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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 qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the number of Freedom of Information requests that are currently awaiting a response from his Department; and (ii) the number of those requests that have been outstanding for more than 20 working days.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of Freedom of Information requests that are currently awaiting a response from his Department; and (ii) the number of those requests that have been outstanding for more than 20 working days.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any (i) actual; and (ii) potential, conflicts of interest identified in relation to the meeting held between the Minister, his Special Adviser, the Permanent Secretary and the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Education Committee on 29 September 2026 at Parliament Buildings,…
To ask the Minister of Education whether he will publish the minutes or notes of the meeting that took place in Parliament Buildings on 29 September 2026 between the Minister, his officials and the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Committee for Education.
To ask the Minister of Education whether the decision that the Permanent Secretary would not attend the Committee for Education on 7 October 2026 was taken by the Minister or by the Permanent Secretary.
To ask the Minister of Education (i) whether he intends to extend the term of the current Chief Executive of the Education Authority; and (ii) to detail when a decision is expected to be made.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail for each month since January 2025 (i) the number of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department; (ii) the number responded to within 20 working days; and (iii) the number responded to outside that timeframe.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he, his Private Office or Special Adviser has issued any instruction, direction or guidance since 1 January 2025 concerning the handling of Freedom of Information requests from individual applicants or categories of applicants, including the date and nature of any such…
To ask the Minister of Education whether any Freedom of Information requests received by his Department are subject to additional clearance or approval arrangements before a response is issued, including the nature of any arrangements.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number (i) of Freedom of Information requests currently awaiting a response from his Department; and (ii) outstanding for more than 20 working days.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of Freedom of Information requests currently awaiting a response from his Department that have been outstanding for (i) 21-40 working days; (ii) 41-60 working days; (iii) 61-100 working days; and (iv) more than 100 working days.
The PISA results reinforce what we have known for a long time, which is that there is a very long tail of educational underachievement here. The evidence shows that children and young people who fall behind in school do not catch up unless they get some sort of bespoke support. Forget this stuff about TransformED…
To ask the Minister of Education when he will answer (i) AQW 51777/22-27; (ii) AQW 51778/22-27; (iii) AQW 51779/22-27; (iv) AQW 51780/22-27; and (v) AQW 51781/22-27.
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. Of course, as well as Fleadh Cheoil na nÉireann, we also had Féile, which attracted tens of thousands of visitors to dozens of events ranging from political debates, book launches and history tours to big concerts. Among the best concerts was that of Young Spencer from the Shankill, who…
The destruction of the Gaza health system is a direct consequence of the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people, for which, of course, the deputy First Minister's party has been a cheerleader. The scale of death, injury, disability and trauma is almost beyond comprehension. Does the deputy First Minister…
Sometimes, the law is just wrong. It was wrong when it prevented women from voting. It was wrong when it criminalised homosexuality. Civil disobedience is a legitimate form of protest against bad law. Rosa Parks was right when she refused to go to the back of the bus. Muhammad Ali was right when he refused to be…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) each item of primary legislation introduced by his Department since he took office; (ii) the current status of this legislation, including the implementation of any legislation that has received Royal Assent; and (iii) each further item of primary legislation he intends…
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 52861/22-27, to detail (i) whether the legislation he anticipates bringing forward in early 2027 will be primary or subordinate legislation; and (i) the legislation's policy intent and proposed provisions.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail how the decision was reached, including any advice he received, before instructing departmental officials not to attend meetings of the Committee for Education.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any minor works applications relating to sports pitch facilities at Craigavon Senior High School submitted following the 2017 minor works call, including (i) the works proposed; (ii) their position on them minor works prioritisation list; and (iii) their current status.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any requests made by his Department to the Education Authority since 1 January 2025 in relation to inspections or condition assessments of the multi-sports pitch at Craigavon Senior High School, including the date and purpose of each request.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any process and criteria used by his Department to prioritise the replacement or refurbishment of the multi-sports pitch at Craigavon Senior High School.