Written question AQW 53960/22-27
Written question by Mr Gerry Kelly on .
- MLA
- Mr Gerry Kelly
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 7 October 2026
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 53960/22-27
- Department
- Department of Education
- Business
- To the Minister of Education
- Assembly identifier
- Document 502832
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Text
To ask the Minister of Education in light of recent advice from the Education Authority that pupils and staff should wear additional clothing to save on heating, to detail (i) his Department’s policy on heating in schools; (ii) how this advice interacts with uniform policies; and (iii) whether this policy takes into account the necessity for a reasonable temperature in the workplace under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993.
73 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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