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The Member rightly highlights the need for the wider support that allied health professionals provide, and I agree with him. The provision of that support is the responsibility of the Minister of Health, and I have made that point. We need to have the Department of Health and its Minister supporting me and schools in…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: SPiMS: North Antrim Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: SPiMS: North Antrim
In correspondence from the Minister's Department, the Education Committee recently learned that the number of allied health professionals (AHPs) available to the education system is not known. However, a workforce strategy does not appear to be a year 1 action in the Minister's new delivery plan for special…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: SPiMS: North Antrim Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: SPiMS: North Antrim
Data was received from all schools in 2023-24. In 2024, pupil-level information was not received in electronic format from 25% of primary, post-primary and special schools, and a paper return was received from the schools that refused to submit a return electronically. Members will know that that was part of the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: SPiMS: North Antrim Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: SPiMS: North Antrim
Minister, are you confident that you have the most up-to-date data for North Antrim?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: SPiMS: North Antrim Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: SPiMS: North Antrim
The Member is right to raise the issue of specialist provision. Seeking expressions of interest in having specialist provision, we contacted all schools. I visited Carr Primary School in my constituency. It did not offer that provision but indicated that it wanted to. About 10 months later, I was able to visit the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: SPiMS: North Antrim Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: SPiMS: North Antrim
Minister, in relation to a specialist provision in mainstream schools, what is your assessment of the number of schools across the North that would require work to be done to improve disabled access to their entire facility?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: SPiMS: North Antrim Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: SPiMS: North Antrim
I thank the Member for raising that, because I highlighted it through the special educational needs review that was completed. We have taken that information. I made a statement to the Assembly outlining how we needed to address it. Subsequently, I published the details of the delivery plan associated with that and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: SPiMS: North Antrim Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: SPiMS: North Antrim
I thank the Minister for his answer. What strategies are in place to ensure that those children receive the adequate resources and support that they need to meet their individual needs?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: SPiMS: North Antrim Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: SPiMS: North Antrim
For the 2022-23 academic year, 116 pupils living in the North Antrim constituency with a statement of special educational needs were recorded as being enrolled in a specialist provision class in a mainstream school.
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Again, those are areas that we can touch on in the curriculum. There is room to do that. The Member rightly highlights all those things. Whether it is gambling or addiction to other drugs, such as alcohol and other substances, they all cause harm in our society, particularly to young people. Yes, there is a place for…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Gambling Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Gambling
Minister, on the topic of addiction, will you please detail what your Department is doing to educate our young people on alcoholism and drug addiction? I note that drug deaths have doubled in the past 10 years, so this is very important.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Gambling Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Gambling
I thank the Member for raising the issue and for highlighting the importance of today. Yes, we need to work across Departments. The consequences of gambling harm in our society are far-reaching and have a substantial impact, so the involvement of multiple Departments working in a coordinated way is required. That…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Gambling Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Gambling
I thank the Minister for his answer. Today is Safer Internet Day. Will the Minister outline how his Department works with other Departments to ensure that our young people are adequately protected from the harms associated with online gambling in particular and how his Department's actions to tackle mobile phone use…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Gambling Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Gambling
I recognise the detrimental consequences of gambling and the considerable impact that its associated harms can have on individuals, their families and the community as a whole. To address the issue, it is essential to promote awareness among our children of the dangers of gambling-related harm. Our strategy is…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Gambling Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Gambling
For phonics and its systematic use, both are important. The key question has been around the use of cueing. It is well documented that cueing is not now an advocated approach, based on international research. ITV carried out a very good investigation into literacy performance in Wales, where there has been a…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Literacy Model Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Literacy Model
Does the Minister accept that evidence shows that systematic phonics, rather than systematic synthetic phonics, is the best approach to teaching literacy in schools?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Literacy Model Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Literacy Model
I thank the Member for his question. It is hugely important and relates to what is taught in our classrooms and the approaches that are taken. We need to have a strong focus on literacy and numeracy in particular, because they are the essential foundation for all education. They are essential to allowing our children…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Literacy Model Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Literacy Model
Will the Minister outline why the Department's literacy and numeracy strategy, Count, Read: Succeed, has been withdrawn?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Literacy Model Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Literacy Model
I thank the Member for the question, which touches on a number of areas. I assure him that the EA is reviewing literacy support in line with the new model and the graduated response framework that he mentioned. The EA is liaising closely with experts in the field, including Professor Julian Elliott from Durham…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Literacy Model Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Literacy Model
I thank the Minister for his response. Primary-school principals that I am in contact with in my constituency tell me that it is increasingly difficult and slow for pupils who are suspected of having dyslexia to get referred to the EA literacy support service. Can the Minister give the House and concerned parents an…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Literacy Model Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Literacy Model
Between September 2024 and 31 January 2025, the Education Authority (EA) paused new referrals from schools to the Education Authority literacy service. That allowed the service to facilitate the prioritisation of pupils awaiting support as a result of the legacy discrepancy model of referral and service delivery. In…
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Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. If you will bear with me, I was just moving on to that. As the proposer of the motion outlined, we must acknowledge the immense pressure that is already being placed on family farms. Inflation, rising living costs and widespread economic uncertainty on top of additional…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Inheritance Tax Changes: Impact on Family Farms Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Inheritance Tax Changes: Impact on Family Farms
While any debate that highlights the chronic problems that farmers face in light of the Chancellor's autumn Budget is welcome, key debates on the issue have been taking place in Westminster, where the decisions are made. Sinn Féin is conspicuous by its absence, and, by continuing to distance itself from Westminster,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Inheritance Tax Changes: Impact on Family Farms Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Inheritance Tax Changes: Impact on Family Farms
I beg to move Go raibh maith agat, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Today, we stand with our resilient farmers, who are enduring an unprecedented financial crisis. Escalating costs and unpredictable market conditions that are largely out of farmers' control have left many struggling to stay afloat. Despite all those…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Inheritance Tax Changes: Impact on Family Farms Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Inheritance Tax Changes: Impact on Family Farms
The Member raised a number of issues, and I do not have time to respond to all of them. I assure him that notes are being taken, and we will respond directly to the issues that he has raised and provide clarity. If necessary, we will lay our response in the Assembly Library for other Members to take on board.
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