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| Disability call in final session | Disability call in final session |
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| Assembly members have called for more money to be spent on services for people with learning disabilities. | Assembly members have called for more money to be spent on services for people with learning disabilities. |
| The call was made during the last day of proceedings of the transitional assembly at Stormont. | The call was made during the last day of proceedings of the transitional assembly at Stormont. |
| The assembly will be dissolved at midnight and politicians can start campaigning for a 7 March election. | The assembly will be dissolved at midnight and politicians can start campaigning for a 7 March election. |
| DUP leader Ian Paisley proposed a motion calling for the implementation of a recent Review into Mental Health and Learning Disability. | DUP leader Ian Paisley proposed a motion calling for the implementation of a recent Review into Mental Health and Learning Disability. |
| It followed the BBC revealing that 17 children were among 118 patients at Muckamore Abbey Hospital who have not been discharged due to a lack of funding. | It followed the BBC revealing that 17 children were among 118 patients at Muckamore Abbey Hospital who have not been discharged due to a lack of funding. |
| "A massive amount of time and effort were invested in producing the Equal Lives report, encompassing views from a comprehensive range of backgrounds - the report cannot be allowed simply to gather dust," Mr Paisley said. | "A massive amount of time and effort were invested in producing the Equal Lives report, encompassing views from a comprehensive range of backgrounds - the report cannot be allowed simply to gather dust," Mr Paisley said. |
| "It needs to be dusted down and its proposals need to be studied and they need to be applied." | "It needs to be dusted down and its proposals need to be studied and they need to be applied." |
| Members began the session with debates on rates and water charges, but there were also exchanges about collusion. | Members began the session with debates on rates and water charges, but there were also exchanges about collusion. |
| Sinn Fein had wanted to debate collusion but their motion was blocked by members of the DUP and the UUP. | Sinn Fein had wanted to debate collusion but their motion was blocked by members of the DUP and the UUP. |
| Sinn Fein's chief whip John O'Dowd asked the Speaker Eileen Bell to confirm that unionists had stopped discussion of Nuala O'Loan's report on the murder of Raymond McCord. | Sinn Fein's chief whip John O'Dowd asked the Speaker Eileen Bell to confirm that unionists had stopped discussion of Nuala O'Loan's report on the murder of Raymond McCord. |
| Ian Paisley Jr, DUP, said Sinn Fein had "not convinced others of the merit of debating their motion". | Ian Paisley Jr, DUP, said Sinn Fein had "not convinced others of the merit of debating their motion". |
| The DUP wanted members to congratulate the police on the level of security they have provided at Stormont in recent weeks. | The DUP wanted members to congratulate the police on the level of security they have provided at Stormont in recent weeks. |
| Mr O'Dowd claimed it was ironic that the DUP wanted to discuss security for assembly members but not for the wider public. | Mr O'Dowd claimed it was ironic that the DUP wanted to discuss security for assembly members but not for the wider public. |
| The politicians then debated a report calling for the introduction of water charges to be delayed. | The politicians then debated a report calling for the introduction of water charges to be delayed. |
| Before the session began, the PUP's Dawn Purvis signed the register to confirm she was taking the seat held by the late David Ervine. | Before the session began, the PUP's Dawn Purvis signed the register to confirm she was taking the seat held by the late David Ervine. |
| The final debate dealt with aid for local fishermen. | |
| Politicians closed the proceedings by paying tribute to the Speaker of the Transitional Assembly, Eileen Bell. |