| Motion Type | Motion | Tabled Date | Tablers |
| Private Members' Motion |
Bullying of LGBT Pupils in Schools
That this Assembly notes with concern the levels of bullying, self-harm and suicide that exist within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community; welcomes the Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill, as introduced by the former Minister of Education Mr John O'Dowd; and calls on the Minister of Education to outline his Department's strategy for enhancing the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pupils.
| 15/03/2017 | Mr B McElduff; Ms L Dillon; Ms Ó Flynn |
| Private Members' Motion |
Constitutional Convention
That this Assembly notes the failure of previous talks processes to provide long-term, sustainable government in Northern Ireland; recognises that public engagement enhances the democratic process; and calls on the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, along with the British and Irish governments, to establish a Constitutional Convention and subsequent referendum to review, reform and revitalise the Good Friday Agreement with the intention of providing long-term stability to the political system in Northern Ireland.
| 15/03/2017 | Mr S Agnew; Ms C Bailey |
| Private Members' Motion |
Contribution of the Hill Farming Community
That this Assembly recognises the vital contribution the hill farming community makes to the agri-food industry; further recognises the invaluable role it plays in maintaining the environment; and calls on the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to give confidence and reassurance to the hill farming community that it will be treated equally to all other sectors of farming with regard to future funding for the agriculture industry.
| 15/03/2017 | Mr D McAleer; Ms C Archibald |
| Private Members' Motion |
GPs in the Community
That this Assembly recognises the increasing workload and pressures facing general practitioners; commends the work of general practitioners in the community; recognises the vital role of primary care as part of a sustainable health care system; and calls on the Minister of Health to continue to engage with general practitioners to ensure the adequate provision of primary care services.
| 15/03/2017 | Mr I Milne; Mr F McCann; Ms E McCallion |
| Private Members' Motion |
Political Donations
That this Assembly recognises the importance of public scrutiny of elected representatives; further recognises that an important aspect of this scrutiny is knowledge of who donates to political parties; and calls on the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to require the Electoral Commission to publish donations to political parties over £500.00.
| 15/03/2017 | Mr S Agnew; Ms C Bailey |
| Private Members' Motion |
Pregnancy and Maternity Rights: The Law and Good Practice
That this Assembly recognises the recent report by the Equality Commission entitled Pregnancy and Maternity Rights: The Law and Good Practice; notes the findings of the report on how issues of pregnancy and maternity are treated in the workplace; calls on the Minister for the Economy to engage with the Labour Relations Agency and the Equality Commission in respect of this report; and further calls on the Minister to acknowledge the model maternity policy in the report and to bring forward regulations that will ensure equality of opportunity for women in the workplace.
| 15/03/2017 | Ms L Dillon; Ms S Ennis; Ms E McCallion; Ms M Gildernew |
| Private Members' Motion |
Referendum on the Deal to Leave the European Union
That this Assembly notes that the 2016 referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union (EU) only decided the principle of leaving the EU, not the circumstances under which we leave; further notes that 56 per cent of people in Northern Ireland who voted to remain; and calls on the Prime Minister to hold a referendum on the terms of any agreed deal to leave the EU before any exit is finalised, with the option to remain being on the ballot to ensure that citizens can make an informed choice.
| 15/03/2017 | Mr S Agnew; Ms C Bailey |
| Private Members' Motion |
Royal Navy Engagement with the Local Fishing Fleet
That this Assembly recognises the dangers faced by the local fishing fleet in carrying out its work; notes the recent report by the Marine Accident Investigations Branch into the near-fatal contact between a Royal Navy submarine and the fishing vessel Karen in the Irish Sea in 2015; and calls on the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to liaise with the Ministry of Defence to ensure that all the relevant protocols in place are adhered to, and that the Royal Navy engages with the fishing fleet to build trust with the industry.
| 15/03/2017 | Ms C Archibald; Mr D McAleer |
| Private Members' Motion |
Voting Rights
That this Assembly notes the extension of voting rights to people aged sixteen and seventeen years for the referendum on Scottish independence; welcomes the positive impact this had on participatory democracy in Scotland; and calls for the voting age for all future elections and referendums on these islands to be lowered to sixteen.
| 15/03/2017 | Mr C Hazzard; Ms J Dolan; Ms S Ennis; Ms M Fearon |
| Private Members' Motion |
Windfall Tax on the Renewable Heat Incentive
That this Assembly recognises that there has been significant abuse of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme prior to the changes implemented in 2015; calls on the Minister of Finance to introduce a windfall tax on any profits, above and beyond the cost of the biomass used, earned through the RHI scheme for applicants prior to 18 November 2015 in order to return the scheme to its original intention of encouraging the replacement of fossil fuels with renewable sources; and further calls on the Minister of Finance to negotiate with the British Treasury to ensure that any money generated from the windfall tax is returned to the block grant.
| 15/03/2017 | Mr S Agnew; Ms C Bailey |
| Private Members' Motion |
Cybercrime
That this Assembly recognises that the increasing reliance on digital technologies can make us more vulnerable to those who seek to exploit this reliance for malicious purposes; welcomes the launch of the Scamwise NI Partnership which highlights the risks and sets out actions to stop these scams; and calls on the Minister of Justice to draft a strategy for cyber resilience.
