 million resources identified for key public services (as indicated in the Minister’s statement of 4 March 2011) to year 1 revenue for the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety; and further calls for the spending requirements of DHSSPS to be reviewed annually thereafter over the budget period and for the balance (62 per cent) of those additional resources to be allocated towards key public services by agreement of the new Executive.’

[Mr D McNarry]
[Mr T Elliott]

Amendment 2:

Proposed: Leave out all after the first ‘Assembly’ and insert:

‘notes that the Budget 2011-15 is not based on any up-to-date Programme for Government; recognises the need to provide a more transparent and detailed

breakdown of expenditure proposals over the 4-year period as highlighted in the

consultation process; calls on the Minister of Finance and Personnel to revise the programme of expenditure proposals for 2011-15 to include a strategy to raise additional revenue and capital resources, to abolish the Social Investment Fund and to reallocate the £80 million from that fund and any additional resources raised to provide for:

• significant interventions to grow the private sector;
• public sector reform and new models of asset management to rebalance the economy;
• increased investment in job creation, particularly in construction, renewables, ICT, tourism and the agri-food sector;
• adequate funding to support frontline health services and to build more social houses;
• an adequate 4-year allocation for the Social Protection Fund to protect vulnerable people from the impact of welfare cuts;
• greater support for the school building and maintenance programmes;
• a guarantee that any public sector redundancies will not be compulsory; and
• support for universities so that student fee increases become unnecessary.’

[Mr D O’Loan]
[Ms M Ritchie]