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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 flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Thank you, Minister. As has been referenced, the latest labour force survey shows that around 23,000 young people in Northern Ireland are not in education, employment or training. In that context, if Barnett consequentials materialise on the back of the UK scheme, will you make the case that some of it should be…
I thank the Minister for his answer. There are so many issues, as he has alluded to, in tackling poverty for which we need cross-departmental action, not least when we seek to tackle poverty that affects children. The issue of widening access to free school meals was debated a couple of weeks ago in the Chamber. What…
Mr Mathison asked the Minister for Communities whether any Barnett consequentials will come to Northern Ireland on the back of the UK Government's £820 million youth employment and work placement scheme and, if so, how much he anticipates will be delivered.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail how the Independent Review of Teacher Workload final report's recommendation regarding controlled assessment will inform any decisions regarding the future of CCEA qualifications, particularly the future of controlled assessments.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any engagement he has planned with teaching unions, following the publication of the Independent Review of Teacher Workload.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the rationale for requiring Ministerial sign off for Education Authority communications in relation to emergency school closures.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the rationale for the proposal to require Ministerial approval for temporary school closures in an emergency situation.
Extension of Committee Stage: General Teaching Council Bill (NIA Bill 23/22-27) That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 27 May 2026, in relation to the Committee Stage of the General Teaching Council Bill.
I think the Member for giving way. I am not sure whether there was anything in my remarks to suggest that the Committee was not going to ask some of the questions that you have highlighted. In our discussion and our pre-legislative briefing, I do not think that I heard anything particularly clear coming through from…
Minister, you have been clear about the pressure facing all Departments. Will you provide detail on any engagement that you have had with the Education Minister on his plans to live within budget in this financial year and wider plans to transform how we deliver education in the most efficient and sustainable way…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail how he will establish which persons should have a role in drafting any revised syllabus for Religious Education, as per Article 11(2)(a) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline how his Department intends to utilise the statutory duties and mechanisms available under the Children’s Services Co-operation Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 in the development of the Anti-Poverty Strategy.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of mainstream settings (i) identified; and (ii) confirmed, to take on an additional Specialist Provision in Mainstream Schools, for September 2026.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he will be bringing any (i) policy; or (ii) legislative, changes arising from the Supreme Court judgment in the matter of an application by JR87 and another for Judicial Review (Appellant), to the Executive.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline when her Department will complete the purchase of the planned park and ride site at William Street, Newtownards.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail whether he has any plans to review either (i) The Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986; or (ii) The Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, to assess the extent to which they enable (a) religious education; and (b) collective worship, to be delivered in…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) where material which is removed from the Department’s website is archived; and (ii) whether this information is still available to the public.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any (i) policy; or (ii) guidance, his Department has on the removal of access to online archives and research.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any (i) policy; or (ii) guidance, his Department has on the removal of materials from departmental websites.
I support the motion. Notwithstanding a challenging Budget picture, which I have no doubt that the Minister will speak to, as has Gary Middleton, Alliance has long been supportive of wider provision of free school meals in Northern Ireland. We are happy to support the motion on that basis. Last year, I was pleased to…