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Mr Nick Mathison: Assembly records
All of Mr Nick Mathison’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister of Education, following the motion addressing special educational needs coordinator (SENCO) workload, which was carried on 28 April 2026, to detail when he will commence the review of SENCO workload.
To ask the Minister of Education whether any consideration has been given to asking parents when they register the birth of their child for their preferred school sector, as has been done in the Republic of Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any resources that will be provided to schools in the 2026-27 academic year to facilitate special educational needs coordinator classroom release.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any appointment process that was followed for the roles associated with the group of experienced school principals who have been seconded for one year to support the TransformEd programme.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount that will be spent on the secondment of experienced school principals for one year to support the TransformEd programme.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail when he will make a decision on the development proposal to transform Killowen Primary School, Coleraine. to integrated status.
I thank the Minister for that update. Will the Minister provide further detail on whether he expects to see a closed season for periwinkle harvesting in place in Strangford lough before the end of the mandate?
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the cost of an individual GenAI licence that will be provided through the EdIS managed education technology service.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any new provisions that will be made available to teachers via his £10.7 million investment in GenAI licences.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 41810/22-27, for an update on the review of the accessible parking bay road markings, outside Boots chemist on Regent Street, Newtownards.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Post-19 Special Educational Needs Support”
Post-19 Special Educational Needs Support - Amendment 3 Leave out all after ‘jurisdictions;’ and insert: ‘calls on the Minister of Health to bring legislative options to the Executive to ensure consistent, high-quality provision and clear entitlements to SEN support and services for young people aged between 19 and 25…
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 44727/22-27 and AQW 44730/22-27, whether he will engage with the Minister of Health regarding a mental health and wellbeing intervention for children in primary schools.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 45318/22-27, to detail the timescale for the (i) completion; and (ii) publication, of a handbook for special schools.
I thank the Minister for the update. Minister, you will be aware of significant public discussion about the use of good-character references. Will you confirm whether the Bill could deliver legislative change on that issue?
The issues for this motion are going to be very similar to those of the previous motion, so, hopefully, will not take up too much of Members' time. The Committee has decided its timeline for the Committee Stage of the Irish-medium Education (Workforce Plan) Bill, giving due care and attention to the competing…
The Committee for Education finds itself in the slightly unusual position of currently carrying out Committee Stage for two private Members' Bills that are sponsored by its own members. That may be a first, but I am happy to be corrected. I commend my Committee colleagues for the work that they have done so far to…
To ask the Minister of Education whether the old Little Sunbeams Nursery site will be utilised to expand the Saintfield site of Oakwood School and Assessment Centre, given its immediate proximity to the school.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any steps being taken to increase primary one capacity at Oakwood School and Assessment Centre, Saintfield, for September 2026.
To ask the Minister of Education whether any assessment has been made of recent Freedom of Information findings that show only around one in three schools currently stock spare emergency adrenaline auto-injector pens.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail how his Department ensures that guidance on supporting pupils with medication needs is implemented consistently across all schools.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline any assessment that has been made of the amount and quality of information provided to young people on the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service application process, compared to the Central Applications Office application process.
I am grateful for the opportunity to present the petition to the Assembly today. Members may not be familiar with the village of Drumaness; it is a very small rural community that is just past Ballynahinch in my constituency. I carried out a constituency surgery in Drumaness just before Christmas and received feedback…