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Mr Pat Sheehan: Assembly records
All of Mr Pat Sheehan’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 Health, pursuant to AQW 44471/22-27, to detail the number of joint meetings between senior officials in his Department and the Department of Education that have taken place, since February 2024.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 44471/22-27, to detail the amount of funding jointly allocated by his Department and the Department of Education, since February 2024.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 44471/22-27, whether any jointly-funded initiatives between his Department and the Department of Education have been discontinued, paused or reduced in scope since February 2024.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 44471/22-27, whether any assessment has been made of the impact of the lack of a dedicated Department of Health budget for nursing provision in special school summer schemes.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 44471/22-27, to detail any formal mechanisms in place to assess the effectiveness of joint working between his Department and the Department of Education.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any procurement process used in relation to the £10.7 million generative Artificial Intelligence initiative for teachers.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms or providers that will be used as part of the AI initiative for teachers.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the projected cost of the rollout of generative AI tools for teachers, broken down by (i) software licensing; (ii) training; (iii) guidance; (iv) infrastructure; and (v) ongoing support costs.
To ask the Minister of Education whether any assessment has been carried out of the working relationship between his Department and the Department for Communities in relation to areas of joint responsibility.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of meetings regarding the development of the Irish-medium education strategy that have taken place since he took office; and (ii) the number of these meetings he attended.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he intends to carry out any assessment of the effectiveness of cross-departmental working between his Department and the Department of Education, particularly in areas relating to (i) child poverty; (ii) homelessness; (iii) disability support; and (iv) the Irish language.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 44470/22-27, whether he will consider carrying out an assessment of the working relationship between his Department and the Department of Education, in light of the significant cross-cutting responsibilities listed.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the amount of funding allocated by (i) his Department; and (ii) the Department of Education, to each jointly funded initiative listed in AQW 44470/22-27, since the restoration of the Executive in 2024.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail how often he meets with the Minister of Education to discuss the areas of co-operation listed in AQW 44470/22-27.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail whether any (i) formal structures; (ii) targets; and (iii) reporting mechanisms, are in place to measure the effectiveness of the cross-departmental working groups and strategies listed in AQW 44470/22-27.
To ask the Minister of Education, in light of issues raised by teaching unions, to detail (i) any reason the findings and recommendations of his Department-commissioned research on Teacher Workload in the Irish Medium Sector: Evidential Insights, published in May 2025, has not been incorporated into the Teacher…
To ask the Minister of Education, in light of issues raised by teaching unions, whether he will bring forward any specific measures to ensure that time spent by teachers on marking controlled assessments and coursework is formally recognised within directed time.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of data requests and administrative returns issued to schools by (i) his Department; and (ii) the Education Authority, in each of the last two academic years.
To ask the Minister of Education, in light of issues raised by teaching unions, to detail (i) the proportion of actions contained within the Teacher Workload Action Plan that will be supported by ring-fenced funding from his Department, and (ii) the proportion expected to be met from existing school budgets.
To ask the Minister of Education, in light of issues raised by teaching unions regarding the implementation of the Teacher Workload Action Plan, to detail (i) whether he will amend the plan to reflect the original wording of the Independent Review Panel’s recommendation on working hours; and (ii) any differences…
To ask the Minister of Education, following his oral statement on 28 April 2026, to detail (i) the number of schools included in the phased introduction of administrative support for schools to test what works best, including (a) the expected cost; (b) the timeframe; and (c) evaluation criteria, for this approach.
To ask the Minister of Education, following his oral statement on 28 April 2026, to detail any mechanisms that will be used to identify teachers working in excess of 40 hours per week on a sustained basis, including any planned interventions that will follow in such cases.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any basis on which his Department was unable to determine value for money in the original business case relating to the replacement of the C2K system.