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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.
To ask the Minister of Education how the Education Authority advisory group that determines Published Admission Number is working to ensure all children are placed in a pre-school setting in their locality.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail his plans to fill the current Ear, Nose and Throat specialist vacancies in the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of (i) Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) specialists currently employed; and (ii) ENT specialist positions that are currently vacant, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any plans he has to include a Pathway Fund award stream for Childminders and Approved Home Childcarers, including any information on a maximum pathway award.
To ask the Minister of Education, if the proposed increased maximum award for the Pathway Fund in 2025-26 is subject to rise to £40,000, to detail what Stream B’s maximum pathway award will be increased to.
I rise to congratulate Castlewellan's very own Donagh Keary, who put south Down on the international platform by claiming victory on his boxing debut at Madison Square Garden on St Patrick's Day. Boxing legends like Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and Sugar Ray Robinson displayed their greatest on the grandest stages. It is…
Reducing Barriers to all-Ireland Student Mobility That this Assembly welcomes the progress made in providing equivalence in A-Level and Leaving Certificate admissions processes ahead of the 2025/26 academic year; recognises that the previous disparities in admissions created unfair obstacles for students here seeking…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of special educational needs children that have unallocated social workers, broken down by (i) Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) constituency.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of special educational needs adults post-19 that have unallocated social workers, broken down by (i) Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) constituency.
The motion seeks Members' support to extend the Committee Stage of the Assembly Members (Remuneration Board) Bill until 16 May 2025. As Members are aware, the Ad Hoc Committee was established on 17 February to undertake the Bill's Committee Stage and to report to the Assembly by 1 April 2025. While the Committee has…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) a breakdown of the membership of the Pre-School Education Advisory Group; (ii) the criteria used to determine an increase in Published Admission Number (PAN); and (iii) how many cases there have been of an increase in PAN for (a) 2024-25; (b) 2023-24; and (c) 2022-23.
It is a great honour for me to stand here today and congratulate an exceptional young athlete, Niamh Mason from Loughinisland, on her incredible achievements in table tennis. Yesterday, at just 17 years of age, Niamh secured the under-19 and under-21 all-Ireland table tennis titles. She now ranks number one in the…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the timeline for when (i) a full-time multiple sclerosis (MS) nurse will be reinstated in the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) the MS helpline be back operational.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Funding for Childcare”
Funding for Childcare - Amendment 3 Leave out all after ‘Scheme (NICSS)’ and insert: ‘expresses regret that in many instances, rising costs have outweighed the potential savings for parents provided by the NICSS; and calls on the Minister for Education to bring forward the early learning and childcare strategy which…
To ask the Minister of Education whether he intends to extend the common funding scheme to non-statutory early years providers to ensure that children from disadvantaged backgrounds, newcomers, Travellers and children in care receive the same funding as if they were in a statutory preschool.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he will extend approved admission numbers to non-statutory early year providers to match statutory early years settings.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail a breakdown of membership of the Education Authority advisory group that determines Published Admission Number allocation.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) how frequently the Education Authority writes to early years providers to discuss Published Admission Number (PAN) allocation; (ii) whether correspondence differed between the statutory and non-statutory sectors; and (iii) , once PAN is allocated, whether there is any…
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for an update on the review of Minimum Standards for Childminding and Day Care for Children Under Age 12; (ii) for a delivery date of when the review will be implemented; and (iii) whether he will he ensure child to staff ratios for non-statutory and statutory early years sectors will…
To ask the Minister of Health when he will answer (i) AQW 23090/22-27; (ii) AQW 23089/22-27; (iii) AQW 23088/22-27; (iv) AQW 23087/22-27; (v) AQW 22805/22-27; and (vi) AQW 21613/22-27.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he will use the additional £50 million allocated for childcare to introduce any cost cutting measures for parents ahead of the expected increased cost of childcare by the end of March 2025.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount of funding, per child, is allocated to (i) non-statutory part-time preschool places; (ii) statutory part-time preschool places; (iii) non-statutory full-time preschool places; and (iv) statutory full-time preschool places.