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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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Education Inspections Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Education Inspections Bill: Second Stage
I thank the Member for giving way. I assure the Member that I am more than happy to work with the Committee to look at that aspect of the Bill at clause 3 and see where we can find common ground on that. The offer is there for me to engage constructively with him and the Committee to address some of the unfounded…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Education Inspections Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Education Inspections Bill: Second Stage
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I will pick up from where I left off. My flagship reform programme, TransformED, offers significant opportunities for workload reduction, and we are moving into the implementation stage that will make that a reality. The new curriculum will bring greater specificity and sequencing, taking the…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Education Inspections Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Education Inspections Bill: Second Stage
The action that we have been taking has been to identify the key areas of need across the Province. It fluctuates depending on the specific need in each locality. We have reached out to those schools, and the EA has been engaging with those schools. That is proving to be productive, and that work is ongoing. When it…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: SEND Places: 2026-27 Academic Year Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: SEND Places: 2026-27 Academic Year
It is an issue that I deal with weekly, and I have introduced various processes, such as identifying schools, writing to schools and seeking their cooperation to see whether specialist provision in mainstream schools (SPiMS) can be established. The work to address that need is ongoing. However, this year presents a…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: SEND Places: 2026-27 Academic Year Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: SEND Places: 2026-27 Academic Year
Some of them do. A number of recommendations need to be taken forward to release the pressures in respect of information being requested from our teachers. I will say to the Member and to others that some of the trade unions were incapable of identifying some of the workload pressures, but I identified them by setting…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Teachers: Workload Pressures Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Teachers: Workload Pressures
I thank the Member for his question. From the time that I took up ministerial office, addressing teacher and school workload for teachers and leaders has been a central priority of mine. I firmly believe that supporting the teaching profession is essential if we are to retain our talented teachers, sustain strong…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Teachers: Workload Pressures Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Teachers: Workload Pressures
That is slightly further away than up on the Newtownards side. I was in Castle Gardens Primary School recently. Its representatives talked about the fact that new housing there meant that more young people were now coming to the school. That is a new-build primary school that was built without the housing following,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Post-primary Provision: Four Winds and Carryduff Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Post-primary Provision: Four Winds and Carryduff
Wherever there is new, additional housing, the need for that provision must be identified as part of the basic area planning processes that the Education Authority, as the managing authority for controlled schools, and the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) follow. They need to track any demographic…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Post-primary Provision: Four Winds and Carryduff Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Post-primary Provision: Four Winds and Carryduff
There is no doubt that there needs to be more support for our young people. That is why £55 million was ring-fenced for the early learning and childcare strategy. In the draft Budget that was published, that funding stood still, at the same £55 million, which, in effect, was a cut. I have submitted a paper to the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: SEN Early Years Provision: West Tyrone Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: SEN Early Years Provision: West Tyrone
The need to address the SEN issue has been well documented. It is about how we get further information earlier. Health professionals, for example, will know through health visits whether there are any issues with the development of a child, but how is that information being shared or, in my view, not being shared with…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: SEN Early Years Provision: West Tyrone Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: SEN Early Years Provision: West Tyrone
Those are all things that we want to provide. A report that was commissioned and completed identified the kinds of challenges that classroom assistants face. It also mentioned the fact that they very much desire the opportunity to develop their professional skill set in order to become teaching assistants and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fair Contracts for Classroom Assistants Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fair Contracts for Classroom Assistants
The issue is really important to the staff who are affected. Such contracts are established by individual schools when they recruit. Some are term-time contracts, while others run over the 52-week period. I know that requests have been made to move to 52-week contracts, but, because of the current budgetary challenges…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fair Contracts for Classroom Assistants Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fair Contracts for Classroom Assistants
