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Can the Minister detail the oversight arrangements that are in place to review the EA's decisions to establish specialist provision in mainstream classrooms?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: School Placements Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: School Placements
Getting the right place is hugely important for a lot of children. Parents want that, and I support that. That is why I have communicated repeatedly to schools that it is not just for a small number of schools to respond: young people with special educational needs reside in every community and in every part of the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: School Placements Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: School Placements
Minister, you mentioned the system failing. Can you give us an indication of how many children are counted as having a placement, but their needs cannot be met there, and they are on a reduced timetable? Do you accept that there is a suspicion out there that those children are effectively being moved off a list, and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: School Placements Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: School Placements
Mr Allen raises a number of points. He is right about improving the performance. One area that we have sought to improve has been reducing the time frame for the assessment being carried out from 26 weeks to 22 weeks. That is part of the new regulatory framework that the Education Committee has delayed and did not…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: School Placements Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: School Placements
I thank the Minister for his answer and for the update on the improvements that have been made. I am sure that, like me, the Minister and other Members are all too often approached by families seeking representation to improve the process further. What assurance can the Minister give to families that he will work to…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: School Placements Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: School Placements
My Department works closely with the Education Authority (EA) to plan and develop specialist educational provision across Northern Ireland in line with assessed need and demographic trends. It is recognised that, for children and families, the statutory assessment process can feel lengthy in the context of a school…
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Thank you, Mr Speaker. When preparing for the debate, my first question was whether the confidence of our communities in Andrew Muir as Agriculture Minister for Northern Ireland could sink any lower. That was what my mind focused on this morning, but the Alliance Party never fails to surprise us. This has been one of…
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I thank the Member for giving way. We do not agree with the motion, but I am not sure that the motion will go to a Division. The Minister's party is not here, so I do not know how we can be expected to shout against it and express confidence in him if he has not even turned up.
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I rise as an independent with no party political baggage to respond to a legitimate motion in the Order Paper that was agreed by the Business Committee. The motion asks this simple question: "Do I have confidence in the Minister to lead this Department effectively?". No, I do not. As the unofficial opposition, I will…
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I thank the Member for giving way to me at last. He said that he has concerns that have not been answered by the Agriculture Minister. Our motion states that we have lost confidence in the Minister overall; it is not just about the Fivemiletown incident, though that is the catalyst for being here today. As I outlined…
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I have made similar points. Big agri is not small farmers. Big agri, which intensifies for profit, has a lot to answer for. Does the Member agree that it would have been helpful had the Minister had the gumption to stay and make those points in the Chamber? It may be that he does not agree with them, but he is not…
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I thank the Member for giving way. Did the Minister of Agriculture give him his statement to read out today?
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I have said several times that no Minister, including the AERA Minister, is beyond reproach. Repeatedly, I have said that the approach adopted by the Executive and the Minister to Lough Neagh in particular has been pretty disastrous and hands-off. Lough Neagh, it is worth reminding ourselves, supplies 40% of our…
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On a point of order, Mr Speaker. You have clearly set out your expectations of Ministers who appear before the House. Did Minister Muir agreed to respond to this debate? What would be your ruling on a Minister who refused to attend or walked out of a debate? As Ministers, can we now pick and choose which debates we…
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Does the Member feel that there is a bit of a contradiction here? We have one Member from the Alliance Party bringing in the Hunting with Dogs Bill, yet we have a Minister who is quite happy to cull cattle that are perfect and which should not have been killed at all?
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What we witnessed this morning was not the first time that Andrew Muir scurried away from scrutiny. It was not the first time that he ran away and turned his back on the industry. That is why Mr Muir, who no doubt sits in his office, watching from afar, will be known as the worst Minister ever to have held the brief…
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You got a namecheck in there, Tim. Does the Member agree that, if we were talking about some foreign war, those Benches would be full, but that, because the debate is about farmers in Northern Ireland, and because there has been a walkout from the Alliance Party, Members on the Benches opposite do not seem to care?
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The Member is very kind for giving way, and I thank him for that. Does the Member agree that, in a debate as important as this —? The cameras may not be picking up the fact that there are only five Members on the Benches opposite me. In fact, the Benches are practically empty from there, all the way round to Tim…
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I would like to have said that it is good to have the Minister here listening to the debate. Over many years in the Chamber, I have seen Ministers be held to account. Some Ministers have shown backbone by being here to listen to what is being said. It is up to Ministers to give as good as they get, to explain the…
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Does the Member agree that the purpose of the motion was to demonstrate collective frustration at the Minister's performance, not to set one community against another? It was a demonstration of frustration at a lack of empathy and delivery for our rural constituents.
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