Mr Colin McGrath

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: McGrath
Official First Name: Colin
Usual First Name: Colin
Date of Birth: 21/10/1975
Party: Social Democratic and Labour Party
Constituency: South Down

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Party Member	02/03/2017 - Present
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Party Member	05/05/2016 - 25/01/2017

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
12/05/2016	South Down	Nationalist, First Elected
13/03/2017	South Down	Nationalist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee on Procedures
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for Education
12/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Business Committee

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
23/03/2018 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All party group on Sports and Physical Recreation
11/05/2017 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
08/05/2017 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Learning Disability
24/10/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Students
09/09/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Learning Disability
21/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All Party Group on Tackling Educational Underachievement And Promoting Educational Excellence For All
20/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

119 Questions, Page 1 of 12

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AQO 958/16-21

Mr Colin McGrath
(SDLP - South Down)

To ask the Minister of Education for an update on the proposed closure of Outdoor Education Centres.

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12/01/2017

Answered on 24/01/2017

AQW 9542/16-21

Mr Colin McGrath
(SDLP - South Down)

To ask the Minister of Education (i) for an update on the status of the Voluntary Youth Capital Funding Scheme 2016-17; and (ii) to outline the plans for this fund (a) until the end of March 2017; and (b) from April 2017 onward.

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16/01/2017

Answered on 25/01/2017

AQW 8903/16-21

Mr Colin McGrath
(SDLP - South Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) how much will it cost to fix the recently identified problems with the MV Strangford 2 ferry; and (ii) how long is it expected to take to fix these issues. [Priority Written]

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09/12/2016

Answered on 20/12/2016

AQW 8889/16-21

Mr Colin McGrath
(SDLP - South Down)

To ask the Minister of Health pursuant to AQW 7967/16-21, to detail the costs of locum doctors broken down by hospital in each of the last five years.

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08/12/2016

Answered on 13/12/2016

AQW 8751/16-21

Mr Colin McGrath
(SDLP - South Down)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of community paediatrician posts; and how many of these posts are vacant.

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07/12/2016

Answered on 21/12/2016

AQW 8603/16-21

Mr Colin McGrath
(SDLP - South Down)

To ask the Minister of Education (i) whether the Education Authority intends to remove the responsibility for Child Protection from Youth Service to another section of the Education Authority; and (ii) if so, to detail the consultation process that has been undertaken in reaching this decision.

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06/12/2016

Answered on 21/12/2016

AQW 8602/16-21

Mr Colin McGrath
(SDLP - South Down)

To ask the Minister of Education for an update on Area Planning for the post-primary Catholic sector in the Ballynahinch and Crossgar area.

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06/12/2016

Answered on 20/12/2016

AQW 8508/16-21

Mr Colin McGrath
(SDLP - South Down)

To ask the Minister of Education to detail the projected surplus/deficit figures for all schools from this year’s submission by school principals for (i) 2016-17; (ii) 2017-18; and (iii) 2018-19.

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05/12/2016

Answered on 19/12/2016

AQW 8468/16-21

Mr Colin McGrath
(SDLP - South Down)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of ambulances diverted from the Emergency Department at the Ulster Hospital on Monday 21 November 2016; and the hospitals to which they were diverted.

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05/12/2016

Answered on 16/12/2016

AQW 8467/16-21

Mr Colin McGrath
(SDLP - South Down)

To ask the Minister of Health pursuant to AQW 2730/16-21, whether there have been any discussions about the delivery model of the GP out-of-hours service at the Downe Hospital.

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05/12/2016

Answered on 20/12/2016

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