OK. I had intended to group my answers to questions 6, 10 and 12. I do not think that I will get to respond to all the Members — apologies — but, because the three questions relate to the latest position on the Department's mobile phone pilot scheme, my response will address them together. The mobile phone pilot in…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Schools: Mobile Phone Pilot Scheme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Schools: Mobile Phone Pilot Scheme
I thank the Member for her question. Obviously, we recognise the importance of taking the matter forward. As recently as 11 May, I met the Minister of Health to discuss progress on the arrangements that are being made, including the health support required to enable the schemes to operate. I assure the House that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: Engagement with Minister of Health Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: Engagement with Minister of Health
We allocated additional funding for preschool settings to employ an extra member of staff so that they did not have to wait for a statement of educational need. Such settings are often the first point at which it could be identified that a young person has a requirement, but, by the time that they have gone through…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: Engagement with Minister of Health Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: Engagement with Minister of Health
I am happy to look at it. I have been able to visit St Teresa's. I know that it does hugely significant work and that it has led on establishing SPiMS and, in the way in which it has made that available, is a model of best practice for other schools. The principal of St Teresa's is deeply valued in my Department. He…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: Engagement with Minister of Health Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: Engagement with Minister of Health
I thank the Member for the question, because the withdrawal of allied health professionals is raised with me when I visit special schools in particular because we need to be increasing their number in those settings, not least due to the speech and language communication challenges that exist. We have made some…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: Engagement with Minister of Health Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: Engagement with Minister of Health
I am committed to continued and practical engagement with Health colleagues to improve outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and their families. I regularly engage with Minister Nesbitt on matters that cross the Education/Health interface, and we met last month to ensure that progress…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: Engagement with Minister of Health Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: Engagement with Minister of Health
The second call of the school enhancement programme closed to applications in February 2017. Four tranches of projects were announced to proceed to planning. Final announcements were made on 5 May 2020, and a total of 72 projects have been announced across the four tranches. So far, construction has been completed on…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: St Patrick’s Primary School and Gaelscoil Phádraig Naofa, Crossmaglen Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: St Patrick’s Primary School and Gaelscoil Phádraig Naofa, Crossmaglen
The Department has brought the school through the design stages. Members will know that a new build project takes too long to get to the end of the construction phase, but, before it gets into the construction phase, it needs to go through the design process, and it needs to have an integrated design team appointed.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: St Patrick’s Primary School and Gaelscoil Phádraig Naofa, Crossmaglen Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: St Patrick’s Primary School and Gaelscoil Phádraig Naofa, Crossmaglen
The process is at the design stage 3, but the costs for that school have increased significantly beyond the school enhancement programme threshold. As a Department, we are working through the process to make sure that we can move it to the next stage. That work is being progressed. I cannot give a clear timeline,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: St Patrick’s Primary School and Gaelscoil Phádraig Naofa, Crossmaglen Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: St Patrick’s Primary School and Gaelscoil Phádraig Naofa, Crossmaglen
It was announced on 8 May 2018 that St Patrick’s Primary School in Crossmaglen would advance in design under the school enhancement programme (SEP). The scheme proposal for St Patrick’s is provision of a new extension with a multi-purpose hall, refurbishment of existing buildings, new site access, traffic-calming…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: St Patrick’s Primary School and Gaelscoil Phádraig Naofa, Crossmaglen Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: St Patrick’s Primary School and Gaelscoil Phádraig Naofa, Crossmaglen
I thank the Member for that question. I know that the issue of SEN placements and specialist provision is very important to him and to all Members. The EA maintains internal oversight through its senior leadership team. All specialist provision proposals are undergoing, over an eight-week period, a consultation…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Irish-medium Education: Specialist Provision in Mainstream Schools Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Irish-medium Education: Specialist Provision in Mainstream Schools
I am more than happy to look at the case that the Member has referenced. It is not acceptable if the young person is not able to continue their pursuit of education through the medium of Irish, particularly because of special educational needs provision. It is a challenge for all schools when it comes to SPiMS. We…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Irish-medium Education: Specialist Provision in Mainstream Schools Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Irish-medium Education: Specialist Provision in Mainstream Schools
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