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Mrs Cathy Mason: Assembly records
All of Mrs Cathy Mason’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Minister, I had the opportunity to attend the consultation events held with Altram and PlayBoard, and feedback shows the passion that there is in the sector. Minister, you will know that the average full-day rate for childcare has increased by about 12% since the subsidy scheme was introduced. Have you discussed the…
The Education Authority's so-called enhanced support model has caused real and deep anxiety for families right across the North since it was announced last week. Parents who have fought tirelessly to secure a classroom assistant for their child are now asking a very simple question: is that support safe? When you…
Mrs Mason asked the Minister of Education, following on from his previous answer, given that the EA announced last week, causing absolute shock and alarm to the many families who, as he knows, have to fight tooth and nail to secure it, that provision of one-to-one classroom assistants could be reconfigured, also…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail when he will publish the findings from the review of Minimum Standards for Childminding and Day Care for Children Under Age 12.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any steps his Department will take to ensure that homelessness organisations and charities receive timely and reliable notice of future activations of the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any organisations that receive direct notification from his Department when the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol is activated.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail which statutory organisation holds responsibility for each aspect of the implementation of the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol.
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of confusion experienced by homelessness organisations and frontline charities, on 16 February 2026, regarding activation of the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol.
On a point of order, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Will you review the fact that the Minister called me "a child" today? That is the second time that he has done this: he referred to me not being "a grown-up" the last time that I asked him a question. Could he answer me in writing, because he did not answer my…
Minister, you therefore cannot explain why there was so much confusion last night. You are very fond of showboating, theatrics and attacking and trying to belittle people who try to scrutinise you. Minister, you have nothing to fear from a little bit of scrutiny. Perhaps you should realise that. When are you going to…
I suspect that we all know why that is. The chuntering further demonstrates that. It is because it is about the GAA. A recent report on the social value of Gaelic games right across the island estimated that the GAA, the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) and Camogie Association were worth at least €2·87…
You had plenty of time. I ask the simple question: why is there no mention of the clawback of public spend for all the other stadiums and those that benefited from the football fund?
Like others have done, I declare an interest as a proud member of St Colman's GAC in Drumaness. Let us see the motion for what it really is: an anti-GAA motion from political unionism, which fears the benefits that the GAA brings. The motion is a clear attack on Gaels and an attempt to undermine and devalue the GAA as…
FlaggedSport (including the GAA), the arts and cultural bodiesCriteria met: Identity framing, Cultural grievance politics, Dog-whistle messaging, Controversy escalation.
Mrs Mason asked the Minister for Communities, given that the responsibility for the severe weather emergency protocol sits squarely within his remit, to explain why, as happened again last night, there is so much confusion and chaos around deployment of the SWEP, which exists to save lives, every time that we…
Minister, will you reiterate, as some Members still seem to be confused somehow, whether you agree that it is an operational issue? It is important that it is completely out of your hands. That is if you could hear me.
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on any engagement between his Department and trade unions representing classroom assistants regarding the issue of pay and conditions.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any reason for discrepancies in pay and conditions for classroom assistants who work in a Specialist Provision in Mainstream schools, and those who work in Special Schools.
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on his engagement with the childcare and early years sector following the release of the draft Early Learning and Childcare Strategy.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the current status of the Childcare Subsidy Scheme; and (ii) whether his Department intends to extend the scheme beyond March 2026.
Minister, figures show that there have been over 9,000 reports of alleged benefit fraud but only 57 convictions. That means that fewer than 1% of reports lead to a conviction. In your answer to a previous question, you mentioned that a significant number of staff work on benefit fraud. What is your assessment of the…
To ask the Minister for Communities whether the proposed £175,000 increase to the USA250 funding allocation arises from (i) overspend; or (ii) the addition of new projects.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail a breakdown of USA250 funding, including (i) how the funding has been allocated; (ii) whether organisations were required to apply, or whether awards were made without application; (iii) the (a) number of projects supported; and (b) funding awarded, in each constituency.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any criteria used by the Ulster-Scots Agency to determine how USA250 funding was (i) assessed; and (ii) awarded to organisations.