Motion

Health Budget

Motion TitleHealth Budget

Motion TextThat this Assembly rejects the maladministration of the preceding Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety with regard to his departmental budget which has led to recent announcements from Health & Social Care Trusts regarding reductions in frontline services; and calls on the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to ensure adequate Equality Impact Assessments are established as a matter of priority before any final decisions are made.

Motion CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office04/11/2014

Date Selected By Committee04/11/2014

Date of Plenary Debate17/11/2014

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Tabled By

Member Name	Tabled As
Ms Maeve McLaughlin	MLA - Foyle
Mr Chris Hazzard	MLA - South Down
Mr Daithí McKay	MLA - North Antrim
Mr Mickey Brady	MLA - Newry and Armagh
Ms Rosaleen McCorley	MLA - West Belfast

Bills

Outcome/Voting

63 Members voted

30 Members voted AYE

33 Members voted NO

9 Members voted in both lobbies and are not included in these results

The Motion Was Negatived, Simple Majority Lobby Division

MLA Name	Designation	Voted
Mr Steven Agnew	Other	AYE
Mr Jim Allister KC	Unionist	ABSTAINED
Mr Sydney Anderson	Unionist	NO
Mr Jonathan Bell	Unionist	NO
Ms Michaela Boyle	Nationalist	AYE
Ms Paula Bradley	Unionist	NO
Mr Mickey Brady	Nationalist	AYE
Mrs Pam Cameron	Unionist	NO
Mr Gregory Campbell	Unionist	NO
Mr Trevor Clarke	Unionist	NO
Mr Jonathan Craig	Unionist	NO
Mr Leslie Cree MBE	Unionist	ABSTAINED
Mr Maurice Devenney	Unionist	NO
Mr Stewart Dickson	Other	AYE
Mrs Jo-Anne Dobson	Unionist	ABSTAINED
Mr Gordon Dunne	Unionist	NO
Mr Alex Easton	Unionist	NO
Mr Tom Elliott	Unionist	ABSTAINED
Ms Megan Fearon	Nationalist	AYE
Mr David Ford	Other	AYE
Mr Paul Frew	Unionist	NO
Mr Samuel Gardiner MBE	Unionist	ABSTAINED
Mr Paul Girvan	Unionist	NO
Mr Paul Givan	Unionist	NO
Mrs Brenda Hale	Unionist	NO
Mr Simon Hamilton	Unionist	NO
Mr Chris Hazzard	Nationalist	AYE
Mr David Hilditch	Unionist	NO
Mr William Humphrey	Unionist	NO
Mr William Irwin	Unionist	NO
Mr Gerry Kelly	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Trevor Lunn	Other	AYE
Mr Seán Lynch	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Chris Lyttle	Other	AYE
Mr Declan McAleer	Nationalist	AYE
Mr John McCallister	Unionist	ABSTAINED
Mr Fra McCann	Nationalist	AYE
Ms Jennifer McCann	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Kieran McCarthy	Other	AYE
Mr Raymond McCartney	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Nelson McCausland	Unionist	NO
Ms Rosaleen McCorley	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Ian McCrea	Unionist	NO
Mr Barry McElduff	Nationalist	AYE
Ms Bronwyn McGahan	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Martin McGuinness	Nationalist	AYE
Miss Michelle McIlveen	Unionist	NO
Mr Daithí McKay	Nationalist	AYE
Ms Maeve McLaughlin	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Oliver McMullan	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Adrian McQuillan	Unionist	NO
Mr Alex Maskey	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Ian Milne	Nationalist	AYE
Lord Morrow of Clogher Valley	Unionist	NO
Mr Stephen Moutray	Unionist	NO
Mr Mike Nesbitt	Unionist	ABSTAINED
Mr Robin Newton	Unionist	NO
Mr Cathal Ó hOisín	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Máirtín Ó Muilleoir	Nationalist	AYE
Mr John O'Dowd	Nationalist	AYE
Ms Michelle O'Neill	Nationalist	AYE
Mrs Sandra Overend	Unionist	ABSTAINED
Mr Edwin Poots	Unionist	NO
Mr Peter Robinson	Unionist	NO
Mr Alastair Ross	Unionist	NO
Mr Pat Sheehan	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Jimmy Spratt	Unionist	NO
Mr Mervyn Storey	Unionist	NO
Mr Robin Swann	Unionist	ABSTAINED
Mr Peter Weir	Unionist	NO
Mr Jim Wells	Unionist	NO
Mr Sammy Wilson	Unionist	NO

Amendments

Selected Amendments

Number	Tabled Date	Amendment Text
1	13/11/2014	Proposed: Insert after ‘frontline services;’: ‘believes that a contributory factor has been the failure of the Northern Ireland Executive to properly fund and implement the strategic plan Transforming Your Care and that the Trusts’ announcements are inconsistent with that plan;’

Other Amendments Tabled

Tabled Date	Amendment Text
13/11/2014	Proposed: Leave out all after ‘Assembly’ and insert: ‘pays tribute to the dedication of hardworking health and social care staff across Northern Ireland; recognises the immense difficulties health services face nationally and internationally in meeting ever-growing demand in constrained financial circumstances; notes the challenges for local Health and Social Care Trusts to break even in 2014-15 in a context of escalating demand for services and added pressures on the Executive’s overall resources; expresses regret that due to the advanced stage reached in the financial year the Trusts are having to take measures, some of which are counter-strategic; supports equality screening of Trust decisions; and further recognises the significant challenges the Northern Ireland Executive and health service will face in the years ahead; and calls on the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to outline how frontline staff can have a greater role in leading and delivering the transformational change required in order to preserve future health and social care that is consistent with the founding principles of the NHS.’

Tabled Date

Amendment Text

13/11/2014

Proposed: Leave out all after ‘Assembly’ and insert: ‘pays tribute to the dedication of hardworking health and social care staff across Northern Ireland; recognises the immense difficulties health services face nationally and internationally in meeting ever-growing demand in constrained financial circumstances; notes the challenges for local Health and Social Care Trusts to break even in 2014-15 in a context of escalating demand for services and added pressures on the Executive’s overall resources; expresses regret that due to the advanced stage reached in the financial year the Trusts are having to take measures, some of which are counter-strategic; supports equality screening of Trust decisions; and further recognises the significant challenges the Northern Ireland Executive and health service will face in the years ahead; and calls on the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to outline how frontline staff can have a greater role in leading and delivering the transformational change required in order to preserve future health and social care that is consistent with the founding principles of the NHS.’

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