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 detail (i) an update on the Request for Involvement Portal used by special educational needs coordinators; and (ii) whether this portal is being used on a temporary basis.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail all stakeholders involved in the moderation panel which decides whether a child should move to the next stage of the special educational needs code of practice.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the legal status of the revised code of practice on the identification and assessment of special educational needs; and (ii) how it is applied in decision-making by the Education Authority and schools.
This question highlighted the cross-cutting nature of this, and that is absolutely right. However, as for your Department's responsibilities, it is my understanding that, as of April this year, 9,000 young people in the system needed to avail themselves of the EA's transition service. Can you assure the Assembly that…
I thank the Minister for giving way. My sense from the debate is that the concern lies with the use of the phrase "best estimates". Members may feel on the basis of the everyday usage of that term that the Department will be guessing or relying on something more anecdotal. I said that I was largely content with what…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of staff within his Department who have taken a period of stress-related absence, for each of the last six years.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he intends to take forward the Independent Review of Education recommendation regarding the establishment of an Independent Planning Commission.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any changes to grief and bereavement education which will be considered as part of the work of the new Curriculum Taskforce Advisory Committee.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he intends to introduce guidance, similar to that recently introduced in England, regarding a minimum learning requirement on grief and bereavement for primary and post-primary schools.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail his assessment of new statutory guidance for schools in England, which places a minimum learning requirement on grief and bereavement for primary and post-primary schools.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 30087/22-27, to detail when he will complete the development of long term options for nurture provision.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 30422/22-27 and AQW 30423/22-27, and considering significant budgetary pressures, to outline his assessment of the potential annual savings of approximately £100 million that could be generated from rightsizing the school estate.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 30422/22-27 and AQW 30423/22-27, to detail whether he will progress work to create a joint scheme of management for schools.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any international best practices that informed his proposals regarding the future of CCEA GCSEs, AS Levels and A Levels.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 30422/22-27 and AQW 30423/22-27, to detail any actions he is taking to understand the interest in creating jointly managed community schools.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 30422/22-27 and AQW 30423/22-27, to outline the capacity his Department has to facilitate a jointly managed community school, should a successful proposal be taken forward.
To ask the Minister of Health to outline (i) how frequently multiple sclerosis patients should be undergoing blood tests; and (ii) what steps he is taking to ensure regular and reliable blood testing is provided for these patients.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail what proportion of multiple sclerosis patients received an annual review, in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.