Mr Maolíosa McHugh

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: McHugh
Official First Name: Maolíosa
Usual First Name: Maolíosa
Party: Sinn Féin
Constituency: West Tyrone

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Sinn Féin	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Sinn Féin	Party Member	20/05/2019 - 27/03/2022

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
20/05/2019	West Tyrone	Nationalist, Replaced Ms M Boyle
13/05/2022	West Tyrone	Nationalist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
24/11/2025 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for Infrastructure
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for Communities
18/05/2026 - 21/05/2026	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Communities and the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
12/02/2024 - 24/11/2025	Committee Member	Committee on Procedures
08/06/2021 - 16/06/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Executive Office, Committee for Finance and Committee for the Economy
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 Finance
20/01/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Public Accounts Committee
13/01/2020 - 27/03/2022	Committee Deputy Chair	Assembly and Executive Review Committee

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
21/04/2026 - Present	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Autism
30/06/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Arts
29/04/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Learning Disability
14/04/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Funerals and Bereavement
28/05/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Housing
28/05/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Homelessness
16/05/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on International Development
27/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling
27/06/2024 - 30/06/2025	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Arts
22/06/2022 - 06/12/2024	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on Rare Disease
18/02/2022 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on Rare Disease
07/12/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Carers
01/07/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Fair Banking and Finance
03/03/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

47 Questions, Page 1 of 5

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AQO 3623/22-27

Mr Maolíosa McHugh
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Education for his assessment of the current school inspection process.

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21/05/2026

Answered on 01/06/2026

AQO 3663/22-27

Mr Maolíosa McHugh
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on their Department's planning and preparations for a future Executive programme aimed at tackling paramilitarism, criminality and organised crime.

28/05/2026

To be answered on 08/06/2026

AQO 3560/22-27

Mr Maolíosa McHugh
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the Dilapidation Bill (NIA Bill 21/22-27).

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07/05/2026

Answered on 19/05/2026

AQO 3521/22-27

Mr Maolíosa McHugh
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the work of their international bureaux.

30/04/2026

To be answered on 11/05/2026

AQO 3447/22-27

Mr Maolíosa McHugh
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister for the Economy for an update on Community Wealth Building.

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26/03/2026

Answered on 21/04/2026

AQO 3371/22-27

Mr Maolíosa McHugh
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline the work ongoing across the Civil Service by the office of Chief Scientific and Technology Adviser.

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19/03/2026

Answered on 20/04/2026

AQW 44229/22-27

Mr Maolíosa McHugh
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of Tenancy Starter Packs ordered for Housing Executive Tenants since 1 July 2025 which have been delivered within five working days.

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17/04/2026

Answered on 01/05/2026

AQW 44228/22-27

Mr Maolíosa McHugh
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of Tenancy Starter Packs delivered to Housing Executive tenants through their new Tenancy Starter Packs Service since 1 July 2025, broken down by local council area.

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17/04/2026

Answered on 01/05/2026

AQW 43112/22-27

Mr Maolíosa McHugh
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister for Communities whether any equality impact assessment was carried out in advance of creating a disregard for British Army War Pensions, in the context of the eligibility criteria and income threshold for the Affordable Warmth Scheme.

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24/03/2026

Answered on 08/05/2026

AQW 43111/22-27

Mr Maolíosa McHugh
(SF - West Tyrone)

To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the cost of the dedicated online and telephone advice service for the Armed Forces Community to his Department, including (i) staffing costs; and (ii) the series of roadshows to promote this service.

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24/03/2026

Answered on 16/04/2026

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