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 of Education to provide an update on the publication of Statutory Guidance on the Reduction and Management of Restrictive Practices in Educational Settings.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail how the Education Welfare Service informs eligible families that they can be supported with transport for displaced pupils.
To ask the Minister of Health to outline how he is ensuring that all Health and Social Care Trusts are providing the best possible service to patients requiring wigs at this time.
To ask the Minister of Education whether the Online Teacher Continued Professional Development Academy will be made available on an equitable basis to all teachers, regardless of their individual school budget position.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the companies awarded commercial contracts by his Department to deliver the continuous professional development programmes for teachers, associated with TransformEd NI.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the tender process followed to award any commercial contracts for the Online Teacher Continued Professional Development Academy, arising from TransformEd NI.
To ask the Minister of Education to outline any specific support being made available by (i) the Education Welfare Service; and (ii) schools, to children identified as experiencing hidden homelessness.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any formal data sharing arrangements between the Department of Health and the Department of Education, to inform planning for pre-school provision and placements, which have been established as set out in the SEN Reform Agenda and Delivery Plan 2025-2030.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any work he is undertaking to address the lack of suitable accredited qualifications available, for young people moving from specialist provisions in mainstream schools into post-16 education in mainstream settings, as highlighted in the Education and Training Inspectorate's…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any work that has been undertaken to plan for post-16 specialist provision in mainstream schools, as committed to in the SEN Reform Agenda and Delivery Plan 2025-2030.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any specific actions undertaken under the heading Investing in Classroom Assistants in the SEN Reform Agenda and Delivery Plan 2025-2030.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail when Clarawood School, Belfast, will be granted full access to the Willow Building, located on their site, for classroom provision.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail when his Department will (i) produce a framework of support models for children with special educational needs; and (ii) communicate this to schools and stakeholders, as detailed in the SEN Reform Agenda and Delivery Plan 2025-2030.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any work that is underway to support the publication and implementation of an Inclusive child-centred Integrated Workforce Planning Framework, as outlined in the SEN Reform Agenda and Delivery Plan 2025-2030.
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on the implementation of (i) year 1; and (ii) year 2, actions included in the SEN Reform Agenda and Delivery Plan 2025-2030.
The Minister is aware that the issues of adoption also apply to sewerage infrastructure and that NI Water has no budget to carry out some of those works. I think of Magheraknock Park in Ballynahinch, which the Minister knows of. In the Minister's plans, where there is no developer to make liable — in that instance in…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of pupils living in families who have homelessness status, in each of the last three academic years that have been supported through the exceptional circumstances process to access transport to attend school as a result of being moved to temporary accommodation…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of pupils living in families with homelessness status who have been supported by the Education Welfare Service, in each of the last three years to (i) access suitable test centres for exams; and (ii) apply for special circumstances or special provision.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he has provided a response to recommendations contained within The National Deaf Children's Society report Next Steps: Developing specialist education support for deaf children in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 30778/22-27, for her assessment of the progress made by the new councils, created in 2015, towards creating Local Development Plans.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 30778/22-27, to detail why any of the new councils, created in 2015, have not completed Local Development Plans.
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will speak today about the problems that schools, pupils and parents faced as a result of the handling by the Education Authority (EA) of school closures arising from Storm Amy. Everyone here will agree that pupil and staff safety on school premises is key, but the timeline for arriving…