MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Item 2: Order Paper 09/07 – 05 June 2007

Private Members’ Business - Motions

Motion: Rural Health Taskforce

That this Assembly calls for the establishment of a Rural Health Taskforce with the objective of delivering a focused and co-ordinated response to the health needs of people living in rural areas, including:

• a shared vision and co-ordination of activities;
• the development of strategic alliances;
• proper healthcare as part of a Bill of Rights; and
• an assessment of best practice and examination of how other European countries which share common borders deal with access to healthcare.

[Ms C Ní Chuilín]
[Mr B McElduff]

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

Amendment 1: Leave out all after ‘Assembly’ and insert:

‘notes the ongoing work of the Rural Medicine Working Group and urges the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to ensure that rural communities have access to safe and sustainable health services.’

[Rev Dr R Coulter]
[Mr J McCallister]

Amendment 2: Insert after ‘alliances’:

• ‘equal access to life-saving services for all, irrespective of postcode;’

[Dr K Deeny]

Motion: Post Offices

That this Assembly notes the grave threat to rural communities with the closure of up to two hundred Post Offices in Northern Ireland, and calls upon the Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister to use their office to support the retention of Post Offices by advocating the use of Post Office services for governmental and council business as far as is practicable.

[Mr J Shannon]
[Lord Morrow]
[Mr A McQuillan]

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

Amendment 1: After ‘rural’ insert:

‘and urban’; and

leave out all after the second ‘Minister’ and insert:

‘to formulate an effective strategy on a cross-departmental basis to maximise the use of postal services by government departments.’

[Mr D Bradley]