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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.
For every child, the first day of school is crucial. It sets the tone for the year ahead. It is a cherished family memory that parents will carry with them for the rest of their lives. It marks the next big step in their child's life journey. While most families arrive early to capture those moments on camera, too…
Minister, you will be well aware of the situation in Knockevin School. Can you give us any update on communication that you have had with the principal there? That school has had its onsite nurse removed. You will also be well aware of the growing medical complexities that that school is facing. Can you give us any…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any work her Department has undertaken with the Department for Health to review the Mental Health Order 1986, with a view to introducing a statutory duty of care on the PSNI to detain and remove a person to a place of safety for assessment, with a focus on strengthening…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any plans he has to address the shortfall between Housing Executive grant allocations and the cost of construction.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) any actions that will be taken following the June 2025 publication of the Summary of responses to the Down Forestry Planning Area Scoping Consultation; and (ii) a timeline for when actions will be taken.
Minister, thank you for your statement. You mentioned that you received an update on the progress of the construction of the Narrow Water bridge. As you know, that is a key economic and tourism project for the wider south Down and County Louth area. Minister, what work is your Department doing with Louth County…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the new proposed funding model for the Pre-School Education Programme; (ii) will the new funding model aim to create funding parity among all early years providers; and (iii) when will the new funding model be made available.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any work his Department will undertake over the summer to ensure that all outstanding school maintenance will be completed before September 2025.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any work his Department will undertake over the summer to ensure that essential infrastructure to meet the needs of children with physical disabilities will be completed before September 2025.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail whether he is aware that Knockevin Special School in South Down have made a request to the Education Authority to fill vacant special educational needs places, to ensure that there would be provision for early years children who currently do not have a school place for the…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount of Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities places required for September 2025, in the South Down area.
Time and again the Committee has heard harrowing accounts about how some restriction and seclusion practices in our schools cause deep and lasting trauma for children and young people and unimaginable distress for their families. Let us call this what it is: harmful. Being strapped down, locked out and isolated are…
I appreciate the Minister's response. Minister, given the feedback, have you considered the impact of the current NAP proposals on hill and sheep farmers, particularly those in the Mournes and Slieve Croob in my constituency, alongside the withdrawal of the areas of natural constraint (ANC) payments?
I thank the Minister for his answer. Minister, you are well aware of the specific needs of fisheries in Ardglass, Kilkeel and Portavogie. What funding do you hope to see? What initiatives would you like to implement to support those fisheries, and when do you expect to see such initiatives in place? You know that…
Mrs Mason asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to provide an update on the main issues affecting family farms that were raised in the initial feedback on the Department's draft nutrients action programme (NAP) proposals.
To ask the Minister of Education (i) why statutory and non-statutory nursery units were excluded from the Teacher Professional Learning Fund; and (ii) what plans he has to fund the professionalisation of the early years sector to support the ongoing development of early years providers.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline any discussions he has had with the British Government in relation to the Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for their assessment of the potential social and economic benefit from hosting The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of statutory services providing therapeutic support to children and young people who have experienced sexual abuse; (ii) the number of children who have accessed those statutory services In each of the last three years; (iii) the number of children currently on…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the current number of vacant properties in South Down; and (i) how many of these are under the control or ownership of the Housing Executive.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any work he has undertaken with the Department of Communities to ensure that childcare is made more accessible by reducing the shortfall between the 85% of childcare costs which are paid back to families on Universal Credit and the full cost they pay.