| 16/03/2017 | Mr M Durkan; Mr C McGrath |
| Private Members' Motion |
Decriminalisation of Early Medical Abortions
That this Assembly notes a number of recent prosecutions connected to using, or helping others to use, medications to induce early medical abortion; notes the disproportionate impact of the current legal framework on women who turn to illegal medications due to their financial circumstances or immigration status; and calls on the Executive to decriminalise early medical abortions with pills up to nine weeks of pregnancy in order to ensure safe, legal access to these medications with the support of medical professionals.
| 16/03/2017 | Ms C Bailey; Mr S Agnew |
| Private Members' Motion |
Reduction in the Voting Age
That this Assembly calls for the voting age in future elections to be reduced to 16 years.
| 16/03/2017 | Mr C McGrath; Ms C Hanna |
| Private Members' Motion |
Youth Assembly
That this Assembly calls for the establishment of a Youth Assembly similar to the UK Youth Parliament.
| 16/03/2017 | Mr C McGrath; Mr M Durkan; Ms C Hanna |
| Private Members' Motion |
Community Transport
This Assembly notes the report published recently by The Detail outlining the contribution of community transport and detailing the funding crisis faced by the sector; recognises the vital role played by community transport in alleviating isolation and loneliness, and in ensuring people in rural areas and the most vulnerable get to work, day care opportunities, GP appointments, hospital treatment, thus enabling them to undertake day-to-day activities that most of us take for granted; and calls on the Minister for Infrastructure to review urgently the level of funding for community transport provided by the Department and to bring forward proposals to properly fund this vital service.
| 21/03/2017 | Mr C McGrath; Mr J McNulty; Mr D McCrossan |
| Private Members' Motion |
Homelessness
That this Assembly calls on the Executive to commit to ending homelessness by 2025.
| 21/03/2017 | Ms N Mallon; Ms S Bradley; Mr C McGrath |
| Private Members' Motion |
IVF
That this Assembly recognises the anguish facing people who have difficulties conceiving children; further recognises that the Department of Health has endorsed the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence clinical guideline entitled Fertility problems: assessment and treatment (CG156); and calls on the Minister of Health to implement this clinical guideline, thus giving eligible families the opportunity to receive the three full cycles of IVF available under the guidance.
| 21/03/2017 | Ms N Mallon; Mr M Durkan; Mr C McGrath; Ms C Hanna |
| Private Members' Motion |
Violence Against Women
That this Assembly is opposed to violence against women; endorses the White Ribbon Campaign; and calls on the British government and the Executive to ratify the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, in legislation.
| 21/03/2017 | Mrs D Kelly; Mr C McGrath |
| Private Members' Motion |
In Vitro Fertilisation
That this Assembly recognises the emotional and financial stress couples are faced with when dealing with fertility issue;s and calls on the Minister of Health to put in place appropriate plans to provide three cycles of IVF, as recommended in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines.
| 26/04/2017 | Ms K Armstrong; Ms P Bradshaw |
| Private Members' Motion |
Adults with Learning Disabilities and Autism
That this Assembly recognises the increasing number of adults with learning disabilities and autism in Northern Ireland; and calls on the Minister of Health, the Minister for the Economy, the Minister of Education, the Minister for Communities and the Minister for Infrastructure to create an collaborative Adults with Learning Disability Strategy and Action Plan to ensure that appropriate programmes of care, transport, housing, access to services, health and lifelong learning will be provided to ensure that all adults with learning disabilities and autism can have an active and inclusive life in society.
| 02/05/2017 | Ms K Armstrong; Mr C Lyttle |
| Private Members' Motion |
Miscarriage Care Pathway and Database
That this Assembly recognises the high number of miscarriages that occur in Northern Ireland every year; calls on the Minister of Health to develop a register and database for miscarriages diagnosed in hospital, in community health settings and for miscarriages that happen at home; further calls on the Minister to establish a miscarriage research fellowship to take forward a comprehensive, standardised bereavement care pathway for the Health and Social Care Trusts; and calls for the creation of a national day of mourning on 15 October to remember all miscarriages and to mark Baby Loss Awareness Day.
| 09/05/2017 | Ms K Armstrong; Mr S Dickson |
| Private Members' Motion |
Road Safety Issues for School-aged Children
That this Assembly recognises the ongoing road safety issues for school-aged children; calls on the Minister for Infrastructure and the Minister of Education to work collaboratively and examine home to school journeys to establish a comprehensive safe travel strategy and action plan that considers the walk to and from school bus collection points; further calls for the introduction of legislation prohibiting vehicles from overtaking school buses when pupils are boarding or alighting; calls for a ban on parking on the road within 30 meters of school gates; and further calls for a 20mph speed limit on roads outside schools.
| 24/05/2017 | Ms K Armstrong; Mr C Lyttle |
| Private Members' Motion |
Mother and Baby Homes
That this Assembly supports Amnesty International’s call for the Executive to set up a human rights-compliant public inquiry into allegations of forced labour, arbitrary detention, ill treatment and the illegal adoption of babies in former Mother and Baby Homes.
