Motion

Prison Service Staff Safety

Motion TitlePrison Service Staff Safety

Motion TextThat this Assembly condemns the targeting of Northern Ireland Prison Service employees by dissident republicans; calls upon the Minister of Justice to reject any proposal that compromises the security of HMP Maghaberry, the safety of prison staff or concedes to the demands of republican prisoners in Roe House; and further calls for a review by the Northern Ireland Prison Service, working with the Prison Officers and Prison Governors Association, to address concerns about staffing levels across all grades in each prison establishment in Northern Ireland.

Motion CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office04/09/2014

Date Selected By Committee04/11/2014

Date of Plenary Debate25/11/2014

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Tabled By

Member Name	Tabled As
Mr Paul Givan	MLA - Lagan Valley
Mr Sammy Douglas MBE, MCA	MLA - East Belfast
Mr Paul Frew	MLA - North Antrim
Mr Edwin Poots	MLA - Lagan Valley

Bills

Outcome/Voting

87 Members voted

54 Members voted AYE

33 Members voted NO

The Motion Was Carried, Simple Majority Lobby Division

MLA Name	Designation	Voted
Mr Steven Agnew	Other	AYE
Mr Jim Allister KC	Unionist	AYE
Mr Sydney Anderson	Unionist	AYE
Mr Alex Attwood	Nationalist	NO
Mr Jonathan Bell	Unionist	AYE
Mr Cathal Boylan	Nationalist	NO
Ms Michaela Boyle	Nationalist	NO
Ms Paula Bradley	Unionist	AYE
Mr Mickey Brady	Nationalist	NO
Mr Tom Buchanan	Unionist	AYE
Mr Joe Byrne	Nationalist	NO
Mrs Pam Cameron	Unionist	AYE
Mr Trevor Clarke	Unionist	AYE
Mrs Judith Cochrane	Other	AYE
Mr Jonathan Craig	Unionist	AYE
Mr Leslie Cree MBE	Unionist	AYE
Mr Maurice Devenney	Unionist	AYE
Mr Stewart Dickson	Other	AYE
Mrs Jo-Anne Dobson	Unionist	AYE
Mr Sammy Douglas MBE, MCA	Unionist	AYE
Mr Gordon Dunne	Unionist	AYE
Mr Alex Easton	Unionist	AYE
Mr Colum Eastwood	Nationalist	NO
Mr Tom Elliott	Unionist	AYE
Dr Stephen Farry	Other	AYE
Mr Phil Flanagan	Nationalist	NO
Mr David Ford	Other	AYE
Mr Paul Frew	Unionist	AYE
Mr Samuel Gardiner MBE	Unionist	AYE
Mr Paul Girvan	Unionist	AYE
Mr Paul Givan	Unionist	AYE
Mrs Brenda Hale	Unionist	AYE
Mr Simon Hamilton	Unionist	AYE
Mr Chris Hazzard	Nationalist	NO
Mr David Hilditch	Unionist	AYE
Mr William Humphrey	Unionist	AYE
Mr William Irwin	Unionist	AYE
Mr Gerry Kelly	Nationalist	NO
Mr Danny Kinahan	Unionist	AYE
Ms Anna Lo MBE	Other	AYE
Mr Trevor Lunn	Other	AYE
Mr Seán Lynch	Nationalist	NO
Mr Chris Lyttle	Other	AYE
Mr Declan McAleer	Nationalist	NO
Mr Fra McCann	Nationalist	NO
Ms Jennifer McCann	Nationalist	NO
Mr Kieran McCarthy	Other	AYE
Mr Raymond McCartney	Nationalist	NO
Mr Nelson McCausland	Unionist	AYE
Ms Rosaleen McCorley	Nationalist	NO
Mr Ian McCrea	Unionist	AYE
Dr Alasdair McDonnell	Nationalist	NO
Ms Bronwyn McGahan	Nationalist	NO
Mr Patsy McGlone	Nationalist	NO
Mr Martin McGuinness	Nationalist	NO
Mr David McIlveen	Unionist	AYE
Miss Michelle McIlveen	Unionist	AYE
Mr Daithí McKay	Nationalist	NO
Mrs Karen McKevitt	Nationalist	NO
Mr Fearghal McKinney	Nationalist	NO
Ms Maeve McLaughlin	Nationalist	NO
Mr Oliver McMullan	Nationalist	NO
Mr Adrian McQuillan	Unionist	AYE
Mr Alban Maginness	Nationalist	NO
Mr Alex Maskey	Nationalist	NO
Mr Ian Milne	Nationalist	NO
Mr Stephen Moutray	Unionist	AYE
Mr Mike Nesbitt	Unionist	AYE
Mr Robin Newton	Unionist	AYE
Ms Carál Ní Chuilín	Nationalist	NO
Mr Máirtín Ó Muilleoir	Nationalist	NO
Mr John O'Dowd	Nationalist	NO
Ms Michelle O'Neill	Nationalist	NO
Mrs Sandra Overend	Unionist	AYE
Mr Edwin Poots	Unionist	AYE
Mr Pat Ramsey	Nationalist	NO
Mr George Robinson MBE	Unionist	AYE
Mr Peter Robinson	Unionist	AYE
Mr Alastair Ross	Unionist	AYE
Ms Caitríona Ruane	Nationalist	NO
Mr Jimmy Spratt	Unionist	AYE
Mr Mervyn Storey	Unionist	AYE
Ms Claire Sugden	Unionist	AYE
Mr Robin Swann	Unionist	AYE
Mr Peter Weir	Unionist	AYE
Mr Jim Wells	Unionist	AYE
Mr Sammy Wilson	Unionist	AYE

Amendments

Number	Tabled Date	Amendment Text
1	21/11/2014	Proposed: Leave out from the first ‘calls’ to ‘further’ and insert: ‘notes the Stocktake document, published on 12 November 2014 by the Independent Assessment Team, on the separated prison regime in Maghaberry Prison; and’

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