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 whether the bespoke regional programme for two to three year olds will (i) incorporate the Belfast Wide Early Years (BWEY) special educational needs programme; and (ii) include budget to ensure the continuation of BWEY programme into the 2025-26 financial year.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 20410/22-27, (i) whether his programme of special educational needs (SEN) transformation and pending delivery plan will review the provisions in the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, the supporting regulations and the code of…
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 20503/22-27, (i) for his assessment of the current capacity at Clarawood School, Belfast, to meet demand for specialist Social, Behavioural, Emotional and Wellbeing (SBEW) Needs; and (ii) whether he plans to introduce new or additional SBEW specialist settings in…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any work carried out in collaboration with the Minister of Health (i) to benchmark how many allied health professionals (AHP) of each discipline are required to support the current needs of special educational needs learners in the education system; and (ii) to develop a…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any work carried out in collaboration with the Minister of Education (i) to benchmark how many allied health professionals (AHP) of each discipline are required to support the current needs of special educational needs learners in the education system; and (ii) to develop a…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of people in the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust that (i) are currently assessed as requiring residential short breaks; and (ii) access regular sort break services.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 18330/22-27, when appropriate and consistent access to short break services for people with complex needs will be provided in the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, arising from the £13 million investment announced in October 2024.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 18330/22-27, for an update on the specific interventions to support families of children with complex needs that will be delivered from the £13 million investment announced in October 2024.
I welcome the continued commitment to bring legislation on the issue. I assure the Minister that the Education Committee is ready to do the scrutiny work. He will be aware of some of the issues that arose in England when the legislation was changed, as parents reported back that it did not have any real teeth, despite…
I thank the Member for giving way. There is not a party in the Chamber that has not acknowledged and welcomed all the investment that you outlined. It is important to put that on record. The question is this: why, on this specific issue, are Ministers not engaging and delivering on it rather than airing it in a…
Thank you for giving way. I acknowledge the frustrations with the lack of delivery on that scheme, but do you agree that childcare providers and parents do not want to see those issues being aired across the Assembly Chamber? They want to see Ministers working together to deliver.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any engagement he has had with the Minister of Education in relation to placing allied health professionals in multi disciplinary teams to support schools with special educational needs learners.
To ask the Minister of Education when the formulation of information sharing with the Department of Health and the Department for the Economy in relation to supporting children's educational journeys will be complete.
I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in the debate, and I thank my party colleague for securing an Adjournment debate on the topic. My colleagues and others have spoken in detail about the South Belfast-specific issues. I do not pretend that I will be able to add much to that. However, at the outset, I want to…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am very conscious that my time is short, so I will keep my remarks as brief as possible. I probably will not have the opportunity to refer to individual Members' points. I will refer to the Minister's points briefly before I go any further. I welcome the Minister's confirmation that he…
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 19621/22-27, whether consultations with schools will commence before February for pupils with special educational needs who have already nominated their preferred school for transition to post-primary education.