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 whether all Special Educational Needs Coordinators will be guaranteed protected release time to carry out their statutory responsibilities.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail how the removal of earmarked budget for Special Educational Needs Coordinator release time aligns with his Department’s new classroom support model.
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department has made any assessment of the workload implications for Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCO) who now will have to hold full teaching timetables, as a result of the removal of the earmarked budget for SENCO release time.
To ask the Minister of Education whether the Education Authority has issued any guidance to schools on how Special Educational Needs Coordinator release time should be funded.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the amount of funding his Department invested in the South Down constituency in (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; (iv) 2025-26; and (v) total since 2022.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of schools that will no longer receive earmarked Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) release funding; and (ii) the number of SENCOs affected.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the rational as to why the Education Authority has replaced one-to-one annual budget meetings with principals, with group based budget meetings with multiple principals.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any reason why the previously earmarked budget for Special Educational Needs Coordinator release time has been removed.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the amount of funding his Department invested in the Slieve Croob district electoral area in (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; (iv) 2025-26; and (v) total since 2022.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the amount of funding his Department invested in the Mournes district electoral area in (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; (iv) 2025-26; and (v) total since 2022.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the amount of funding his Department invested in the Downpatrick district electoral area in (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; (iv) 2025-26; and (v) total since 2022.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the amount of funding her Department invested in the Mournes district electoral area in (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; (iv) 2025-26; and (v) total since 2022.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the amount of funding her Department invested in the South Down constituency in (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; (iv) 2025-26; and (v) total since 2022.
Revised Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Framework That this Assembly notes the significant intervention, by way of an open letter published by the Children’s Law Centre on 22 April 2026 and endorsed by a broad coalition of trade unions and children’s charities and organisations, which calls for the…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the amount of funding his Department invested in the Slieve Croob district electoral area in (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; (iv) 2025-26; and (v) total since 2022.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the amount of funding his Department invested in the Mournes district electoral area in (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; (iv) 2025-26; and (v) total since 2022.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the amount of funding her Department invested in the South Down constituency in (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; (iv) 2025-26; and (v) total since 2022.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the amount of funding her Department invested in the Slieve Croob district electoral area in (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; (iv) 2025-26; and (v) total since 2022.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the amount of funding her Department invested in the Downpatrick district electoral area in (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; (iv) 2025-26; and (v) total since 2022.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the amount of funding her Department invested in the Slieve Croob district electoral area in (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; (iv) 2025-26; and (v) total since 2022.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the amount of funding her Department invested in the Mournes district electoral area in (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; (iv) 2025-26; and (v) total since 2022.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the amount of funding her Department invested in the South Down constituency in (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; (iv) 2025-26; and (v) total since 2022.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the amount of funding her Department invested in the Downpatrick district electoral area in (i) 2022-23; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2024-25; (iv) 2025-26; and (v) total since 2022.