Motion Amendment

Motion TitleFunding for Health Service Transformation - Amendment 2

Motion Amendment TextLeave out all after ‘June 2024;’ and insert: ‘recognises that 14 years of reduced budgets and austerity has played a detrimental role in creating higher waiting lists, deepened health inequalities and played a role in exacerbating the mental health crisis; understands that the best way to protect the health service is to invest in it; disagrees with a process of reducing the health service under the guise of “rationalisation”; further believes there is a need for a new, long-term financial settlement with the Treasury; calls on the Minister of Health to work with Executive colleagues to strongly make the case for additional funding from the Treasury; and further calls on the Minister to work with Executive colleagues to prioritise and allocate additional resources to tackle the backlog in hospital waiting lists.’

Amendment Number2

Motion Amendment CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office12/09/2024