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Mr Seán Lynch

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Lynch
Official First Name: Seán
Usual First Name: Seán
Date of Birth: 16/01/1954
Party: Sinn Féin
Constituency: Fermanagh and South Tyrone

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

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
12/05/2011	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Nationalist, First Elected
12/05/2016	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Nationalist, Re-elected
13/03/2017	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Nationalist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
31/03/2020 - Present	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
20/01/2020 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for Finance
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for The Executive Office
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee on Standards and Privileges
14/05/2015 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Joint Committee on the Mental Capacity Bill
10/02/2015 - 14/04/2015	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee to consider an AGNI Statutory Rule
20/03/2014 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment and the Committee for Justice
16/09/2013 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health, Social Services and Public Safety
02/07/2012 - 30/03/2016	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee for Regional Development
23/05/2011 - 01/07/2012	Committee Member	Committee for Regional Development
23/05/2011 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Committee for Justice

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
24/01/2018 - Present	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All Party Group on Muscular Dystrophy
25/07/2017 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on ADHD
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Autism
19/11/2013 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All Party Group on Autism
10/06/2013 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Cycling
14/06/2011 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Autism

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

28 Questions, Page 1 of 3

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQO 418/17-22

Mr Seán Lynch
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the release of publicly owned land for social housing development.

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12/03/2020

Answered on 27/03/2020

AQW 3656/17-22

Mr Seán Lynch
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what action she is taking to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 for people using (i) public transport; and (ii) taxis. [Priority Written]

13/03/2020

To be answered by 24/03/2020

AQW 3437/17-22

Mr Seán Lynch
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure when she will make a decision regarding MOT exemptions for Vehicles of Historical Interest.

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10/03/2020

Answered on 26/03/2020

AQW 3069/17-22

Mr Seán Lynch
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Justice to provide an update on the custody suite at Enniskillen Police Station. [Priority Written]

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03/03/2020

Answered on 10/03/2020

AQO 310/17-22

Mr Seán Lynch
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Education to outline the current available funding for cross-border shared education projects.

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27/02/2020

Answered on 10/03/2020

AQO 171/17-22

Mr Seán Lynch
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister for the Economy how the roll-out of Project Stratum prioritises improvements to internet connectivity in areas with the least access to superfast broadband.

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13/02/2020

Answered on 25/02/2020

AQW 2568/17-22

Mr Seán Lynch
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) a list of the departmental fleet, broken down by cars, vans, HGVs etc.; (ii) the usage of these vehicles.

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24/02/2020

Answered on 06/03/2020

AQW 2567/17-22

Mr Seán Lynch
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether (i) she has considered consultation responses for exempting vehicles of historic interest from MOT testing; and (ii) she intends to change the rules for MOT exemptions for these vehicles.

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24/02/2020

Answered on 06/03/2020

AQW 2114/17-22

Mr Seán Lynch
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) for her assessment of the Border Railways project in Scotland; and (ii) whether she would consider a similar project in the North West.

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14/02/2020

Answered on 02/03/2020

AQW 2032/17-22

Mr Seán Lynch
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether the multi-year budgets, identified within New Decade, New Approach, will be available for departmental services where strategic spending is inhibited by annual budgets, such as public transport and road maintenance.

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13/02/2020

Answered on 24/02/2020

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