OP 11-08/09
ORDER PAPER
TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2008
The Assembly to sit at 10.30 am
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PRAYERS
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BUSINESS
- Motion - Road Traffic (Traffic Wardens) (Revocation) Order ( Northern Ireland) 2008
- Proposed: That the Road Traffic (Traffic Wardens) (Revocation) Order ( Northern Ireland) 2008 be affirmed.
[Minister for Regional Development]
- Motion - Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits) (Amendment) Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2008
Proposed: That the Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits) (Amendment) Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2008 be affirmed.
[Minister for Regional Development]
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PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS
- Motion - Location of Public Sector Jobs
- Proposed: That this Assembly notes the findings of the Bain Report on the location of public sector jobs and welcomes its recommendations; calls on the Department of Finance and Personnel and the Executive to pursue its recommendations with an active policy of decentralisation with the full co-operation of all departments; and further calls on relevant Ministers to address the access problems of inadequate infrastructure and poor public transport identified at Enniskillen, Cookstown and Downpatrick so that, to achieve better balanced economic growth, these towns can be considered for the further location of public sector jobs.
[Mr T Gallagher]
[Mr P McGlone]
[Mr PJ Bradley]
- Motion - Supporting People Fund
- Proposed: That this Assembly calls on the Minister for Social Development to review the current budget for the Supporting People fund to include inflationary increases, so that the programme’s existing sustainability and quality of service is not put at risk.
[Ms A Lo]
[Mr K McCarthy]
- Motion - Financial Advice for Older People
- Proposed: That this Assembly notes with concern the increasing number of pensioners who are experiencing debt and financial difficulties; and calls on the Minister for Social Development to introduce a strategy for improving the quality of, and access to, financial advice for older people.
[Mr F Cobain]
[Mr J McCallister]
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ADJOURNMENT
- Tourist potential of Lough Neagh.
[Mr F Molloy]