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 whether his Department will create a register for non-teaching staff, similar to the Northern Ireland Supply Teacher Register.
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on the actions taken in response to thematic review of physical education in primary schools, published in October 2022.
I thank the Minister for his statement. Will he answer in more detail what funding the Department needs to drive a just transition? Will he also talk about the cost of failing to take action on climate change?
Thank you, Minister, for the update today. It is welcome news that this is now progressing. I welcome also your comments about how important classroom assistants are to the running of our education system. On that basis, can you provide an update on the development of the register for substitute classroom assistants,…
To ask the Minister of Education whether money allocated to schools who are establishing a Specialist Provision in a Mainstream School is specifically earmarked for that purpose or do schools have discretion on how to spend this funding.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the capital funding available to schools moving to full time pre-school offer as part of standardisation of Pre-School Education Programme.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he undertook an assessment of the extent to which the Loyalist Communities Council represents the views of proscribed organisations in advance of him accepting their invitation to meet.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any engagement that has taken place with the Northern Ireland Training Council in relation to teacher workload.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Holiday Hunger and the High Cost of School Uniforms”
Holiday Hunger and the High Cost of School Uniforms - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘issues’ and insert: ‘, including completing the review of the eligibility criteria for free school meals and uniform grants, despite the restoration of the Executive; recognises that the ongoing rise in the cost of living, including…
I am glad to have the opportunity to make a winding-up speech on Alliance's amendment to the motion. While the original motion was highly critical of the RAISE programme's current approach to targeting and expressed no confidence that it would meet objective need, it seemed clear from the debate that there was some…
If and when the public-sector transformation board is made permanent, will Departments have a further opportunity to submit new bids, given that the initial window of time was very short?
I thank the Minister for giving way. I welcome the reassurances that it is not a school-based programme, and we received those reassurances from your officials at Committee as well. Does the Minister accept, however, that publishing a list of schools has created confusion and a misunderstanding of how the programme…
To ask the Minister of Education whether the (i) Belfast Wide Early Years will be funded to end of academic year; and (ii) pilot will be funded beyond the academic year, to ensure data collection is effective.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 16286/22-27, (i) whether any final approval is required from his Department to release the Entitlement Framework funding due to Strangford Integrated College, which was withheld in error by the Education Authority; and (ii) when the payment will be made to Strangford…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Failure of RAISE Programme in Tackling Educational Underachievement”
Failure of RAISE Programme in Tackling Educational Underachievement - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘further regrets that’ and insert: ‘this programme may not deliver based on objective need; calls on the Minister of Education to urgently review the criteria for the targeting of the RAISE programme to ensure that…