AQW 10905/22-27 – Pay and grading review for Education Authority Support Staff

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education, following the publication of the Budget 2024-25, what measures he has taken to secure funding for the pay and grading review for Education Authority Support Staff. [Priority Written] Minister of Education: The Budget allocations provided for 2024-25 do not include a specific allocation for … Continue reading AQW 10905/22-27 – Pay and grading review for Education Authority Support Staff

McGlone Welcomes Opening Date for New Youth Services Facility for Cookstown Town Centre

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Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has welcomed confirmation from the Education Authority that a new facility for youth services within Cookstown town centre is due to open in May or June this year. The confirmation came in a letter from the Education Authority Youth Service in response to the … Continue reading McGlone Welcomes Opening Date for New Youth Services Facility for Cookstown Town Centre

AQW 7396/22-27 – Education Authority support staff

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education what funding he has secured to finance a pay and grading review for Education Authority support staff. [Priority Written] Minister of Education: Following the agreement of the financial package from HM Treasury the Finance Minister allocated additional Resource DEL funding of £296.8m to the … Continue reading AQW 7396/22-27 – Education Authority support staff

AQO 71/22-27 – Special Educational Needs

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education to outline how he intends to assure parents, in the absence of inspections by the Education and Training Inspectorate, that specialist units in mainstream schools meet the needs of children with Special Educational Needs. Minister of Education: The Education Authority (EA) has overall responsibility … Continue reading AQO 71/22-27 – Special Educational Needs

AQW 4100/22-27 – NI Supply Teacher Register

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education what urgent measures are being taken to resolve issues with the NI Supply Teacher Register to ensure full and prompt payment to teachers. [Priority Written] Minister of Education: The majority of the issues encountered in respect of the introduction of the new NI Supply … Continue reading AQW 4100/22-27 – NI Supply Teacher Register

AQW 2630/22-27 – Special educational needs nursery places in Mid Ulster

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education what steps she plans to take to increase the level of provision of special educational needs nursery places in Mid Ulster. Minister of Education: The Department aims to provide a funded pre-school place for every child in their immediate pre-school year whose parents want … Continue reading AQW 2630/22-27 – Special educational needs nursery places in Mid Ulster

AQW 2463/22-27 – Nurture Groups in Mid Ulster

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of Nurture Groups funded by her Department in (i) primary; and (ii) post-primary schools in Mid Ulster. Minister of Education: My Department currently funds one Nurture Group in Mid Ulster at Primate Dixon Primary School. Funding is provided to primary … Continue reading AQW 2463/22-27 – Nurture Groups in Mid Ulster

AQW 21764/17-22 – Cost of Classroom Furniture

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education to list the unit cost of the ten most required items of school furniture provided under (i) the Education Authority tender until March 2021; and (ii) the frameworks acquisition method in place since the expiration of the previous contract(s). Minister of Education: The unit … Continue reading AQW 21764/17-22 – Cost of Classroom Furniture