Mrs Cathy Mason

Title: Mrs
Official Last Name: Mason
Official First Name: Catherine
Usual First Name: Cathy
Party: Sinn Féin
Constituency: South Down


PartyRolePeriod
Sinn FéinParty Member05/05/2022 - Present


DateConstituencyDesignation
13/05/2022South DownNationalist, First Elected


PeriodPositionOffice/Committee
18/02/2025 - PresentCommittee Deputy ChairAd Hoc Committee on the Assembly Members (Remuneration Board) Bill
03/02/2025 - PresentCommittee ChairCommittee on Standards and Privileges
03/02/2025 - PresentCommittee MemberChairpersons' Liaison Group
24/05/2024 - PresentCommittee MemberConcurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy and Committee for Education
12/02/2024 - PresentCommittee MemberCommittee for Education
17/02/2025 - 25/02/2025Committee MemberAd Hoc Committee on the Assembly Members (Remuneration Board) Bill
12/02/2024 - 03/02/2025Committee MemberCommittee on Standards and Privileges


PeriodPositionAll Party Group
10/03/2025 - PresentAssembly Party Group ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Early Education and Childcare
25/06/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group TreasurerAll-Party Group on Parental Participation in Education
11/06/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Suicide Prevention
15/11/2023 - PresentAssembly Party Group SecretaryAll-Party Group on Skills
28/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on MS and Neurology
27/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling
24/05/2023 - 10/03/2025Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Early Education and Childcare
01/07/2022 - 11/09/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Fairtrade

Room: TBC
Address: Parliament Buildings
Townland: Ballymiscaw
Ward: Stormont
Town: Belfast
Post Code: BT4 3XX
Email: cathy.mason@mla.niassembly.gov.uk


Address 1: 24 IRISH STREET
Address 2:
Address 3:
Townland: DEMESNE OF DOWN ACRE
Ward:
Town: DOWNPATRICK
Post Code: BT30 6BP
Phone: 028 4426 0191
Fax:
Email: cathy.mason@mla.niassembly.gov.uk

1. Employment and Earnings

None


2. Donations and other support

None


3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality

None


4. Visits

None


5. Shareholdings

None


6. Land and Property

None


7. Miscellaneous

None


8. Unremunerated interests

Vice Chairperson, St Kevin's Camogie Club. (Ceased 16 January 2023)

Committee Member, Drumaness Gaelic Athletic Association Club.

Trustee Representative, Board of Governors, St. Macartan's Primary School, Loughinisland. (Registered 28 November 2024)


9. Family members who benefit from Office Cost Expenditure

None

Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest
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AQW 25253/22-27 Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down) 		To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of special educational needs children that have unallocated social workers, broken down by (i) Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) constituency.

28/03/2025 To be answered by 14/04/2025
AQW 25252/22-27 Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down) 		To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of special educational needs adults post-19 that have unallocated social workers, broken down by (i) Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) constituency.

28/03/2025 To be answered by 14/04/2025
AQW 24968/22-27 Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down) 		To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) a breakdown of the membership of the Pre-School Education Advisory Group; (ii) the criteria used to determine an increase in Published Admission Number (PAN); and (iii) how many cases there have been of an increase in PAN for (a) 2024-25; (b) 2023-24; and (c) 2022-23.

25/03/2025 To be answered by 09/04/2025
AQW 24867/22-27 Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down) 		To ask the Minister of Health to detail the timeline for when (i) a full-time multiple sclerosis (MS) nurse will be reinstated in the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) the MS helpline be back operational.

24/03/2025 To be answered by 08/04/2025
AQW 24693/22-27 Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down) 		To ask the Minister of Education whether he intends to extend the common funding scheme to non-statutory early years providers to ensure that children from disadvantaged backgrounds, newcomers, Travellers and children in care receive the same funding as if they were in a statutory preschool.

+ Display Answer 		20/03/2025 Answered on 31/03/2025
AQW 24692/22-27 Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down) 		To ask the Minister of Education whether he will extend approved admission numbers to non-statutory early year providers to match statutory early years settings.

+ Display Answer 		20/03/2025 Answered on 27/03/2025
AQW 24691/22-27 Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down) 		To ask the Minister of Education to detail a breakdown of membership of the Education Authority advisory group that determines Published Admission Number allocation.

