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To ask the Minister of Education whether he will (i) review if specific towns or rural parts of East Antrim are experiencing shortages of school places, even when the wider area appears to have a surplus; and (ii) take any action to address these imbalances.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail what steps he is taking to ensure that headline regional figures translate into accessible local provision for parents, given that while Education Authority data shows more pre-school places than first-preference applications in East Antrim, many families still reported…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail how the new Pupil Allocation Number review will improve transparency for parents in East Antrim, particularly those who struggled to secure a pre-school place last year despite an overall surplus of places regionally.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail how the Department will ensure that lessons are learned from this year’s admissions difficulties in East Antrim, in order to inform Pupil Allocation Numbers for 2026–27 and beyond.
To ask the Minister of Education to provide the religion, including those who are of no faith, of children in every school, broken down by (i) church or named religion, (ii) school name; and (iii) school type including: (a) Controlled, (b) Maintained, (c) Integrated, (d) Controlled Integrated, (e) Voluntary Grammar,…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of appointments of (a) teachers; and (b) principals, in the Council For Catholic Maintained Schools over the past two years; and (ii) the months in which they were appointed.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) what discussions he has had with (a) the Education Authority; and (b) Departmental officials, regarding ongoing problems with the provision of Special Educational Needs transport; and (ii) his assessment of current arrangements, particularly in light of repeated annual…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) what percentage of children attending schools for special educational needs and disabilities leave school with GCSEs; and (ii) what percentage of children who attend those schools at age 16 are entered into GCSE examinations.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the schools in Mid Ulster that are awaiting the beginning or completion of capital projects, including new builds; (ii) the (a) progress, (b) status; and (c) expected completion date of each of these capital build projects; and (iii) the current ranking for the…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the schools in Mid Ulster that are awaiting the beginning or completion of a new build project; and (ii) the current prioritisation ranking of works for those new school builds that are yet to begin.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of the benefits of the 49th Fermanagh Fishing Classic for the angling estate.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on a potential scheme on the collection and recycling of nappy and absorbent hygiene waste.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline what legal requirements exist for the labelling of halal meat products, including whether producers or retailers are obliged to indicate halal certification or slaughter methods on packaging.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail what steps his Department is taking to increase the proportion of locally grown food procured by the public sector.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail how he encourages local authorities to support local producers through food contracts for civic buildings.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) for an update on the Rural Policy Framework; and (ii) to detail how it will support sustainable rural communities.