MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Item 2: Order Paper 10-07/08 – 9 October 2007

Private Members’ Business - Motions

Motion – Arts Funding

That this Assembly recognises the critical role that the arts can play in promoting a positive international image of Northern Ireland, attracting visitors and growing the local economy and the contribution that community arts make to social cohesion; expresses its alarm that the arts are relatively underfunded per capita in Northern Ireland compared to all other regions in the United Kingdom; and calls upon the Executive to raise the level of arts funding to at least the United Kingdom average within the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review.

[Ms Anna Lo]
[Dr S Farry]

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

Amendment 1: Leave out all after ‘cohesion;’ and insert:

‘and, while recognising that economic growth must be the Assembly’s main priority, encourages the Executive to explore means of enhancing promotion of the arts in Northern Ireland.’

[Mr N McCausland]
[Lord Browne]
[Mr J Shannon]

Amendment 2: Leave out all after the first ‘Kingdom’, and insert:

‘and Ireland; and calls upon the Executive to raise the level of arts funding to at least £10 per person, in the context of the Comprehensive Spending Review.’

[Mr B McElduff]
[Mr P Maskey]

Motion – Irish Language

That this Assembly reaffirms its support for the recognition given to the Irish language and Ulster-Scots culture through Foras na Gaeilge and the Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch as an equitable framework for the expression of these linguistic and cultural traditions; objects to the proposal for an Irish Language Act in light of these arrangements; and calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to request all members of the Executive Committee to recognise the sensitivities of using the Irish language by refraining from its use in the Assembly Chamber, in Committees and in written communication with MLAs.

[Mr D McNarry]

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

Amendment 1: After ‘Ulster-Scots’ insert:

‘language and’ and

at end insert:

‘; and requests that the Official Report uses the same policy for recording the opening words of speeches when they are spoken in Irish as when they are spoken in English.’

[Mr N McCausland]

Motion – Sex Offenders

That this Assembly expresses concern at the disparity in child protection regulations and the registration of sexual offenders across the island of Ireland; and calls for an early North-South Ministerial Council cross-departmental sectoral meeting, including the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, the Department of Education and the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister to address the disparity.

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

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

‘between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; recognises the threat that can arise when sex offenders from Northern Ireland move to Great Britain; and calls for full co-operation from all relevant departments to address these matters.’

[Mr T Buchanan]

Amendment 2: Leave out ‘an early North-South Ministerial Council cross-departmental sectoral meeting,’ and insert:

‘early sectoral meetings of the North-South Ministerial Council and the British-Irish Council’

[Mrs N Long]
[Dr K Deeny]