1

AQW 17947/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17946/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17943/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17942/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17941/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17940/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17918/22-27

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



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17909/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17906/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17874/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17854/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17852/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17849/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17836/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17834/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17833/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17832/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17820/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17810/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17807/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17806/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17801/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17800/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17799/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17798/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17790/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17789/22-27

[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.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17775/22-27

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister of Education (i) whether his Department will work to ensure every pupil diagnosed with epilepsy has an Individual Healthcare Plan accessible to the appropriate school staff with information about their condition and any support they require in school; and (ii) how his Department will improve training and awareness of epilepsy among teaching and non-teaching school staff.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17774/22-27

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education when payments arising from the pay and grading review for non-teaching staff will be made.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17773/22-27

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education whether he undertook an assessment of the extent to which the Loyalist Communities Council represents the views of proscribed organisations in advance of him accepting their invitation to meet.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17772/22-27

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education how he will ensure there are pathways available for all young people to facilitate education to age 18.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17771/22-27

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the funding provided to special schools to facilitate extra-curricular activities.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17770/22-27

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any engagement that has taken place with the Northern Ireland Training Council in relation to teacher workload.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 17764/22-27

[Mrs Cathy Mason]: To ask the Minister of Education, following the briefing at the Committee for Education on 6 November 2024 in relation to the Executive Childcare Strategy, to provide a breakdown of the (i) £23 million to be allocated in 2024-25; (ii) £55 million to be allocated in 2025-26; (iii) £80 million to be allocated in 2026-27; and (iv) £100 million to be allocated in 2027-28.



  • Department of Education

1

AQW 18102/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister why the deputy First Minister or junior Minister Cameron did not attend the Service of Remembrance in Enniskillen on Sunday 10 November.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 18101/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in light of the Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Women and Girls, for their assessment of biological men gaining access to female-only spaces.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 18100/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, given their Department's responsibility for representing the interests of victims, why they did not issue a statement of condemnation following pro-IRA shouting at a memorial event to mark the 1987 Remembrance Day bombing in Enniskillen.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 18099/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in light of the reaction of victims of the 1987 Remembrance Day bombing that the First Minister had been invited to a Service of Remembrance in Enniskillen on Sunday 10 November, to detail any lessons that have been learned by their Department about sensitively engaging with victims and taking into account their concerns.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 18087/22-27

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, pursuant to AQT604/22-27 and its supplementary, for an update on a proposed cross-departmental delegation to meet with the Home Office to try to resolve the issues in respect of visas for workers in the agri-food sector.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 18068/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail how they plan to spend the £7million allocated to their Department through the October Monitoring Round in relation to victims’ payments.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 18016/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 15820/22-27; and when the question will be answered.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 18015/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 15819/22-27; and when the question will be answered.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 18014/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 15667/22-27; and when the question will be answered.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 18013/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 15666/22-27; and when the question will be answered.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 18000/22-27

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



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 17975/22-27

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they will engage with the Minister for Communities on how his Department's work on language, culture and heritage will dovetail with the appointment of the relevant commissioners under the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 17974/22-27

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister how the priority projects currently being worked on by the Strategic Investment Board relate to the Programme for Government.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 17934/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any consideration they have given to including death, dying, and bereavement as a key priority in the final Programme for Government.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 17925/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 15147/22-27; and when the question will be answered.



  • The Executive Office

1

AQW 17924/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 14970/22-27; and when the question will be answered.



  • The Executive Office