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.
Mr Mathison asked the Minister for Infrastructure when she most recently met the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) to better understand the impact that resource constraints are having on processing times for driving licences.
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department has the power to direct a school that uses admissions criteria not in keeping with DE Circular 2022/15.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Reducing Barriers to all-Ireland Student Mobility”
Reducing Barriers to all-Ireland Student Mobility - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘2025/26 academic year’ and insert: ‘recognises that there remain ongoing disparities in admissions that create unfair obstacles for students here seeking to access higher education institutions across the island of Ireland; notes the…
I thank my colleague Michelle Guy for bringing this important issue to the Floor. My party colleagues and every contributor to the debate have very clearly set out the issues, so I will do my best to be brief. I do not want to rehash the numbers and statistics that we have already been through: they have been set out…
I thank the Minister for his answer. He alluded to the fact that it has been a long and complicated process. It is a complex condition. It is my understanding that funding was released to the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust to deliver an in-reach service from GB to support patients in the interim. As yet, I…
I rise to highlight the deeply concerning evidence that the Education Committee received last week about the Education Authority's (EA) 14-plus transitions service. The service is tasked to deliver a statutory function to prepare young people with a statement of special educational needs (SEN) for their transition out…
Mr Mathison asked the Minister of Health to outline what steps are being taken to deliver a facial palsy pathway in Northern Ireland, following a recent event in Parliament Buildings organised by patients with facial palsy and attended by the Minister and many clinicians at which the challenges of delivering services…
Impact of US Trade Tariffs on Northern Ireland’s Economy That this Assembly expresses grave concern about the impact of US import tariffs on Northern Ireland’s economy; agrees that there are no winners in global trade wars and that the imposition of tariffs will put trade, businesses and jobs in Northern Ireland at…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the level of per pupil funding for pre-school settings allocated to (i) statutory settings; and (ii) non-statutory settings in the 2024-25 academic year.
I thank the Member for giving way. He has been very generous in taking interventions. Would he accept, however, that we are not in the same context as when the Integrated Education Bill came forward, when we were at the end of a mandate and time in this place was under huge pressure? I am sure that the Education…
Does the Member agree that, as he highlighted, I have been very clear that 3 December is not a target and that, when we were factoring in our considerations, the option of sitting over summer recess and, indeed, Easter recess was not set out? Does the Member agree that characterising the Committee Stage by its length…
In my capacity as the Chair of the Education Committee, I propose the Committee's motion to extend the Committee Stage of the School Uniforms (Guidelines and Allowances) Bill to 3 December 2025. I will outline how the Committee agreed on the motion and the extension date. Although, it is worth noting that we are in a…
I will pick up on Colin McGrath's question and your response to it in a bit more detail, Minister. When it is finally published, will the Priorities for Youth policy set out clearly the Department's policy on whether the community and voluntary sector is to be the primary delivery mechanism for youth services in…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the policy or legislation used to determine the Pupil Allocation Number for non-statutory pre-school settings.
To ask the Minister of Education for his assessment of the Independent Review of Education's recommendation that the current arrangements relating to funding, staff ratios and qualifications in public sector pre-school settings should be applied to private sector provision as soon as possible.