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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.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he has any plans to review the affordability provisions contained in the statutory School Uniforms Guidelines, including provisions relating to (i) the number of required uniform items; (ii) branded items; and (iii) supplier arrangements.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he has any plans to revise the statutory School Uniforms Guidelines to strengthen the requirement for schools to minimise the use of exclusive or restricted uniform suppliers.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he has any plans to revise the statutory School Uniforms Guidelines to require schools to permit the use of generic alternatives to branded uniform items, including the use of sew-on or iron-on school crests.
To ask the Minister of Education, following his decision to strengthen the statutory School Uniforms Guidelines in relation to girls wearing trousers, whether he will revise the Guidelines to place a limit on the number of specific or branded uniform items that a school may require.
To ask the Minister of Education, following his decision to revise the statutory School Uniforms Guidelines to require schools to offer girls the option of wearing trousers, whether he intends to undertake a wider review of the Guidelines to identify any further areas where additional mandatory requirements may be…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any enforcement powers that are being considered as part of the proposed retail licensing scheme for retailers selling tobacco, vaping and nicotine products, including whether licences may be suspended, revoked or made subject to conditions.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he expects any consultation on a retail licensing scheme for retailers selling tobacco, vaping and nicotine products to commence during the 2022-27 Assembly mandate.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any work that remains to be completed before a timetable can be established for a consultation on a retail licensing scheme for retailers selling tobacco, vaping and nicotine products.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of retailers that have received more than one Fixed Penalty Notice for the sale of vaping products to persons under the age of 18, in the last three years.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 49437/22-27, whether any assessment has been made of the reasons why 17.7 per cent of test purchases relating to vaping products in 2024-25 resulted in a sale to a person under the age of 18.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 49437/22-27, to detail when the Quality Standards for tobacco and vaping enforcement will be finalised and published.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any funding provided by (i) his Department; and (ii) the Education Authority, towards capital works at sports facilities not located on school sites, broken down by (i) recipient; (ii) amount; (iii) funding programme or budget; and (iv) purpose, in each of the last five…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) whether the proposed £30,000 allocation towards the synthetic pitch at Richhill Amalgamated Football Club remains under consideration; and (ii) any outstanding steps required before a final decision is taken.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any (i) meetings; and (ii) written communications, between his Department and the Education Authority concerning the proposed £30,000 allocation towards the synthetic pitch at Richhill Amalgamated Football Club between 4 March 2026 and 1 April 2026.
To ask the Minister of Education whether the proposed £30,000 allocation towards the synthetic pitch at Richhill Amalgamated Football Club will be met from a budget otherwise available for expenditure on schools or school capital works.
Ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a dhéanamh leis na daltaí go léir a fuair a gcuid torthaí TGMO agus Ardleibhéil tá cúpla seachtain ó shin. Tá siad beagnach réidh le blianta an dianstaidéir agus na dúthrachta agus iad anois ag dul i gceann aistear nua sa tsaol, bíodh sin trí oiliúint ghairmiúil, oideachas breise nó…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the funding stream from which his Department proposed allocating £30,000 towards the funding shortfall for the synthetic pitch at Richhill Amalgamated Football Club.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he approved the proposal, contained in departmental correspondence dated 1 April 2026, to allocate £30,000 to the Education Authority towards the funding shortfall for the synthetic pitch at Richhill Amalgamated Football Club.
To ask the Minister of Education whether a formal business case was completed in relation to the proposed £30,000 allocation towards the synthetic pitch at Richhill Amalgamated Football Club.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any evidence used by his Department to determine, in correspondence dated 1 April 2026, that local schools made extensive use of the outdoor facilities at Richhill Recreation Centre, including the pitch.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any information his Department received between 26 February 2026 and 1 April 2026 in relation to the level of use of Richhill Recreation Centre by local schools.
The Minister will be aware that there is incontrovertible evidence that children from disadvantaged backgrounds have poorer educational outcomes than their peers from more affluent backgrounds, hence the reason that the prioritisation criterion was brought in in the first place. Following on from the previous…
In the December monitoring round, £6 million of funding was allocated to the Minister of Education for Irish-medium facilities and accommodation, which was supposed to go to Iontaobhas na Gaelscolaíochta It is a simple issue: Paul Givan's Department bid for £6 million specifically for Irish-medium accommodation…