Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education to detail any assessment his Department has made of whether current school funding arrangements adequately recognise the strategic importance of small rural schools where pupil numbers are low. Minister of Education: I refer the Member to my response to AQW 52394/22-27. All grant aided … Continue reading AQW 54896/22-27 – Funding arrangements for small rural schools
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education pursuant to AQW 52394/22-27, to detail any plans his Department has to reform funding for special educational needs and disabilities provision in rural schools. Minister of Education: The department has no current plans to reform funding arrangements specifically for Special Educational Needs (SEN) provision … Continue reading AQW 53742/22-27 – Funding for SEND provision in rural schools
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education whether any recent assessment has been made of the potential impact of funding pressures on the ability of rural schools to maintain (i) staffing levels; (ii) curriculum provision; and (iii) support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. Minister of Education: No specific … Continue reading AQW 52394/22-27 – Funding pressures on rural schools
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps being taken to provide adequate funding to help ensure the timely diagnosis of ADHD and autism. Minister of Health: In relation to ADHD, there is currently no commissioned ADHD service in Northern Ireland. To inform future decisions, my Department commissioned … Continue reading AQW 51573/22-27 – Diagnosis of ADHD and autism
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any assurances they can give to community and voluntary youth organisations, including Ógras Centre Coalisland, which may have to close their summer schemes for young people in areas of deprivation this year as a result of the failure to agree a Budget … Continue reading AQW 49992/22-27 – Ógras Centre Coalisland, areas of deprivation
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any assurances he can give community and voluntary youth organisations, including Ógras Centre Coalisland, that the summer schemes they run each year for young people in areas of deprivation will continue to receive departmental funding in the absence of an agreed budget. … Continue reading AQW 49991/22-27 – Ógras Centre Coalisland, areas of deprivation
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any rural impact assessments carried out on proposed cuts to funding for summer schemes run by community and voluntary youth organisations, including Ógras Centre Coalisland, in the continued absence of an agreed budget. Minister for Communities: I refer the member to AQW … Continue reading AQW 49990/22-27 – Ógras Centre Coalisland summer schemes
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any steps he is taking to address the financial uncertainty now facing community and voluntary youth organisations, including Ógras Centre Coalisland, in the continued absence of an agreed budget. Minister for Communities: In the absence of an agreed Executive Budget for 2026–27, … Continue reading AQW 49989/22-27 – Ógras Centre Coalisland
