Motion or amendment: Exclusion of Minister from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998
Motion or amendment by Mr Philip McGuigan on .
- MLA
- Mr Philip McGuigan
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 4 November 2025
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion · Private Members' Motion
- Heading
- Exclusion of Minister from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998
- Assembly identifier
- Document 457227
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Exclusion of Minister from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998
That this Assembly, under section 30(1)(b) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, resolves that, further to his recent visit to Israel, the Minister of Education no longer enjoys the confidence of the Assembly, because of his failure to observe paragraphs (cd) and (ce) of the Pledge of Office, relating to his duty to uphold and support the rule of law; and his failure to observe paragraph (g) relating to his duty to comply with the Ministerial Code of Conduct; and that he should be excluded from holding office as a Minister or junior Minister for a period of 12 months.
114 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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- Dr Caoimhe Archibald – record
- Mr Danny Baker – record
- Mr Cathal Boylan – record
- Miss Nicola Brogan – record
- Mr Gerry Carroll – record
- Mr Pádraig Delargy – record
- Mrs Linda Dillon – record
- Miss Jemma Dolan – record
- Mr Mark Durkan – record
- Mrs Sinéad Ennis – record
- Mrs Ciara Ferguson – record
- Ms Aoife Finnegan – record
- Miss Órlaithí Flynn – record
- Mr Colm Gildernew – record
- Miss Deirdre Hargey – record
- Ms Cara Hunter – record
- Mr Declan Kearney – record
- Mr Gerry Kelly – record
- Ms Liz Kimmins – record
- Mr Declan McAleer – record
- Mr Daniel McCrossan – record
- Mr Patsy McGlone – record
- Mr Colin McGrath – record
- Mr Maolíosa McHugh – record
- Ms Sinéad McLaughlin – record
- Mr Justin McNulty – record
- Mrs Cathy Mason – record
- Miss Áine Murphy – record
- Ms Carál Ní Chuilín – record
- Ms Michelle O'Neill – record
- Mr Matthew O'Toole – record
- Ms Aisling Reilly – record
- Mr Pat Sheehan – record
- Ms Emma Sheerin – record
Divisions on this item
- 10 November 2025: Exclusion of Minister from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 – The Motion Was Negatived
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