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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Academic selection supports the principle of parental preference in education. It is a principle that underpins the legal foundations of the education system in Northern Ireland. For each study that criticises academic selection, there is another that highlights the shortcomings of comprehensive education. In England,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Academic Selection Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Academic Selection
It is a good point. I ask my officials to provide me with updates on the capital programme, and there is a strong argument that those could be published so that the process is transparent and people are kept informed. I am considering setting up a process to provide that information.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: School Enhancement Programme: Business Cases Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: School Enhancement Programme: Business Cases
I encourage the Member to view the significant number of applications that are considered and processed; there is a substantial volume. The Education Committee knows that, having looked into this particular issue. These are all priority 1 cases. That is indicative of the financial pressures that the school estate is…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: School Enhancement Programme: Business Cases Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: School Enhancement Programme: Business Cases
The Member has had me travel to Upper Bann on a number of occasions, where I have been able to see schools and SEP projects. I assure her that my Department and the Education Authority are actively working to consider how processes can be accelerated. I share the frustration that the Member has raised. I have also…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: School Enhancement Programme: Business Cases Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: School Enhancement Programme: Business Cases
In recent years, there has been an unprecedented increase in the number of children with special educational needs (SEN). Since 2019, the total number of children with statements has risen from 19,000 to 27,000 and there has been a 21% rise in the numbers of pupils attending a special school, with many schools…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: School Enhancement Programme: Business Cases Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: School Enhancement Programme: Business Cases
I can confirm that it is around priority 1 cases. I outlined the reason for that, which is to meet inescapable statutory requirements such as health and safety, fire protection, safeguarding and statutory obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act. Projects are also progressing to provide the minimum…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Minor Capital Works: Allocation Process Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Minor Capital Works: Allocation Process
A lot of the questions on issues with confidence are being raised by Members who created a false narrative and inaccuracies. Where there is a lack of confidence in the process, therefore, that is an issue for the Members who created it. I am absolutely confident in the processes that have been followed, so the answer…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Minor Capital Works: Allocation Process Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Minor Capital Works: Allocation Process
My Department is operating within an extremely constrained capital budget. Within those budgetary constraints, minor works are restricted to ministerial priority 1, which refers to those works that meet inescapable statutory requirements such as health and safety, fire protection, safeguarding and statutory…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Minor Capital Works: Allocation Process Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Minor Capital Works: Allocation Process
I cannot predetermine the outworkings of the process that are being engaged in. I want to enable an effective youth policy. I have my own view on that, but it has to be shaped by those who are actively engaged in that important work. I have a lot of sympathy with the direction of travel that the Member indicated, but…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Priorities for Youth: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Priorities for Youth: Update
I have questioned my officials on this because I would like to see things expedited, but a number of voluntary and community groups have indicated that they need to get this right and that they would rather go through the detailed work. That is why the time frame is slightly longer than I would like it to be. It is…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Priorities for Youth: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Priorities for Youth: Update
The point that Mr McGrath makes is one that I have heard repeatedly from a number of the community groups that I engage with. It is also one that I can speak to from my constituency point of view, where I see how the voluntary and community sector do excellent work on youth services. That is why I am very keen to make…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Priorities for Youth: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Priorities for Youth: Update
The Priorities for Youth policy review commenced in September 2023. My Department is taking a co-design approach to the review. The review includes children and young people, the Education Authority, which is the statutory provider of youth services, youth work practitioners, the voluntary and community sector and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Priorities for Youth: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Priorities for Youth: Update
I know that the Member has pursued the issue very effectively and has raised it with me on a number of occasions and continues, rightly, to do so. On 9 May 2024, I met the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools along with other elected Members, departmental officials and representatives from Dean Maguirc College to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Dean Maguirc College: Development Proposal Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Dean Maguirc College: Development Proposal
The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS), as the planning and managing authority for Catholic maintained schools, has indicated that it will seek to increase the admissions and enrolment numbers at Dean Maguirc College via the development proposal (DP) process under article 14 of the Education and Libraries…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Dean Maguirc College: Development Proposal Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Dean Maguirc College: Development Proposal
Obviously, there are teams involved in what would be necessary to take forward particular works in the school. That is actively monitored by the Department and the Education Authority. Where there are commitments for work schemes to be completed by September, there will be effective monitoring of that. If it is not…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: St Brigid’s College, Foyle: Disabled Access Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: St Brigid’s College, Foyle: Disabled Access
The good news is that the IDT has been appointed. As the group with the relevant expertise, it will take forward the works needed at St Brigid's, so that allows things to commence. There was a business case for the specialist provision of classrooms and associated accommodation at St Brigid's. That business case was…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: St Brigid’s College, Foyle: Disabled Access Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: St Brigid’s College, Foyle: Disabled Access
The integrated design team for the project to improve access to St Brigid's College was appointed on 2 April 2025.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: St Brigid’s College, Foyle: Disabled Access Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: St Brigid’s College, Foyle: Disabled Access
Where there is a security incident, there should be a security policy in place where schools have a strategy setting out how to deal with a wide range of issues. Those can range from security of cash, personal property and personal safety to incidents of violence. The school's response to any incident should be led by…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: School Security Protocols Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: School Security Protocols
It is by way of an unavoidable minor works application, and that will be considered through the normal processes. Each school differs in what would need to be developed and tailored to its unique circumstances. Schools are well placed to know what is necessary by way of any capital investment in security-related…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: School Security Protocols Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: School Security Protocols
Where there is a need for any capital, that can be brought forward by way of an unavoidable minor works application. An application for funding for security measures that may need to be provided in a particular school would be considered. If a school feels that it needs some security infrastructure, I encourage it to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: School Security Protocols Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: School Security Protocols
I thank the Member for her interest in the issue and for the question in light of the security threats that came through by email. The advice was that they were hoaxes, and schools were able to reopen. When it comes to communication, schools are well placed to advise parents of any circumstances that may require a…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: School Security Protocols Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: School Security Protocols
With your permission, Mr Speaker, I will group questions 3 and 8. I condemn the disruption caused by the recent school closures due to security concerns, and I welcome the speedy response from the PSNI. Our young people and staff should be able to attend school without concerns about their safety or security. The…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: School Security Protocols Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: School Security Protocols
It is an issue on which differing views have been expressed, particularly by those in our schools who have to navigate what can be very difficult challenges. I moved to establish a working group and invited participants to be part of that so that we can look at what guidance can be provided. The outworkings of that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998: Article 4(1)(c) Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998: Article 4(1)(c)
As Minister, I do not have the power to repeal article 4(1)(c). That would be a matter for the Assembly. I am considering whether to bring any such proposals to the Executive.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998: Article 4(1)(c) Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998: Article 4(1)(c)
Mr Speaker, thank you. Today's debate is a useful opportunity to provide an update on the provision of a funded preschool education place for every target-age child in Northern Ireland whose parents want one. Thank you, therefore, to the Member who secured the Adjournment debate and to the Members who have…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Playgroups in West Tyrone: EA Admission Allocations Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Playgroups in West Tyrone: EA Admission Allocations
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