Motion

Motion TitleProtecting Frontline Services From Increase in Employers’ National Insurance

Motion TextThat this Assembly recognises the need to protect businesses and community and voluntary sector organisations that provide vital frontline services in Northern Ireland from the destructive impact of the increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions; notes concerns voiced by general practitioners, dentists, care homes and a range of other independent providers that this extra cost could lead to job losses, jeopardise the future of some services and create additional hardship for the most vulnerable in society; further notes the rising pressures facing Executive departments, local councils and the Northern Ireland Civil Service as a result of the Government’s decision; calls on the Minister of Finance to work with Executive colleagues to ascertain the total additional cost of increased employer National Insurance contributions for the public sector, including independent providers; and further calls on the Minister to lobby the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the funding required to meet this shortfall in full, protect jobs and incomes and place the delivery of frontline public services on a stable footing.

Motion CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office26/11/2024

Date Selected By Committee07/01/2025

Date of Plenary Debate13/01/2025