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
31/03/2020 - Present	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
16/03/2020 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for Health
20/01/2020 - Present	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	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
11/05/2017 - Present	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All Party Group on Cancer
09/05/2017 - Present	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:

9 Questions, Page 1 of 1

Display All Answers

Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

Ref No	Member	Question	Tabled	Status
AQW 3723/17-22	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Health what diagnostic techniques, and equipment, are being used to detect COVID-19. [Priority Written] + Display Answer	16/03/2020	Answered on 31/03/2020
AQO 337/17-22	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Finance for the timeline for the establishment of the central translation hub as set out in New Decade, New Approach. + Display Answer	27/02/2020	Answered on 10/03/2020
AQO 299/17-22	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister for the Economy what plans her Department has to grow the Co-operative and Credit Union sectors. + Display Answer	27/02/2020	Answered on 23/03/2020
AQO 257/17-22	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of the proportion of young people from a Catholic background in custody in Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre, in comparison to young people from other backgrounds. + Display Answer	20/02/2020	Answered on 04/03/2020
AQO 248/17-22	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what action she is taking to address the backlog of non-compliant heavy goods vehicles. + Display Answer	20/02/2020	Answered on 03/03/2020
AQO 267/17-22	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline the regulatory and oversight reforms made by his Department and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in response to the Mills Review. View Official Report for AQO 267/17-22	20/02/2020	Answered on 03/03/2020
AQO 132/17-22	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Justice to outline her plans for a pilot of a Mental Health Court. + Display Answer	06/02/2020	Answered on 17/02/2020
AQO 211/17-22	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Health whether the departmental action plan for the resettlement of patients from Muckamore Abbey Hospital has been completed. View Official Report for AQO 211/17-22	13/02/2020	Answered on 25/02/2020
AQO 38/17-22	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the release of publicly owned land for social housing development. + Display Answer	23/01/2020	Answered on 05/02/2020

Plenary Business

Plenary Item Title	Item	Tabled As	Tabled Date	Plenary Date
Paediatric Pathology	Motion	MLA - West Belfast	18/03/2020
Childcare Strategy - Amendment 1	Motion Amendment	MLA - West Belfast	04/03/2020	10/03/2020
Violent Crime - Amendment 2	Motion Amendment	MLA - West Belfast	26/02/2020	02/03/2020

Votes On Division

Vote Subject	Division Date	Member Voted
Final Stage: Budget Bill (NIA Bill 02/17-22) [Minister of Finance - Department of Finance]	09/03/2020	AYE
Areas of Natural Constraint [Mr Declan McAleer]	03/03/2020	AYE
-#1 Violent Crime - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Mervyn Storey]	02/03/2020	NO
-#1 Climate Emergency (revised wording) - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Dr Caoimhe Archibald]	03/02/2020	AYE
Motion to Delay [Mr J Allister]	20/01/2020	NO
Election of Principal Deputy Speaker Nomination 1 - Mr Christopher Stalford [Mr G Lyons]	14/01/2020	AYE
Election of Speaker Nomination 1 - Mr Alex Maskey [Mrs M O'Neill]	11/01/2020	AYE

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