Mr Nick Mathison

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Mathison
Official First Name: Nicholas
Usual First Name: Nick
Party: Alliance Party
Constituency: Strangford

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Alliance Party	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
13/05/2022	Strangford	Other, First Elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
24/05/2024 - Present	Committee Chair	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy and Committee for Education
26/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Audit Committee
06/02/2024 - Present	Committee Chair	Committee for Education
06/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Chairpersons' Liaison Group

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
02/07/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Fuel Poverty
17/06/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Visual Impairment
28/05/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Homelessness
23/05/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Early Education and Childcare
12/04/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Access to Justice
15/11/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Skills
26/06/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on Parental Participation in Education
14/06/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on ADHD
05/06/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Preventing Loneliness
03/05/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Learning Disability
19/04/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Carers
27/03/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Ageing and Older People
20/09/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on LGBTQIA+ Equality
13/09/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Universal Basic Income
01/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Housing
27/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling
30/05/2023 - 28/05/2024	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Housing
28/03/2023 - 17/06/2024	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Visual Impairment
23/03/2023 - 04/06/2023	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Preventing Loneliness
11/07/2022 - 26/06/2023	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Parental Participation in Education
28/06/2022 - 02/07/2024	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on Fuel Poverty
16/06/2022 - 23/05/2024	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Early Education and Childcare
07/06/2022 - 28/05/2024	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Homelessness

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

140 Questions, Page 1 of 14

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQW 18494/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
(APNI - Strangford)

To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the reasons why the Education Authority ended its contract with Fujitsu for the development of a new school management system; and (ii) the anticipated impact this decision will have on the implementation and progress of the new school management system. [Priority Written]

20/11/2024

To be answered by 25/11/2024

AQW 18493/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
(APNI - Strangford)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail any investment being made in specialist learning disability social workers.

20/11/2024

To be answered by 05/12/2024

AQW 18492/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
(APNI - Strangford)

To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 16672/22-27, whether he will increase the level of funding available to the Fair Play Grant scheme, given that 65 settings out of 189 applicants received no funding to support the children in their care with additional needs.

20/11/2024

To be answered by 05/12/2024

AQW 18330/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
(APNI - Strangford)

To ask the Minister of Health how he will ensure the £13 million funding on learning disability services is meaningfully co-designed with parents.

18/11/2024

To be answered by 03/12/2024

AQW 18329/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
(APNI - Strangford)

To ask the Minister of Education when he will publish the review for eligibility for Free School Meals and school uniform grant.

18/11/2024

To be answered by 03/12/2024

AQW 18328/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
(APNI - Strangford)

To ask the Minister of Education for his response to the recommendations in the joint Angel Eyes and Féach report entitled Education Access in Ireland for Students with Visual Impairment.

18/11/2024

To be answered by 03/12/2024

AQW 18250/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
(APNI - Strangford)

To ask the Minister of Education for an update on his Department's engagement with Ards and North Down Borough Council on how repairs to the floor of Portaferry Sports Centre, operating out of St Columba's College, will be progressed.

15/11/2024

To be answered by 02/12/2024

AQW 18249/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
(APNI - Strangford)

To ask the Minister of Education when he will make a decision on the development proposal for Spires Integrated Primary School.

15/11/2024

To be answered by 02/12/2024

AQW 18248/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
(APNI - Strangford)

To ask the Minister of Education when he will make a decision on the development proposal for Magherafelt Nursery School.

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15/11/2024

Answered on 19/11/2024

AQO 1195/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
(APNI - Strangford)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of the need for the Executive to ring-fence funding for agriculture, agri-environment, fisheries and rural development.

14/11/2024

To be answered on 25/11/2024

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