All of Mr Nick Mathison’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 for Infrastructure to detail any engagement she has had with the Minister of Education regarding wastewater capacity, in order to support his capital development plans for schools.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any work done to assess (i) surplus Education Authority sites; and (ii) other Executive Departments or arm's-length body surplus sites, that could potentially facilitate special schools.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of additional nursery and primary one special school placements required to meet demand for September 2026 in the Belfast catchment area; and (ii) the number of places currently available.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any engagement he has had with the Minister for Infrastructure regarding wastewater capacity to facilitate his capital development plans for schools.
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on any progress to permit Cedar Lodge Special School to use Loughshore Educational Resource Centre as a satellite site.
Extension of Committee Stage: Education (Holiday Meal Payments) Bill (NIA Bill 27/22-27) That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 18 September 2026, in relation to the Committee Stage of the Education (Holiday Meal Payments) Bill.
Extension of Committee Stage: Irish-medium (Workforce Plan) Bill (NIA Bill 28/22-27) That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 30 August 2026, in relation to the Committee Stage of the Irish-medium (Workforce Plan) Bill.
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank all Members who have contributed to the debate. There has been a really constructive tone in the Chamber. We have landed in a rare space where there seems to be agreement, at least on the substantive issues in the motion. The conversation expanded into the wider issues around SEN…
A recommendation of the curriculum review was that a 0-6 early years framework be developed. Will the Minister provide an update on when that work will be taken forward?
We are currently in the middle of Global Intergenerational Week. I take the opportunity to pay tribute to the work of Linking Generations Northern Ireland, the only organisation that leads on intergenerational work in Northern Ireland, having done so since 2009. Any Member who has engaged with Vicki Titterington, who…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) when a mental health wellbeing intervention service in primary schools will be delivered; and (ii) how a mental wellbeing intervention service in primary schools will be funded.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of the need for a mental health wellbeing service intervention, in conjunction with the Department of Education, in primary schools.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) when a mental health wellbeing intervention service in primary schools will be delivered; and (ii) how a mental wellbeing intervention service in primary schools will be funded.
To ask the Minister of Education whether any assessment has been made of the need for a mental health wellbeing service intervention, in conjunction with the Department of Health, in primary schools.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 43039/22-27, whether his Department has contacted settings in receipt of funding from the SEN Inclusion Fund to advise them of the position for the 2026-2027 financial year.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether the findings of the Committee for Communities and Public Accounts Committee reports on homelessness will lead to any structural changes to the Interdepartmental Homelessness Action Plan going forward.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail when the report on the results of the year five Interdepartmental Homelessness Action Plan will be published.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any reason departmental Circular 2026/03 does not detail his Department's duties arising from the Integrated Education Act.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 41704/22-27, whether the £200,000 earmarked for the Newtownards Library project in 2025-2026 will now be allocated to it in the current financial year, further to the approval of the business case.
I thank the Member for giving way. I suspected that he was drawing his remarks to a close. On the theme of the statutory duty and the fact that mechanisms are in place to hold the Minister and the Department to account, does he agree that that statutory duty, as far as I understand it, came into effect in 1998? That…