OP 52-08/09

ORDER PAPER

TUESDAY 28 APRIL 2009

The Assembly to sit at 10.30am

1. PRAYERS

2. PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

- Motion - Health Provision for Older People

- Proposed: That this Assembly calls on the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to reconfigure and enhance services for older people to ensure that these services are integrated, person-centred and well-staffed; that the dignity of the individual is promoted; that information is communicated effectively to patients and relatives by health professionals; that inpatients receive a nutritional diet; and that personal care is provided free of charge to all those with medical need.

[Mrs I Robinson]
[Mr T Buchanan]
[Mr A Easton]

- Motion - Revised Recommendations Report of the Local Government Boundaries Commissioner

- Proposed: That this Assembly expresses its concern over the implications for strong, accountable local government and a shared future, in light of the Revised Recommendations Report of the Local Government Boundaries Commissioner.

[Mr R Beggs]
[Mr D McClarty]

- Motion - Children Missing from Care

- Proposed: That this Assembly notes with concern the failure of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to monitor and maintain baseline figures relating to the number of children who go missing from care and the number of such incidents per child; demands action to address the lack of access to specialist therapeutic support services for these children across all Health and Social Care Trust areas; recognises the pressure on police resources and time in retrieving these children; calls on the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to place greater emphasis on the needs of missing children and to ensure that his Department accurately accounts for these children in its role as corporate parent; and provides a clear strategy and resources to address the reasons for these children going missing and the risks to which they are exposed during their absence.

[Miss M McIlveen]
[Mr E Poots]
[Mr I McCrea]
[Mr M Storey]

3. ADJOURNMENT

• Non-Acute Hospital Provision in Armagh City.

[Mr D Bradley]