OP 30-09/10

ORDER PAPER
TUESDAY 26 JANUARY 2010

The Assembly to sit at 10.30am

1. PRAYERS

2. SPEAKER’S BUSINESS

• Public Petition - Special Educational Needs and Inclusion

[Mr D Bradley]

3. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BUSINESS

• Second Stage - Roads (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (NIA 6/09)

[Minister for Regional Development]

• Consideration Stage - Water and S ewerage Services (Amendment) Bill (NIA 3/09)

[Minister for Regional Development]

4. QUESTION TIME

4.1 Enterprise, Trade and Investment

5. COMMITTEE BUSINESS

- Motion - Report on the Inquiry into Consideration of European Issues

- Proposed: That this Assembly approves the Report of the Committee for the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on its Inquiry into Consideration of European Issues; and calls for enhanced engagement and improved interaction with the European institutions to raise the profile of Northern Ireland in Europe.

[Chairperson, Committee for the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister]

6. PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

- Motion - The Way Forward for Special Educational Needs

- Proposed: That this Assembly acknowledges the anxiety amongst parents and teachers of children with special educational needs regarding the future policy outlined in 'Every School a Good School - the Way Forward for Special Educational Needs and Inclusion'; and calls on the Minister of Education to ensure that the policy brings clarity around the use of the term 'inclusion', no diminution of the present statutory rights of children with special educational needs, early expert diagnosis and effective intervention, a fair balance of responsibility between schools and statutory agencies, and ring-fencing of resources to ensure that children with special educational needs benefit from delegated funding.

[Mr D Bradley]
[Mr B McCrea]
[Mr T Lunn]
[Mr M Storey]
[Mrs M O’Neill]

7. ADJOURNMENT

• West Belfast Tourism Podcast Initiative

[Mr P Maskey]