Mr Cathal Boylan

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Boylan
Official First Name: Cathal
Usual First Name: Cathal
Party: Sinn Féin
Constituency: Newry and Armagh

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	07/03/2007 - 25/03/2011

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
13/03/2007	Newry and Armagh	Nationalist, First Elected
12/05/2011	Newry and Armagh	Nationalist, Re-elected
12/05/2016	Newry and Armagh	Nationalist, Re-elected
13/03/2017	Newry and Armagh	Nationalist, Re-elected
13/05/2022	Newry and Armagh	Nationalist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
06/11/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee for the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and the Committee for Infrastructure
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for Infrastructure
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Public Accounts Committee
10/03/2021 - 25/03/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy, Committee for Infrastructure and Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
20/01/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for Infrastructure
20/01/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Public Accounts Committee
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for The Executive Office
25/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Chair	Committee on Standards and Privileges
25/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Chairpersons' Liaison Group
12/05/2015 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the Public Services Ombudsperson Bill
12/12/2013 - 20/03/2014	Committee Member	Sub-Committee on Local Government Bill
23/05/2011 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Committee for the Environment
23/05/2011 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Committee on Standards and Privileges
13/04/2010 - 25/03/2011	Committee Chair	Committee for the Environment
18/05/2009 - 25/03/2011	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the Private Security Industry Order
09/05/2007 - 12/04/2010	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee for the Environment
09/05/2007 - 25/03/2011	Committee Member	Committee for Regional Development

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
25/06/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Disability
04/10/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Road Safety
13/02/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on Autism
20/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party group on Sports and Physical Recreation
17/06/2022 - 13/02/2024	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on Autism
17/04/2018 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on Autism
09/05/2017 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Country Sports
28/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Country Sports
27/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Arts and Creativity
27/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Domestic and Sexual Violence
20/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All Party Group on Epilepsy
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Autism
14/02/2015 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Country Sports
21/01/2015 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on China
13/02/2013 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Cost of Motor Insurance
13/11/2012 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Autism
30/04/2012 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All Party Group on Epilepsy
30/04/2012 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Epilepsy
07/11/2011 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on European Environmental Regulations, Directives and Decisions
16/09/2008 - 24/03/2011	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Rural Sustainability
06/05/2008 - 24/03/2011	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Climate Change
15/01/2008 - 24/03/2011	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Autism
01/10/2007 - 24/03/2011	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Roads Safety

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

10 Questions, Page 1 of 1

Display All Answers

Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

Ref No	Member	Question	Tabled	Status
AQO 2640/22-27	Mr Cathal Boylan (SF - Newry and Armagh)	To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the work to progress a permanent memorial to victims and survivors, as recommended by the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry report.	23/10/2025	To be answered on 10/11/2025
AQW 32923/22-27	Mr Cathal Boylan (SF - Newry and Armagh)	To ask the Minister of Education to provide an update on (i) his Department's; and (ii) the Education Authority's, plans for remedial and maintenance works at St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh. + Display Answer	07/10/2025	Answered on 20/10/2025
AQO 2546/22-27	Mr Cathal Boylan (SF - Newry and Armagh)	To ask the Minister for Communities to outline how the number of successful applicants under each tier of the Northern Ireland Football Fund was determined.	02/10/2025	Question Withdrawn
AQW 30792/22-27	Mr Cathal Boylan (SF - Newry and Armagh)	To ask the Minister of Health whether additional funding has been considered to enable the office of the Independent Autism Reviewer to carry out independent research. + Display Answer	10/09/2025	Answered on 25/09/2025
AQW 30791/22-27	Mr Cathal Boylan (SF - Newry and Armagh)	To ask the Minister of Health to detail any work his Department is doing to ensure the office of the Independent Autism Reviewer is sustainable. + Display Answer	10/09/2025	Answered on 25/09/2025
AQW 30790/22-27	Mr Cathal Boylan (SF - Newry and Armagh)	To ask the Minister of Health for his Department's assessment of the new monitoring framework from the Independent Autism Reviewer. + Display Answer	10/09/2025	Answered on 25/09/2025
AQW 30789/22-27	Mr Cathal Boylan (SF - Newry and Armagh)	To ask the Minister of Health to detail any action being taken within his Department to ensure there is a greater consistency of autism services across all Health and Social Care Trusts. + Display Answer	10/09/2025	Answered on 25/09/2025
AQW 30665/22-27	Mr Cathal Boylan (SF - Newry and Armagh)	To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline the steps her Department is taking to assist phone network providers to navigate the process of network development, in order to improve connectivity. + Display Answer	09/09/2025	Answered on 26/09/2025
AQW 30664/22-27	Mr Cathal Boylan (SF - Newry and Armagh)	To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for her assessment of the current Shared Island funding within her Department. + Display Answer	09/09/2025	Answered on 30/09/2025
AQO 2298/22-27	Mr Cathal Boylan (SF - Newry and Armagh)	To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the work of the Delivery Unit. + Display Answer	01/09/2025	Answered on 29/09/2025

Plenary Business

Plenary Item Title	Item	Tabled As	Tabled Date	Plenary Date
A5 Western Transport Corridor Scheme - Amendment 1	Motion Amendment	MLA - Newry and Armagh	18/09/2025	22/09/2025

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