+ Display Answer 		20/03/2025 Answered on 27/03/2025
AQW 24690/22-27 Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down) 		To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) how frequently the Education Authority writes to early years providers to discuss Published Admission Number (PAN) allocation; (ii) whether correspondence differed between the statutory and non-statutory sectors; and (iii) , once PAN is allocated, whether there is any additional correspondence accepted on behalf of providers to the Education Authority.

+ Display Answer 		20/03/2025 Answered on 27/03/2025
AQW 24603/22-27 Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down) 		To ask the Minister of Education whether he will use the additional £50 million allocated for childcare to introduce any cost cutting measures for parents ahead of the expected increased cost of childcare by the end of March 2025. [Priority Written]

+ Display Answer 		19/03/2025 Answered on 21/03/2025
AQW 24602/22-27 Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down) 		To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount of funding, per child, is allocated to (i) non-statutory part-time preschool places; (ii) statutory part-time preschool places; (iii) non-statutory full-time preschool places; and (iv) statutory full-time preschool places.

+ Display Answer 		19/03/2025 Answered on 21/03/2025
  
Plenary Item TitleItemTabled AsTabled DatePlenary Date
Reducing Barriers to all-Ireland Student MobilityMotionMLA - South Down01/04/202528/04/2025
Funding for Childcare - Amendment 3Motion AmendmentMLA - South Down20/03/2025 
International Women’s Day 2025MotionMLA - South Down20/02/202504/03/2025
Improving Procurement Practices for SchoolsMotionMLA - South Down04/02/202525/02/2025
Supporting Learning Pathways for our Young PeopleMotionMLA - South Down21/01/202504/02/2025
Unlocking Funding for Childcare Providers - Amendment 2Motion AmendmentMLA - South Down16/01/2025 
Voluntary Contributions in SchoolsMotionMLA - South Down13/12/2024 
Pressures in the Fishing Industry in ArdglassAdjournment DebateMLA - South Down12/11/202426/11/2024
Failure of RAISE Programme in Tackling Educational UnderachievementMotionMLA - South Down15/10/202405/11/2024
Raising Awareness of the Dangers of Vaping Amongst ChildrenMotionMLA - South Down09/10/202422/10/2024
  
Vote SubjectDivision Date Member Voted
-#2 Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity - Amendment 2: Motion Amendment 2 [Mr Maurice Bra01/04/2025NO
Housebuilding on Public Land [Mr Mark Durkan]31/03/2025AYE
The Rates (Regional Rates) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 [Minister of Finance - Department of Financ10/03/2025AYE
-#1 Job Creation and Cross-Border Co-operation in the North West - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [04/03/2025NO
Programme for Government 2024-2027 [First Minister and deputy First Minister - The Executive Office]03/03/2025AYE
Prayer of Annulment: The Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) (Amendment) Reg24/02/2025NO
Prayer of Annulment: The Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Nort04/02/2025AYE
Towards a Shared Island [Mr Matthew O'Toole]03/02/2025AYE
-#1 Collection and Recycling Scheme for Disposable Nappies - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Joh27/01/2025AYE
-#1 Gender-Responsive Budgeting - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Ms Diane Forsythe]14/01/2025NO
-#2 Relationships and Sexuality Education and Healthy Young Adult Relationships - Amendment 2: Motio14/01/2025AYE
-#1 Relationships and Sexuality Education and Healthy Young Adult Relationships - Amendment 1: Motio14/01/2025NO
-#1 Ending Violence Against Women and Girls - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Ms Joanne Bunting]14/01/2025NO
Democratic Consent Resolution [Mr Philip McGuigan]10/12/2024AYE
The draft Climate Change (2040 Emissions Target) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 [Minister of Ag10/12/2024AYE
The draft Climate Change (Carbon Budgets 2023-2037) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 [Minister of10/12/2024AYE
Delays to Flagship Maternity and Children’s Hospital Project [Mrs Diane Dodds]26/11/2024AYE
-#1 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Revised Wording) - Amendme25/11/2024NO
-#1 Belfast City Centre Dereliction - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Ms Diane Forsythe]18/11/2024NO
-#1 Future EU Relationship - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Eóin Tennyson]18/11/2024AYE
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