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Mr Pat Sheehan

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Sheehan
Official First Name: Pat
Usual First Name: Pat
Date of Birth: 28/05/1958
Party: Sinn Féin
Constituency: West Belfast

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Sinn Féin	Party Member	02/03/2017 - Present
Sinn Féin	Party Member	05/05/2016 - 25/01/2017
Sinn Féin	Party Member	05/05/2011 - 30/03/2016
Sinn Féin	Party Member	07/12/2010 - 25/03/2011

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
07/12/2010	West Belfast	Nationalist, Replaced Mr G Adams
12/05/2011	West Belfast	Nationalist, Elected following substitution
12/05/2016	West Belfast	Nationalist, Re-elected
13/03/2017	West Belfast	Nationalist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
01/02/2021 - Present	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee for Education
31/03/2020 - Present	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
20/01/2020 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for The Executive Office
01/02/2021 - 01/02/2021	Committee Member	Committee for Education
16/03/2020 - 01/02/2021	Committee Member	Committee for Health
20/01/2020 - 16/03/2020	Committee Member	Committee for Justice
20/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for Health
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for Justice
31/05/2016 - 20/06/2016	Committee Member	Committee on Procedures
12/05/2015 - 30/03/2016	Committee Deputy Chair	Ad Hoc Committee on the Public Services Ombudsperson Bill
10/09/2012 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Committee for Education
23/05/2011 - 10/09/2012	Committee Member	Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
16/05/2011 - 30/03/2016	Committee Deputy Chair	Assembly and Executive Review Committee
14/12/2010 - 25/03/2011	Committee Member	Assembly and Executive Review Committee
14/12/2010 - 25/03/2011	Committee Member	Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
07/12/2020 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Women's Health
15/09/2020 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Cancer
09/05/2017 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Congenital Heart Disease
11/05/2017 - 15/09/2020	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All Party Group on Cancer
28/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Housing
19/09/2012 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on International Development

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

58 Questions, Page 1 of 6

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQO 746/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for their assessment of the impact of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill on the Withdrawal Agreement and the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.

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17/09/2020

Answered on 23/03/2021

AQO 1864/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister for the Economy whether her Economic Recovery Action Plan was agreed by the Executive before being published.

18/03/2021

To be answered on 13/04/2021

AQO 1847/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the Lough Neagh fishermen support scheme.

18/03/2021

To be answered on 13/04/2021

AQO 1815/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of recent media revelations relating to the weapon used in a number of historical killings in Armagh and Mid Ulster.

11/03/2021

To be answered on 23/03/2021

AQW 16214/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 15536/17-22, what the contracts that contain social clauses are delivering in terms of benefits to local communities.

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11/03/2021

Answered on 23/03/2021

AQW 16213/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 15536/17-22 (i) why 326 of these contracts or 25% of them do not have social clauses; and (ii) what is the monetary value of those 326 contracts.

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11/03/2021

Answered on 29/03/2021

AQO 1729/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister for the Economy how her Department will address the rising rates of unemployment as identified in the recently published NISRA Labour Force Survey.

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25/02/2021

Answered on 10/03/2021

AQW 15538/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Education to detail work being undertaken by his Department to ensure there will be sufficient school places and adequate provision in place for children with special educational needs in time for the 2021/2022 academic year.

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01/03/2021

Answered on 09/03/2021

AQW 15537/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Education when the special schools' testing programme for COVID-19 will be operational.

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01/03/2021

Answered on 11/03/2021

AQW 15536/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Education to outline (i) the total monetary value of contracts controlled currently by the Education Authority; and (ii) how many of these contracts have social clauses included.

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01/03/2021

Answered on 11/03/2021

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