Motion or amendment: Building Political Consensus
Motion or amendment by Mr Matthew O'Toole on .
- MLA
- Mr Matthew O'Toole
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 29 September 2026
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion · Private Members' Motion
- Heading
- Building Political Consensus
- Assembly identifier
- Document 501198
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Building Political Consensus
That this Assembly recognises that Northern Ireland faces a number of long-standing and increasingly urgent challenges which cannot be left unaddressed; notes that issues including health transformation, wastewater infrastructure and the sustainability of the school estate have remained unresolved across successive mandates; believes that addressing these challenges will require difficult decisions, sustained investment and political leadership beyond any single party or electoral cycle; further believes that continued political disagreement cannot be allowed to become a barrier to necessary reform; and commits to work together to build a new political consensus on these key challenges, agreeing a shared set of priorities and actions as part of a new Programme for Government, underpinned by a multi-year budget.
118 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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