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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 qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
We are all aware of the impact of the removal of ring fencing from the Fresh Start funding. I would be grateful if the Minister could confirm what consideration he undertook of the options that are available to him for restoring ring fencing around the £150 million Fresh Start funding pot in order to allow those…
To ask the Minister of Education for his assessment of the success of the (i) Monitoring and Reporting Pupil Attendance Using Absence Tiers guidance document; and (ii) Miss School Miss Out strategy in addressing the number of children entitled to free school meals missing out on school.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the estimated timeline for (i) completion of the construction of the Strule Shared Campus site; and (ii) the opening of all the schools on the site to receive pupils.
To ask the Minister of Education whether the Education Training Inspectorate has provided an evaluation of the (i) educational; and (ii) reconciliation benefits of the Strule Shared Campus project.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department maintains a register of children who have died as a result of Sudden Unexpected Death in Childhood.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 8028/22-27, when he will undertake a public consultation on options for changing eligibility criteria for Free School Meals and School Uniform Grants.
To ask the Minister of Education how he will ensure that Special Educational Needs places for September 2024 (i) meet the needs of each pupil; and (ii) will be accessible to the pupil from the beginning of the 2024-25 academic year.
To ask the Minister of Education what action his Department has taken to provide Special Educational Needs placements for the 1000 additional pupils places that have been identified.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) how many requests his Department received for the removal of unauthorised flags or emblems attached to street lighting columns in (a) 2022; and (b) 2023; and (ii) how many of these requests were fulfilled.
As Members across the House have stated, there is widespread support for the motion and the amendment, and that is welcome. I thank the Members who tabled the motion. Holiday hunger is a critical issue that we, as an Assembly, need to try to address. I do not want to go through each contribution one by one. We can…
I thank the Commission member for the answer. In the interests of trying to create as family-friendly a working environment as possible in the Assembly, would the Commission consider undertaking a review of the adequacy of baby-changing facilities in the Building?
To ask the Minister of Education how many cases are waiting beyond the 26-week statutory timescale for the issue of a statement of special education needs.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 7704/22-27, to detail the average waiting time for the issue of a statement of special educational needs.
To ask the Minister of Education what percentage of pupils are accessing the recommended two hours per week of statutory curriculum physical education, broken down by (i) primary level; and (ii) post-primary level.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 8271/22-27, how his Department monitors the extent to which schools adhere to the Department's recommended post-primary admissions criteria.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister what consideration they have given to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Concluding observations on the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, published in June 2023.
To ask the Minister of Education when he will make provision through regulations for procedures to be followed when pooling resources, as part of The Children's Services Co Operation Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.