Mr Pat Sheehan

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Sheehan
Official First Name: Pat
Usual First Name: Pat
Party: Sinn Féin
Constituency: West Belfast

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Sinn Féin	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Sinn Féin	Party Member	02/03/2017 - 27/03/2022
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
13/05/2022	West Belfast	Nationalist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
08/05/2025 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy and the Committee for Education
03/02/2025 - Present	Committee Deputy Chair	Assembly and Executive Review Committee
24/05/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy and Committee for Education
06/02/2024 - Present	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee for Education
12/02/2024 - 03/02/2025	Committee Member	Assembly and Executive Review Committee
03/02/2022 - 10/02/2022	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Health and Committee for Education
08/06/2021 - 16/06/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Executive Office, Committee for Finance and Committee for the Economy
01/02/2021 - 28/03/2022	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee for Education
01/02/2021 - 01/02/2021	Committee Member	Committee for Education
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
16/03/2020 - 01/02/2021	Committee Member	Committee for Health
20/01/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for The Executive Office
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	Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
14/12/2010 - 25/03/2011	Committee Member	Assembly and Executive Review Committee

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
07/12/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Women's Health
15/09/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Cancer
11/05/2017 - 15/09/2020	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on Cancer
09/05/2017 - 13/10/2021	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Congenital Heart Disease
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:

8 Questions, Page 1 of 1

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

Ref No	Member	Question	Tabled	Status
AQW 32021/22-27	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Education to detail if his announcement on bursaries and financial support for certain trainee teachers will apply to those studying to become primary school teachers in the Irish-medium Education sector. + Display Answer	24/09/2025	Answered on 07/10/2025
AQW 32020/22-27	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Education to detail if consideration has been given to extending his plans for bursaries, and other financial support, to trainee teachers who have already begun their studies. + Display Answer	24/09/2025	Answered on 06/10/2025
AQW 31884/22-27	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the projected cost of the Initial Teacher Education Bursary Scheme, in each of the next five financial years; (ii) how the £8.2 million investment will be allocated across participating subjects; and (iii) the projected number of bursary places available in each subject area, including Irish-medium education. + Display Answer	23/09/2025	Answered on 03/10/2025
AQW 31883/22-27	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Education to detail what consultation has taken place with Irish-medium stakeholders in developing the Initial Teacher Education Bursary Scheme. + Display Answer	23/09/2025	Answered on 09/10/2025
AQW 31882/22-27	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Education to outline how the Initial Teacher Education Bursary Scheme will be aligned with wider workforce planning for Irish-medium education, including the recruitment and retention of appropriately qualified special educational needs support staff. + Display Answer	23/09/2025	Answered on 09/10/2025
AQW 31460/22-27	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Education to detail why a senior official from his Department advised members of the Committee for Education at the meeting of 28 May 2025 that draft guidelines pertaining to the School Uniforms Bill would be made available to the committee prior to the summer recess. + Display Answer	17/09/2025	Answered on 01/10/2025
AQW 30988/22-27	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Education to outline (i) the staffing composition of a Local Impact Team; (ii) the training or qualification required to work as part of a Local Impact Team; and (iii) the terms and conditions of employment for workers employed as part of a Local Impact Team. + Display Answer	11/09/2025	Answered on 23/09/2025
AQW 30737/22-27	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Education for an update on the work of the independent panel which was established to review Baseline School Funding. + Display Answer	09/09/2025	Answered on 12/09/2025

Plenary Business

Plenary Item Title	Item	Tabled As	Tabled Date	Plenary Date
Delivery of a Childcare Strategy	Motion	MLA - West Belfast	14/10/2025	03/11/2025
Israel’s Interception of the Global Samud Flotilla to Gaza	Matters of the Day	MLA - West Belfast	02/10/2025	06/10/2025
British Govenrment's Recognition of the State of Palestine	Matters of the Day	MLA - West Belfast	22/09/2025
Global Day of Action for Gaza	Matters of the Day	MLA - West Belfast	05/09/2025
End the Forced Starvation in Gaza	Motion	MLA - West Belfast	02/09/2025	09/09/2025

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