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Mr Nick Mathison: Assembly records
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, pursuant to AQW 15424/22-27 and AQW 15425/22-27, to detail the work being undertaken between his Department, the Education Authority and the Department of Health to ensure the needs of children looked after are being met in preschool settings.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 14900/22-27, whether the Inclusive Education Policy will consider aspects of inclusion in education in addition to special educational needs, including (i) ethnicity; (ii) socio-economic background; (iii) gender; (iv) sexuality; and (v) community background.
To ask the Minister of Finance when she will act on the 2010 Law Commission recommendation to require formal notice to be served on all joint tenants when one or more of the tenants intend to sever the tenancy.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of children with special educational needs currently without a school place for the 2024-25 academic year; and (ii) the number of children with special educational needs given a placement for September 2024 still awaiting full access to that place while capital…
Thank you, Mr Speaker. You do not want me to get my supplementary questions in today at all. I thank the Minister for his answer. Will he detail how he will ensure that vacancies will be filled in the seven sectors that he has identified as priority sectors for the Northern Ireland economy?
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank the Minister for his answer. There is much to welcome there. Will the Minister give a view on whether he feels that there is a gap in the legislative protection for young people with special educational needs who are moving out of the school system? We seem to be lagging behind…
Mr Mathison asked the Minister for the Economy, given that the Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) report 'Developing the Skills for Northern Ireland's Future' estimated that 35% of vacancies are attributable to a lack of skills, experience and qualifications, what he is doing to close those skills gaps and fill…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure why a foot passenger ferry has not been provided for schoolchildren during the maintenance of the slipways of the Strangford Lough ferry service.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 14806/22-27, to detail the rationale for excluding nursery and preschool settings from support from the Education Authority Children Looked After Team.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 14805/22-27, for his assessment of the need to provide additional financial support to preschool and nursery settings with children looked after on their enrolment as is currently given to primary settings.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any consultation his Department undertook with (i) schools; (ii) Translink; and (iii) the local community to develop contingency plans during the disruption of the Strangford ferry service.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Lowering the Voting Age for 16 and 17 Year Olds”
Lowering the Voting Age for 16 and 17 Year Olds - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘referendums;’ and insert: ‘endorses the recommendation from the Institute of Public Policy Research 2023 report, Out of Kilter, which calls for votes at 16 to be combined with high-quality and expansive civic education in schools to…
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department provides additional financial support to nursery and preschool settings with children looked after on their enrolment.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 4168/22-27, to detail the specific engagement he has had with the Minister of Health in relation to appropriate mental health support for staff working in the homelessness sector.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the action his Department is taking to address the workforce shortfalls in (i) clinical radiologists; and (ii) clinical oncologists.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the actions being taken to ensure that patients diagnosed with cancer receive their first treatment within 31 days.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of the effectiveness of the Fair Play Grant Scheme as a reliable mechanism to support childcare providers meeting the needs of children with special educational needs and disabilities; and (ii) whether any alternative funding mechanisms are under consideration.