Ms Emma Sheerin

Title: Ms
Official Last Name: Sheerin
Official First Name: Emma
Usual First Name: Emma
Party: Sinn Féin
Constituency: Mid Ulster

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Sinn Féin	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Sinn Féin	Party Member	04/12/2018 - 27/03/2022

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
04/12/2018	Mid Ulster	Nationalist, Replaced Mr I Milne
13/05/2022	Mid Ulster	Nationalist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
08/05/2025 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy and the Committee for Education
10/02/2025 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
27/02/2025 - 29/05/2025	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy and Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
12/02/2024 - 10/02/2025	Committee Member	Committee for The Executive Office
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
05/03/2020 - 18/02/2022	Committee Chair	Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights
05/03/2020 - 15/02/2022	Committee Member	Chairpersons' Liaison Group
05/03/2020 - 27/03/2020	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights
20/01/2020 - 05/10/2020	Committee Member	Audit Committee
20/01/2020 - 09/03/2020	Committee Member	Committee for Communities
20/01/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for The Executive Office

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
25/06/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Disability
14/04/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Funerals and Bereavement
10/10/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Ethnic Minority Community
27/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security
20/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Addiction and Dual Diagnosis
20/05/2024 - 25/06/2025	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Disability
23/04/2024 - 10/10/2025	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on Tourette's
20/09/2022 - 15/10/2025	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on LGBTQIA+ Equality
29/06/2022 - 10/10/2023	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Ethnic Minority Community
06/06/2022 - 20/05/2024	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Disability
07/12/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Carers
25/06/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security
25/06/2020 - 25/06/2020	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security
03/03/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Ethnic Minority Community
12/02/2019 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Cancer

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Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

6 Questions, Page 1 of 1

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

Ref No	Member	Question	Tabled	Status
AQW 33640/22-27	Ms Emma Sheerin (SF - Mid Ulster)	To ask the Minister of Education to detail the available support his Department has for school budgets when substitute cover is required due to a bereavement or other tragic circumstance. + Display Answer	15/10/2025	Answered on 20/10/2025
AQW 33639/22-27	Ms Emma Sheerin (SF - Mid Ulster)	To ask the Minister of Education to detail the progress made in ensuring that there is equality of access to (i) language appropriate curricular; and (ii) assessment material, for the Irish medium sector. + Display Answer	15/10/2025	Answered on 23/10/2025
AQW 33638/22-27	Ms Emma Sheerin (SF - Mid Ulster)	To ask the Minister of Education whether primary schools in the Magherafelt area will receive an increase to their shared education budget, within the 2025-26 school year. + Display Answer	15/10/2025	Answered on 28/10/2025
AQW 33637/22-27	Ms Emma Sheerin (SF - Mid Ulster)	To ask the Minister of Education to detail how shared education funding has been allocated to primary schools in Mid Ulster, for the school year 2025-26. + Display Answer	15/10/2025	Answered on 28/10/2025
AQO 2455/22-27	Ms Emma Sheerin (SF - Mid Ulster)	To ask the Minister of Finance to outline any measures the Civil Service is undertaking to recruit more young people into its workforce. View Official Report for AQO 2455/22-27	18/09/2025	Answered on 30/09/2025
AQW 31324/22-27	Ms Emma Sheerin (SF - Mid Ulster)	To ask the Minister of Education to detail clarification of how temporary variations are granted to secondary schools. + Display Answer	16/09/2025	Answered on 19/09/2025

Plenary Business

Plenary Item Title	Item	Tabled As	Tabled Date	Plenary Date
Delivery of a Childcare Strategy	Motion	MLA - Mid Ulster	14/10/2025	03/11/2025
Local Growth Fund	Motion	MLA - Mid Ulster	30/09/2025	21/10/2025
Publication of the Joint Census	Motion	MLA - Mid Ulster	30/09/2025
End the Forced Starvation in Gaza	Motion	MLA - Mid Ulster	02/09/2025	09/09/2025

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