Debate contribution: Standing Order 39(2): Suspension

Debate contribution by Ms Aisling Reilly on 22 June 2026.

MLA: Ms Aisling Reilly
Party at the time: Sinn Féin
Date: 22 June 2026
Type: Debate contribution (made as a minister)
Business: Executive Committee Business
Heading: Standing Order 39(2): Suspension
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5638837

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I beg to move
Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle.
We appreciate your assistance with progressing the Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill. Standing Order 39(2) requires:
"No date may be determined for the Final Stage of a Bill until ... the Speaker has considered the Bill in accordance with section 10 of the ... Act 1998 ... and signified to the Minister ... in charge of the Bill that in his or her opinion it may properly proceed to its Final Stage".
For that reason, we request that the Assembly agree to the suspension of Standing Order 39(2) in order to facilitate the Bill's completing its passage before the summer recess. There will, of course, be an opportunity for the Assembly to discuss in full issues relating to the Bill at its upcoming Final Stage, if the motion is agreed today. Hopefully, we will debate that on Tuesday 30 June.

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