All of Mr Paul Givan’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
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The Executive paper that I tabled not having been included in the agenda for 30 April, as the Member will appreciate, I sought urgent procedure approval. We have an Executive meeting this Thursday, but I am concerned, because a lot of those organisations will need to put staff on protective notice. That would be…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Pathway Fund Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Pathway Fund
The pathway fund is subject to and contained in the package of proposals that I put to the Executive on 8 April. There are 91 pathway-funded projects, all of which I wish to continue and all of which I recommended in that Executive paper. Approval will secure the projects that receive funding from pathway. Not having…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Pathway Fund Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Pathway Fund
Yes. Principals at the conference asked me, "Given the challenges and the pressures that we face, where will we find the capacity to take forward this transformation of our education system?". The answer to that is that, if we continue to do what we are doing, of course, the workload will be a result of our current…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Teacher Workload Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Teacher Workload
I thank the Member for his question. On 1 May, I was pleased to announce the appointment of the independent panel that will undertake the review of teacher workload. The panel will examine all aspects of teacher workload and will monitor the implementation of the series of workload commitments issued alongside the pay…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Teacher Workload Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Teacher Workload
Making sure that we had robust data was one of the issues, and I wanted to ensure that we had that. We made that commitment because we need reliable and comprehensive data and we have to have an evidence-based policy. The Department commissioned the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) to undertake…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Childcare Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Childcare
I thank the Member for the question. I am committed to bringing forward the early learning and childcare strategy in the autumn of this year. That will support child development, making childcare more affordable and enabling parents to work. Recognising that people needed immediate help, however, I secured £25 million…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Childcare Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Childcare
My team and the EA will continue to keep in close contact with the school. As we seek to make progress, matters around decanting and the support that would be needed will be well looked after. We have not reached the point of being able to allocate capital funding, however. I wish that greater levels of investment…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: New Build Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: New Build
When it comes to capital investments that we seek to take forward, such as for the school that the Member has mentioned, we pursue the various stages. I welcome the stage that that school is at, which the Member has articulated. Before entering into a contractual obligation, we need to make sure that capital funding…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: New Build Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: New Build
Since the first engagement event that was held in Millisle and Donaghadee, which was in November last year, my officials have been working with key stakeholders to understand the context of the area and identify the key issues around educational underachievement. Children and young people from Millisle Primary School,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Educational Underachievement: TransformED and RAISE Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Educational Underachievement: TransformED and RAISE
The roll-out of the RAISE programme in its localities across Northern Ireland is about investing in, monitoring and evaluating whole-community and place-based approaches to raising achievement and reducing educational disadvantage. That is key to my commitment in TransformED. More widely, narrowing the gap for…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Educational Underachievement: TransformED and RAISE Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Educational Underachievement: TransformED and RAISE
I have addressed that issue before in the Assembly, including earlier in Question Time. We can have a circular conversation about academic selection. For over 20 years, that conversation has been taking place with no consensus being achieved. Academic selection has its supporters, and there are those who do not…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Secondary School Admissions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Secondary School Admissions
I commend the young people who have come through their primary-school education. The period of moving to post-primary school can be a challenging one. There will, undoubtedly, have been disappointment for some over the weekend, but they should not allow that disappointment to define who they are. Every school that we…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Secondary School Admissions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Secondary School Admissions
The child subsidy scheme, which this party developed, executed and took forward, is already helping to meet some of the costs for those families. We can develop the 22·5-hour standardisation. We have already brought 106 settings online for the next academic year. I want to bring another 100 online for 2026. The more…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Preschool Admissions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Preschool Admissions
Admissions criteria are set by preschool providers, taking into account guidance provided by the Department, and thus the Department cannot amend them. However, legislation requires that providers must prioritise children from socially disadvantaged circumstances in their admissions criteria. I am of the view that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Preschool Admissions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Preschool Admissions
I thank the Member for the question. It is important that there is absolute clarity on the matter: the Education Authority, not my Department, provides the operational guidance to schools. Therefore, it, first and foremost, needs to ensure that its guidance complies with the Supreme Court ruling. I am clear on the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
The Member is right to say that every child in our education establishments should not be bullied and not be harassed. Where that takes place in schools, effective measures need to be put in place to address such issues. Those measures should be applied irrespective of sexual orientation. We want every child to feel…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
I thank the Member for his question. I have asked my officials to consider the implications of the ruling across the education system in order to ensure that the Department, all its arm's-length bodies (ALBs) and schools are in compliance with the legal definition of "sex" and balance the rights of all pupils. It is…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
In light of the recent UK Supreme Court judgement, I have asked my officials to consider the Department's policy in that area. I intend to set out the Department's policy on the issue in the coming weeks. Let me make it clear, however, that, regardless of the recent court decision, I do not believe that a boy who…
Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues Criteria met: Identity framing, Dog-whistle messaging.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
The plan that I am taking forward is a Department of Education-led plan. All of it has consensus, because we are all in agreement that we want the very best for every single school. The Department of Education is leading on the plan, and we are making significant progress. I took heart not just from the number of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: TransformED NI: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: TransformED NI: Update
They were chosen because the research tells us that they are the right things to do. It is clear that high-quality teaching and learning are at the heart of driving educational improvement. Successful school systems ground changes in the classroom by focusing, first and foremost, on teachers and the content that they…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: TransformED NI: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: TransformED NI: Update
It has been an eventful two months since I published the TransformED Northern Ireland strategy on 11 March. In April, I unveiled the delivery plan for the strategy, which translates the strategy’s vision into actionable steps. It outlines key delivery partners, indicative timescales and costs. Last week, I held the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: TransformED NI: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: TransformED NI: Update
I thank the Member for that question. A number of interventions take place in the Foyle constituency. There is a local project funding opportunity, and funding has been awarded to voluntary youth work providers working specifically with young people from Irish Street and Top of the Hill, which is an interface area.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Foyle: Community Tensions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Foyle: Community Tensions
Absolutely. I agree with the Member. Political leaders, in their constituencies and at a Northern Ireland level, should give leadership in a way that does not inflame tensions, so that those tensions can be mitigated. That is important. We have moved on so far in our society. When we look back at where we were many…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Foyle: Community Tensions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Foyle: Community Tensions
As a result of the funding being made available by the Executive programme on paramilitarism and organised crime (EPPOC), a programme is in place to provide wrap-around education services to children and young people facing significant challenges in the greater Shantallow area. The programme of flexible interventions…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Foyle: Community Tensions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Foyle: Community Tensions
In each locality, a strategic area plan will be delivered. The local reference group will draw together the key organisations that will be part of the process, building the relevant people to be part of it and developing those plans. When they produce that, ultimately, it will still come to the Department for…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: RAISE Programme: North Belfast
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