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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
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:

30 Questions, Page 1 of 3

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQW 5457/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health to list each issue his Department (i) has commissioned; and (ii) is still formally considering commissioning, an independent investigation, or public inquiry, into since January 2020.

03/07/2020

To be answered by 22/07/2020

AQW 5456/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health to list those (i) formally; and (ii) informally involved in drafting the terms of reference for his Department’s investigation into the recent mass resignation of Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority board members.

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03/07/2020

Answered on 08/07/2020

AQW 5455/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health whether he has made a decision regarding commissioning a public inquiry into abuses and maltreatment in Muckamore Abbey Hospital.

03/07/2020

To be answered by 22/07/2020

AQO 534/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the Executive’s plans for economic recovery following the COVID-19 crisis.

25/06/2020

To be answered on 07/07/2020

AQW 5215/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health why the acting Chief Dental Officer is not a member or participant on the Health Management Board.

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25/06/2020

Answered on 02/07/2020

AQW 5169/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health how many staff in each Health and Social Care Trust have been affected by being improperly FIT tested, due to differences in standard of test. [Priority Written]

24/06/2020

To be answered by 02/07/2020

AQW 5168/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health whether efforts will be made to recover costs paid out to external FIT testing contractors who tested Health and Social Care staff to a different standard.

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24/06/2020

Answered on 06/07/2020

AQW 5041/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health how many in-house Fit testers have completed the Fit testing training programme by Amon Electronics.

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19/06/2020

Answered on 06/07/2020

AQW 5040/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health how many FTE Fit testing positions exists in each Health and Social Care Trust.

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19/06/2020

Answered on 06/07/2020

AQW 5039/17-22

Mr Pat Sheehan
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 4241/17-22, whether all Fit testers carrying out Fit testing in each Health and Social Care Trust, including the Ambulance Service, is accredited individually under Fit2Fit RPE Fit Test Providers Accreditation Scheme.

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19/06/2020

Answered on 06/07/2020

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