Motion

Department for Regional Development's Management of Budgets

Motion TitleDepartment for Regional Development's Management of Budgets

Motion TextThat this Assembly notes that the Committee for Regional Development has lost confidence in the Department for Regional Development’s ability to effectively manage and maintain its budgets, as a result of an over-reliance on in-year monitoring, Translink’s statement that it will cease to trade within the next two years, the potential for infraction proceedings arising from a lack of investment in waste water treatment plants and the risk of the Department exceeding its 2014-2015 budgetary control limits; and calls on the Minister for Regional Development to explain how he intends to negate these risks and to set out his financial strategy for the next financial period.

Motion CategoryCommittee Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office01/06/2015

Date Selected By Committee02/06/2015

Date of Plenary Debate09/06/2015

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Tabled By

Member Name	Tabled As
Mr Trevor Clarke	Committee Chair - Committee for Infrastructure

Bills

Outcome/Voting

80 Members voted

67 Members voted AYE

13 Members voted NO

The Motion Was Carried, Simple Majority Lobby Division

MLA Name	Designation	Voted
Mr Steven Agnew	Other	NO
Mr Jim Allister KC	Unionist	NO
Mr Sydney Anderson	Unionist	AYE
Mr Alex Attwood	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Roy Beggs	Unionist	NO
Mr Cathal Boylan	Nationalist	AYE
Ms Michaela Boyle	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Dominic Bradley	Nationalist	AYE
Ms Paula Bradley	Unionist	AYE
Mr Tom Buchanan	Unionist	AYE
Mr Joe Byrne	Nationalist	AYE
Mrs Pam Cameron	Unionist	AYE
Mr Trevor Clarke	Unionist	AYE
Mrs Judith Cochrane	Other	AYE
Mr Leslie Cree MBE	Unionist	NO
Mr John Dallat	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Stewart Dickson	Other	AYE
Mrs Jo-Anne Dobson	Unionist	NO
Mr Sammy Douglas MBE, MCA	Unionist	AYE
Mr Alex Easton	Unionist	AYE
Mr Colum Eastwood	Nationalist	AYE
Ms Megan Fearon	Nationalist	AYE
Mrs Arlene Foster	Unionist	AYE
Mr Paul Frew	Unionist	AYE
Mr Samuel Gardiner MBE	Unionist	NO
Mr Paul Girvan	Unionist	AYE
Mrs Brenda Hale	Unionist	AYE
Mr Simon Hamilton	Unionist	AYE
Mr Chris Hazzard	Nationalist	AYE
Mr David Hilditch	Unionist	AYE
Mr William Humphrey	Unionist	AYE
Mr Ross Hussey	Unionist	NO
Mr William Irwin	Unionist	AYE
Mrs Dolores Kelly	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Gerry Kelly	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Danny Kennedy	Unionist	NO
Ms Anna Lo MBE	Other	AYE
Mr Trevor Lunn	Other	AYE
Mr Chris Lyttle	Other	AYE
Mr Declan McAleer	Nationalist	AYE
Mr John McCallister	Unionist	NO
Mr Fra McCann	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Kieran McCarthy	Other	AYE
Mr Raymond McCartney	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Nelson McCausland	Unionist	AYE
Ms Rosaleen McCorley	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Ian McCrea	Unionist	AYE
Mr Barry McElduff	Nationalist	AYE
Ms Bronwyn McGahan	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Michael McGimpsey	Unionist	NO
Mr Patsy McGlone	Nationalist	AYE
Mr David McIlveen	Unionist	AYE
Miss Michelle McIlveen	Unionist	AYE
Mr Daithí McKay	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Fearghal McKinney	Nationalist	AYE
Ms Maeve McLaughlin	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Oliver McMullan	Nationalist	AYE
Mr David McNarry	Unionist	AYE
Mr Adrian McQuillan	Unionist	AYE
Mr Alban Maginness	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Alex Maskey	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Gary Middleton	Unionist	AYE
Mr Ian Milne	Nationalist	AYE
Lord Morrow of Clogher Valley	Unionist	AYE
Mr Stephen Moutray	Unionist	AYE
Mr Mike Nesbitt	Unionist	NO
Mr Robin Newton	Unionist	AYE
Mr Cathal Ó hOisín	Nationalist	AYE
Mrs Sandra Overend	Unionist	NO
Mr Pat Ramsey	Nationalist	AYE
Mr George Robinson MBE	Unionist	AYE
Mr Seán Rogers	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Alastair Ross	Unionist	AYE
Ms Caitríona Ruane	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Pat Sheehan	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Jimmy Spratt	Unionist	AYE
Mr Mervyn Storey	Unionist	AYE
Mr Robin Swann	Unionist	NO
Mr Peter Weir	Unionist	AYE
Mr Jim Wells	Unionist	AYE

Amendments

Selected Amendments

No amendments tabled were selected for this motion.

Other Amendments Tabled

Tabled Date	Amendment Text
05/06/2015	Proposed: Leave out all after the first ‘Development’ and insert: ‘notes the current £60million of budgetary pressures faced by the Department for Regional Development; further notes the warnings from the Minister for Regional Development of the effects an inadequate budget allocation would have on his Department's ability to deliver core services; and calls on the Minister to work with his Executive colleagues to ensure that sufficient resources are made available to his Department to fund core services.’

Tabled Date

Amendment Text

05/06/2015

Proposed: Leave out all after the first ‘Development’ and insert: ‘notes the current £60million of budgetary pressures faced by the Department for Regional Development; further notes the warnings from the Minister for Regional Development of the effects an inadequate budget allocation would have on his Department's ability to deliver core services; and calls on the Minister to work with his Executive colleagues to ensure that sufficient resources are made available to his Department to fund core services.’

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