| 16/06/2017 | Ms P Bradshaw |
| Private Members' Motion |
Two-Child Exception Clause - Rape Clause
That this Assembly is opposed fundamentally to the UK Government’s imposition of the two-child limit on Child Tax Credit, Universal Credit and Income Support payments; condemns utterly the disgraceful and repugnant rape clause exception, which will force victims of rape seeking to claim child tax credits for a third or subsequent child, that the child was born as a result of non-consensual sex; believes this policy to be unfair, unequal, morally unacceptable, deeply harmful to women and their children and a fundamental violation of women’s human rights; notes the particular circumstances of Northern Ireland with regard to the lack of availability of impartial advice on the options open to women facing crisis pregnancies; and calls for the formation of an Executive to demand that the UK Government overturns this policy or, in the absence of an Executive, for the UK Government to allow this policy to be overturned in Northern Ireland without being deemed a breach of the principle of parity in matters of social security.
| 25/09/2017 | Ms P Bradshaw |
| Private Members' Motion |
Ending the Defence of Reasonable Chastisement (revised wording)
That this Assembly recognises that children should have equal protection under the law, including protection against common assault; and calls on the Minister of Justice to end the defence of reasonable chastisement by introducing legislation to remove it from the Offences Against The Person Act 1861 and any relevant subsequent legislation.
| 19/10/2017 | Mr T Lunn; Ms P Bradshaw |
| Private Members' Motion |
Extending the Vote to 16 and 17 Year Olds
That this Assembly calls on the UK Government to devolve to Northern Ireland the power to extend the right to vote to 16- and 17-year-olds, in time for the 2019 local government elections and the 2022 Assembly election.
| 06/11/2017 | Mr C Lyttle |
| Private Members' Motion |
The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
That this Assembly has lost confidence in Michael Maguire as the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland and calls on him to resign.
| 29/01/2018 | Mr J Allister; Mr D Beattie; Dr Steve Aiken OBE; Mr R Beggs; Mr A Chambers; Mr J Wells; Mr T Buchanan |
| Private Members' Motion |
Hyponatraemia-related Deaths - Statutory Duty of Candour
That this Assembly welcomes Mr Justice O'Hara's report entitled The Inquiry into Hyponatraemia-related Deaths; praises the perseverance and endurance of the bereaved parents in their search for truth and justice; notes the Department of Health announcement on 2 February 2018 that a dedicated team will be established to develop a detailed action plan in response to the 96 recommendations made in Mr Justice O'Hara's report; acknowledges Mr Justice O'Hara's first recommendation that a statutory duty of candour be enacted; and calls on the Minister of Health to legislate for a statutory duty of candour.
| 13/02/2018 | Mr P Sheehan; Mr C Gildernew; Ms Ó Flynn; Ms C Kelly |
| Private Members' Motion |
Premature Babies
That this Assembly recognises the emotional and financial burden placed on parents caring for premature babies; and calls on the UK Government to extend statutory maternity and paternity leave and maternity benefit for mothers and fathers of babies born prematurely by the length of time between the actual delivery date of the baby and either the date the baby would have been delivered if full term or the date of the baby leaving hospital, whichever is later.
| 28/02/2018 | Ms K Armstrong; Mr S Dickson |
| Private Members' Motion |
An Exhibition Space in Parliament Buildings
That this Assembly calls on the Assembly Commission to arrange for an exhibition space in Parliament Buildings where artwork and artefacts presently in storage could be put on permanent display.
| 11/05/2018 | Mr J Allister |
| Private Members' Motion |
True Cost of Care
That this Assembly welcomes the recent report, entitled Power to People: Proposals to Reboot Adult Care and Support in NI, by Des Kelly and John Kennedy; commends the former Minister of Health for commissioning the report; recognises the contribution from all sectors to the development of the report; and calls on the Minister of Health to develop a true cost-of-care analysis as a starting piece to developing work on the report.
| 11/06/2018 | Mr C Gildernew; Mr I Milne; Ms Ó Flynn; Mr P Sheehan |
| Private Members' Motion |
United Kingdom Supreme Court decision on Lee v Ashers Baking Co. Ltd
That this Assembly welcomes the unanimous decision of the United Kingdom Supreme Court in Lee v Ashers Baking Co. Ltd; notes the large public expenditure by the Equality Commission in support of the respondent and the flawed judgement of the Commission which has led to substantial loss of confidence in the Commission by many in the Christian community; and calls on the Chief Commissioner to resign.
| 10/10/2018 | Mr J Allister; Mr J Wells; Mr T Buchanan |
| Private Members' Motion |
Terminal Illness
That this Assembly notes the definition of terminal illness as set out in the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 and further notes the recommendation in the November 2018 report entitled Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment Assessment Process in Northern Ireland that the six month life expectancy criterion be removed from the terminal illness rule; and calls on the Minister for Communities to bring forward legislation to adopt this fairer definition of terminal illness and to establish a working group to develop and provide guidance for health professionals.
| 10/12/2018 | Ms K Armstrong; Ms P Bradshaw |