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Border 2 Border National Seat Belt Initiative on May 20 Joint Effort Targets Unbuckled Motorists in Maryland, Delaware Buckle Up, Every Seat, Every Time FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT:  Cynthia Cavett, Delaware Office of Highway Safety (302) 744-2743 DOVER, DE (May 15, 2019) – The Delaware Office of Highway Safety (DOHS) and the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle […]

[Mr Matthew O'Toole]: To ask the Minister of Education for an estimate of the amount of outstanding capital funding required to complete the Strule Shared Education Campus.

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any action his Department is taking to increase the availability of defibrillators in schools.

[Ms Diane Forsythe]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the estimated increase in cost to the Education Authority employers contributions following the Autumn Budget 2024.

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the stakeholders from the health sector that will be invited to contribute to the Task and Finish Group on Reduction and Management of Restrictive Practices in Educational Settings.

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education when the updated Integrated Education Strategy and Action Plan will be published.

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department will create a register for non-teaching staff, similar to the Northern Ireland Supply Teacher Register.

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education for an update on the actions taken in response to thematic review of physical education in primary schools, published in October 2022.

[Miss Jemma Dolan]: To ask the Minister of Education for a timeline of the repair works at Erne Integrated College, Enniskillen.

[Mr Peter Martin]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the location of Nurture Groups in schools in North Down.

[Mrs Michelle Guy]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) whether the Education Authority Educational Psychology Service tracks the number of referrals made by Speech and Language Therapists for children of pre-school age; and (ii) the number of these referrals that have been (a) taken forward; and (b) rejected in the last five years.

[Mrs Michelle Guy]: To ask the Minister of Education whether private pre-school providers that are part of the Pre-school Education Programme Standardisation have access to all Education Authority support that statutory providers have access to.

[Mrs Michelle Guy]: To ask the Minister of Education for an update on outstanding capital projects for schools in Lagan Valley.

[Mr Pat Sheehan]: To ask the Minister of Education, in light of the Libraries for Primaries campaign findings that 41 per cent of primary schools currently lack access to a dedicated library space, to detail the steps he plans to take to address this gap and increase the number of primary schools with dedicated library facilities.

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of pupils that have been (i) expelled; and (ii) suspended from primary schools in each of the last five years.

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount expended on support services for the education of expelled and suspended pupils in each of the last five years.

[Ms Kellie Armstrong]: To ask the Minister of Education for a breakdown of the (i) actions; (ii) timetable; and (iii) staff resource investment to ensure his Department is fulfilling its statutory duties as outlined in the Integrated Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, in each year since 2022.

[Ms Kellie Armstrong]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any additional funding that will be provided to the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education to deliver research to identify methods of establishing parental demand for integrated education.

[Ms Cara Hunter]: To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department is undertaking any consideration of extending funding to the Buddy Bear Trust Conductive Education School.

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) when the last condition survey of the nursey building at St Bernard's Primary School, Glengormley, was carried out; (ii) the Department's assessment of the current condition of the nursery building; and (iii) whether the Department will request a new condition survey of the nursery building.

[Mr Philip McGuigan]: To ask the Minister of Education whether the Review of the Northern Ireland Curriculum will consider a statutory requirement for schools to educate pupils on the dangers of gambling as part of the core curriculum.

[Miss Nicola Brogan]: To ask the Minister of Education whether (i) Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Schools will be available to schools in the academic year beginning in September 2025; and (ii) all schools will have access to this programme.

[Miss Nicola Brogan]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any plans to make the Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Schools a permanent support in prevention and early intervention strategies for schools.

[Miss Nicola Brogan]: To ask the Minister of Education whether he plans to make funding available beyond September 2025 for Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Schools to ensure all schools have access to the program.

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education whether money allocated to schools who are establishing a Specialist Provision in a Mainstream School is specifically earmarked for that purpose or do schools have discretion on how to spend this funding.

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any advice he has received from officials in relation to meeting the Loyalist Communities Council.

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the capital funding available to schools moving to full time pre-school offer as part of standardisation of Pre-School Education Programme.

[Mr Peter Martin]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the current status of all School Enhancement Programme applications in North Down.

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister of Education, in relation to the RAISE programme, to detail (i) how the seven criteria were identified and used together; (ii) the weighting that was used when applying these criteria; (iii) how the income deprivation and health and disability deprivation criteria are measured and how these impact upon the selection methodology; and (iv) when the Department will publish the methodology used and results obtained from this to produce the list of schools and areas invited to participate.

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount of (i) capital; and (ii) resource funding his Department or its arm’s-length bodies has provided to Glór Na Móna since 2007.

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any plans his Department has to improve education on the dangers of illegal drugs within schools.

[Ms Kate Nicholl]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any engagement he has had with the Minster for the Economy in relation to data sharing around special educational needs and support requirements for relevant people moving from schools to further or higher education.

[Ms Kate Nicholl]: To ask the Minister of Education how his Department is working with schools to prevent children from accessing and using vape products.

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister of Education (i) for his assessment of the possible closure of Gaelscoil an Lonnáin; and (ii) to detail any work his Department has undertaken to seek another location for the school.

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 17214/22-27, if it is the case that pronouns only to be used to school is still listed in the intranet system for Northern Ireland’s schools.

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail all organisations that have received funding from his Department or its arms-length bodies for the delivery of Relationships and Sexuality Education since he came to office.

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 17215/22-27, to detail any efforts he intends to take to collect this data.

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 17214/22-27, to detail any efforts he has made to remove this guidance, including any relevant dates.

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of pupils that have been (i) expelled; and (ii) suspended from post-primary schools in each of the last five years.

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister of Education whether the Review of the Northern Ireland Curriculum will consider a statutory requirement for schools to educate pupils on the dangers of gambling as part of the core curriculum.

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of successful appeals against refusals to fund Home to School transport in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency.

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of successful applicants for Home to School transport in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency.

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any response he will be making to the think1265 Directed Time Budgeting and Workload Survey that demonstrates that rights under the workload agreement, which formed part of the pay deal with teachers before the current term began, are not being implemented.

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the Minister of Education for his Department's assessment of how the workload agreement, which was part of the pay deal agreed with teachers after he came to office, is currently functioning.

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the role the Education Authority has in ensuring workload agreements with teachers are implemented.

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any action being taken to ensure workload agreements with teachers are implemented as agreed during the current school term.

[Ms Sinéad McLaughlin]: To ask the Minister of Education whether the Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme will be extended beyond the end of the 2024-25 financial year.

[Ms Sinéad McLaughlin]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any work his Department is undertaking to introduce more financial measures to support parents following the introduction of the Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme.