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An overview of upcoming business at the Assembly from 10 December 2007 to 14 December 2007.
Charities Bill
The Minister for Social Development will introduce the first stage of a Bill designed to create the post of charity commissioner for Northern Ireland.
Climate Change Bill
The Minister of the Environment has proposed a motion: “That this Assembly endorses the principle of the extension of the provisions of the Climate Change Bill to Northern Ireland”.
South Belfast MLA Anna Lo will ask the Minister to make a statement on a Single Equality Bill, in light of the draft Programme for Government.
Sinn Fein’s Sue Ramsey will ask for details of the work of the junior Ministers in the last three months with specific reference to meeting groups which advocate for children and young people. Later the SDLP’s Mary Bradley will ask the Minister what plans are in place to implement the 10 year strategy for children and young people; and to detail the funding that is available to facilitate this implementation.
The DUP’s Jim Shannon will ask the Minister to provide a precise definition of the term 'severe child poverty' in relation to the target contained in the PSA document.
The Alliance Party’s Naomi Long will ask the Minister whether or not the A Shared Future policy remains an adopted policy of the current Executive.
Sinn Fein Party President Gerry Adams will ask the Minister to confirm OFMDFM’s support for the safeguarding of resource funding pledged to projects from West Belfast and Greater Shankill, through the pilot integrated development fund.
South Down MLA Willie Clarke, will ask the Minister to detail the take-up to date of joint funding of both arts councils on the island of Ireland under the TURAS initiative launched earlier this year.
Ken Robinson (UUP) will ask the Minister to make a statement on the recent visit of the Junior Ministers to Brussels.
Jimmy Spratt (DUP) will ask the Minister to outline what progress has been made in relation to an Older Persons' Commissioner.
Finally, the UUP’s Roy Beggs will ask the Minister to outline the steps taken by Junior Ministers to increase participation in, and understanding of, public affairs by children.
Strangford MLA Kieran McCarthy will ask the Minister what steps her department is taking to encourage the growing of energy crops.
Trevor Lunn (Alliance) will ask the Minister to detail how her department is contributing to the Good Relations policy.
The SDLP’s Patsy McGlone will ask the Minister for her assessment of the administrative and financial implications for her department of proposals to introduce an Environmental Protection Agency. Basil McCrea (UUP) will ask the Minister to detail any discussions she has had with the Minister of the Environment in relation to proposals to establish an independent Environmental Protection Agency.
Carmel Hanna (SDLP) will ask the Minister to comment on whether or not the Sports Strategy can be implemented in the context of the funding allocations in the draft Budget.
South Down MLA PJ Bradley will ask the Minister to confirm whether or not sports clubs in Northern Ireland, whose parent bodies are not associated with the Olympic Games, will receive grant-aid for their development programmes, due to lottery funding being redirected to the 2012 Games.
The Alliance Party’s Anna Lo will ask the Minister what plans he has to reallocate resources towards bringing per capita arts funding into line with Scotland and the Republic of Ireland.
Stephen Moutray (DUP) will ask the Minister to detail the sums awarded to organisations for community funding by his department in the last year.
Strangford MLA Michelle McIlveen will ask the Minister to provide an update on progress in taking the Ulster-Scots language forward from Part II to Part III status under the Council of Europe Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
Kieran McCarthy (Alliance) will ask the Minister what plans he has to disseminate the contents of the joint lecture series entitled 'Our Shared Heritage', that he referred to in his Ministerial statement on 20 November 2007, to a wider audience.
Delivering choice for the terminally ill
Caral Ní Chuilín (Sinn Fein) has proposed a motion: “That this Assembly expresses concern that 75% of terminally ill people in Northern Ireland are unable to die in the place of their choice, whether in their own home or the home of a family member; and that many terminally ill people are admitted to hospital on multiple occasions, unnecessarily, during the final weeks of life, causing stress to their families and carers; welcomes the positive results emerging from the ‘Delivering Choice Programme’ which Marie Curie Cancer Care has operated in Great Britain; and calls on the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to provide the necessary resources for a pilot programme aimed at ensuring that patients, and their carers, receive the necessary support throughout the palliative care period”.
‘Home-Start Funding in the Ards, Comber and Peninsula Area’. Proposed by David McNarry (UUP)
Transfer Procedure
DUP MLA Sammy Wilson has proposed a motion: “That this Assembly notes that the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment has indicated that 31 January 2008 is the deadline for the creation of an alternative transfer test, which can be based on the revised curriculum; and, given the short timescale and the uncertainty which the indecision about the transfer procedure is causing, calls on the Minister of Education to present her proposals for the transfer of pupils from primary to secondary school immediately”.
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1.30pm - Agriculture and Rural Development Committee
2.00pm - Employment and Learning Committee - Visit
9.00am - Employment and Learning Committee - Visit
10.00am - Finance and Personnel Committee
10.30am - Regional Development Committee
2.00pm - Committee for the OFMDFM
10.00am - Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee
10.30am - Environment Committee
10.30am - Enterprise, Trade and Investment Committee
11.00am - Social Development Committee
2.30pm - Health, Social Services and Public Safety Committee
10.30am - Education Committee
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