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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 Education to detail any impact his proposed management authority for controlled schools will have on his Department's integrated education transformation process.
Does the Member agree that the economic consequences of Brexit and the underfunding of our public services are the major difficulties facing the Assembly and Executive? Does he also agree that, although institutional reform is necessary, constitutional reform and the ending of partition are absolutely essential if we…
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht a ráitis. Can the Minister tell us what support is being provided to ensure the success of Fleadh Cheoil nah Éireann i mBéal Feirste?
Seachtain Mheabhairshláinte na bPáistí an tseachtain seo. Is é téama fheachtas na bliana seo ná "Seo M’Áitse", agus is é is aidhm dó a chinntiú go mothaíonn páistí agus daoine óga go bhfuil áit acu sa tsochaí. Ba chóir do gach páiste a mhothú go bhfuil meas orthu agus go bhfuil tacaíocht acu sa chóras oideachais…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) any assessment made of the cumulative impact of his Department’s proposed budget on arm’s-length bodies that support statutory and strategic objectives, including Irish-medium education; (ii) whether he is aware of any bodies facing potential staff redundancies as a…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) whether he was consulted on; or (ii) approved, changes introduced by the Education Authority to the Essential Car User Allowance Scheme and mileage rates for Education Authority staff; and (ii) any assessment made by his Department of the financial impact these changes…
Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. For fear of being interrogated about what type of school I went to, I will say that I did the 11-plus, sailed through it without stress, went to a grammar school and then left it and went to a non-grammar school. I then went on to further education and later did a degree…
Thanks very much for giving way, Robbie. I hear what you say, and I understand it. There are kids who sail through the test and have no problem, but there are other children who do not: that is the problem. The mental health champion, who was appointed by your Minister, Robin Swann, stated clearly that academic…
I thank the Member for giving way. The issue of mobile phones is a fairly recent phenomenon, and we have not seen all the evidence around that yet. There is, however, plenty of evidence that academic selection is harming children and that it does not create or promote the social mobility that we are talking about. How…
As the previous Member to ask a question said, the Supreme Court was clear that religious education must be objective, critical and pluralistic. Will the Minister explain in clear terms how his approach will ensure that every child feels included and respected, regardless of their faith or beliefs?
I am happy to look at any evidence that the Minister can provide. He certainly has not provided any there. A consultation is not research, and it is not evidence. The fact that the Catholic sector outperforms the controlled sector is not evidence that the managing authority of one provides those outcomes in its own…
A new managing authority for the controlled sector will cost a significant amount of money to set up and to resource in the time ahead. Will the Minister tell us what research he has had carried out and what evidence he has that the educational outcomes of children and young people in the controlled sector will…
Mr Sheehan asked the Minister of Education what research he has had carried out and what evidence he has to support his assertion that setting up a managing authority for the controlled sector will improve outcomes for children and young people in that sector, and to answer the question rather than going off on a rant…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the percentage breakdown of statutory assessment requests that were approved, broken down by diagnoses of (i) Autism Spectrum Disorder; (ii) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; (iii) Dyspraxia; (iv) Developmental Language Disorder; and (v) dual diagnosis, in the (a)…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) why dyslexia, while recognised as a Special Educational Needs (SEN) category, is not listed as a medical category in his Department’s publication on SEN and Medical Categories Information for Parents and Young People; (ii) any consideration that has been given to…
On a point of order, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. In a number of the Minister's responses, he referred to the RAISE programme and accused Sinn Féin of being responsible for a judicial review having been taken. My point of order has a number of aspects to it, but, first of all, many people commented on the RAISE…
In the course of his engagements with his counterpart from Dublin, has the Minister ever expressed curiosity about the fact that educational outcomes in the South far exceed those here, or has he asked for an explanation of why that is the case?
Bhí Lá Idirnáisiúnta an Oideachais ann Dé Sathairn seo a chuaigh seo. Athdhearbhaíonn Sinn Féin a thiomantas lena chinntiú go bhfuil an tús is fearr ag gach páiste agus ag gach duine óg agus iad ag gabháil i gceann an tsaoil agus go bhfuil rochtain acu ar oideachas ardchaighdeáin. Is ceart bunúsach é an t-oideachas,…
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Chéad-Aire as a freagra. What actions can the Executive and the Assembly take to protect our people and economy from the consequences of those threats to Greenland?