Debate contribution: Controlled Schools: Managing Authority

Debate contribution by Mr Pat Sheehan on 2 February 2026.

MLA: Mr Pat Sheehan
Party at the time: Sinn Féin
Date: 2 February 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Controlled Schools: Managing Authority
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5356676

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I am happy to look at any evidence that the Minister can provide. He certainly has not provided any there. A consultation is not research, and it is not evidence. The fact that the Catholic sector outperforms the controlled sector is not evidence that the managing authority of one provides those outcomes in its own sector. I welcome the fact that the Minister said that he would provide evidence, and I look forward to seeing it, but I will remain agnostic until I see it. I look forward to the Minister trying to convince me otherwise.

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 1994/22-27.

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