Motion

Executive Reform

Motion TitleExecutive Reform

Motion TextThat this Assembly is ashamed of the long suspensions of devolution over the last ten years; accepts responsibility for the decline in public services that have taken place over that time; apologises to public sector workers who have experienced pay injustice over the last ten years; resolves that the functioning of the Assembly and the Executive should never again be subject to the veto of a single party; and calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to include a specific commitment to reform of the institutions in the Programme for Government.

Motion CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Motion TypeOpposition business

Date Tabled to Business Office22/02/2024

Date Selected By Committee22/02/2024

Date of Plenary Debate04/03/2024

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Tabled By

Member Name	Tabled As
Mr Matthew O'Toole	MLA - South Belfast
Mr Daniel McCrossan	MLA - West Tyrone
Ms Sinéad McLaughlin	MLA - Foyle
Mr Colin McGrath	MLA - South Down

Bills

Outcome/Voting

78 Members voted

32 Members voted AYE

46 Members voted NO

1 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 Andy Allen MBE	Unionist	AYE
Mr Jim Allister KC	Unionist	NO
Dr Caoimhe Archibald	Nationalist	NO
Ms Kellie Armstrong	Other	AYE
Mr Danny Baker	Nationalist	NO
Mr Doug Beattie MC	Unionist	AYE
Mr John Blair	Other	AYE
Mr Cathal Boylan	Nationalist	NO
Mr Maurice Bradley	Unionist	NO
Ms Paula Bradshaw	Other	AYE
Mr Phillip Brett	Unionist	NO
Miss Nicola Brogan	Nationalist	NO
Mr David Brooks	Unionist	NO
Ms Cheryl Brownlee	Unionist	NO
Mr Patrick Brown	Other	AYE
Mr Keith Buchanan	Unionist	NO
Mr Jonathan Buckley	Unionist	NO
Ms Joanne Bunting	Unionist	NO
Mr Robbie Butler	Unionist	AYE
Mr Gerry Carroll	Other	ABSTAINED
Mr Alan Chambers	Unionist	AYE
Mr Trevor Clarke	Unionist	NO
Mr Pádraig Delargy	Nationalist	NO
Mr Stewart Dickson	Other	AYE
Mrs Linda Dillon	Nationalist	NO
Mrs Diane Dodds	Unionist	NO
Mr Danny Donnelly	Other	AYE
Mr Stephen Dunne	Unionist	NO
Mr Mark Durkan	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Alex Easton	Unionist	NO
Ms Sorcha Eastwood	Other	AYE
Ms Connie Egan	Other	AYE
Mrs Sinéad Ennis	Nationalist	NO
Mrs Deborah Erskine	Unionist	NO
Mrs Ciara Ferguson	Nationalist	NO
Miss Órlaithí Flynn	Nationalist	NO
Ms Diane Forsythe	Unionist	NO
Mr Paul Frew	Unionist	NO
Mr Colm Gildernew	Nationalist	NO
Mr Paul Givan	Unionist	NO
Miss Deirdre Hargey	Nationalist	NO
Mr Harry Harvey	Unionist	NO
Mr David Honeyford	Other	AYE
Ms Cara Hunter	Nationalist	AYE
Mr William Irwin	Unionist	NO
Mr Declan Kearney	Nationalist	NO
Mr Gerry Kelly	Nationalist	NO
Ms Liz Kimmins	Nationalist	NO
Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly	Unionist	NO
Mr Declan McAleer	Nationalist	NO
Miss Nuala McAllister	Other	AYE
Mr Daniel McCrossan	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Patsy McGlone	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Colin McGrath	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Philip McGuigan	Nationalist	NO
Miss Michelle McIlveen	Unionist	NO
Ms Sinéad McLaughlin	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Justin McNulty	Nationalist	AYE
Mr Peter McReynolds	Other	AYE
Mrs Cathy Mason	Nationalist	NO
Mr Nick Mathison	Other	AYE
Mr Gary Middleton	Unionist	NO
Mr Andrew Muir	Other	AYE
Ms Sian Mulholland	Other	AYE
Miss Áine Murphy	Nationalist	NO
Mr Conor Murphy	Nationalist	NO
Mr Mike Nesbitt	Unionist	AYE
Ms Kate Nicholl	Other	AYE
Mr John O'Dowd	Nationalist	NO
Ms Michelle O'Neill	Nationalist	NO
Mr Matthew O'Toole	Nationalist	AYE
Ms Aisling Reilly	Nationalist	NO
Mr Alan Robinson	Unionist	NO
Mr Pat Sheehan	Nationalist	NO
Ms Emma Sheerin	Nationalist	NO
Mr John Stewart	Unionist	AYE
Ms Claire Sugden	Unionist	AYE
Mr Robin Swann	Unionist	AYE
Mr Eóin Tennyson	Other	AYE

Amendments

Selected Amendments

No amendments tabled were selected for this motion.

Other Amendments Tabled

Tabled Date	Amendment Text
29/02/2024	Leave out all after “devolution over the last ten years” and insert: ‘and acknowledges the decline in public services that have taken place over that time; apologises to public sector workers who have experienced pay injustice over the last ten years; resolves that the functioning of the Assembly and the Executive should never again be subject to the veto of a single party; and calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to include a specific commitment to reform the institutions in the Programme for Government, which includes the removal of a veto on the establishment of an Executive and Assembly, on Executive decisions and on preparations for the removal of designations in the longer term.’
29/02/2024	Leave out all after “veto of a single party;” and insert: ‘recognises that community designations and mechanisms at the Assembly have entrenched divisions in our communities and agrees that they should be scrapped; and calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to include a specific commitment to reform the institutions in the Programme for Government.’

Tabled Date

Amendment Text

29/02/2024

Leave out all after “devolution over the last ten years” and insert: ‘and acknowledges the decline in public services that have taken place over that time; apologises to public sector workers who have experienced pay injustice over the last ten years; resolves that the functioning of the Assembly and the Executive should never again be subject to the veto of a single party; and calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to include a specific commitment to reform the institutions in the Programme for Government, which includes the removal of a veto on the establishment of an Executive and Assembly, on Executive decisions and on preparations for the removal of designations in the longer term.’

29/02/2024

Leave out all after “veto of a single party;” and insert: ‘recognises that community designations and mechanisms at the Assembly have entrenched divisions in our communities and agrees that they should be scrapped; and calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to include a specific commitment to reform the institutions in the Programme for Government.’

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