Motion or amendment: Cancellation of Summer Schemes in Special Schools
Motion or amendment by Mr Nick Mathison on .
- MLA
- Mr Nick Mathison
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 27 March 2026
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion · Private Members' Motion
- Heading
- Cancellation of Summer Schemes in Special Schools
- Assembly identifier
- Document 478301
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Text
Cancellation of Summer Schemes in Special Schools
That this Assembly expresses grave concern that the Education Authority has announced the cancellation of summer schemes in special schools in 2026 due to concerns about healthcare provision for participating children; recognises that these schemes provide a lifeline for many families and that their cancellation will have devastating consequences for children with special educational needs and disabilities and their parents; condemns the failure of the Minister of Health and the Minister of Education to secure adequate nursing provision for the summer schemes when the gaps in nursing services in special schools have been apparent for a number of years; notes that a vital service is being threatened for children with special needs despite the Department of Health and the Department of Education accounting for a significant majority of the Executive’s budget; and calls on the Minister of Health and the Minister of Education to urgently work together to secure the funding and nursing provision needed to save summer scheme provision in special schools in 2026.
172 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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- Dr Caoimhe Archibald – record
- Ms Kellie Armstrong – record
- Mr Danny Baker – record
- Mr John Blair – record
- Mr Cathal Boylan – record
- Ms Paula Bradshaw – record
- Miss Nicola Brogan – record
- Mr Pádraig Delargy – record
- Mr Stewart Dickson – record
- Mrs Linda Dillon – record
- Miss Jemma Dolan – record
- Mr Danny Donnelly – record
- Mr Mark Durkan – record
- Ms Connie Egan – record
- Mrs Sinéad Ennis – record
- Mrs Ciara Ferguson – record
- Ms Aoife Finnegan – record
- Miss Órlaithí Flynn – record
- Mr Timothy Gaston – record
- Mr Colm Gildernew – record
- Mrs Michelle Guy – record
- Miss Deirdre Hargey – record
- Mr David Honeyford – record
- Ms Cara Hunter – record
- Mr Declan Kearney – record
- Mr Gerry Kelly – record
- Ms Liz Kimmins – record
- Mrs Naomi Long – record
- Mr Declan McAleer – record
- Miss Nuala McAllister – record
- Mr Daniel McCrossan – record
- Mr Patsy McGlone – record
- Mr Colin McGrath – record
- Mr Philip McGuigan – record
- Mr Maolíosa McHugh – record
- Ms Sinéad McLaughlin – record
- Mr Andrew McMurray – record
- Mr Justin McNulty – record
- Mr Peter McReynolds – record
- Mrs Cathy Mason – record
- Mr Andrew Muir – record
- Ms Sian Mulholland – record
- Miss Áine Murphy – record
- Ms Kate Nicholl – record
- Ms Carál Ní Chuilín – record
- Mr John O'Dowd – record
- Ms Michelle O'Neill – record
- Ms Aisling Reilly – record
- Mr Pat Sheehan – record
- Ms Emma Sheerin – record
- Mr Eóin Tennyson – record
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