Mr Pat Sheehan

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Sheehan
Official First Name: Pat
Usual First Name: Pat
Party: Sinn Féin
Constituency: West Belfast

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	07/12/2010 - 25/03/2011

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
07/12/2010	West Belfast	Nationalist, Replaced Mr G Adams
12/05/2011	West Belfast	Nationalist, Elected following substitution
12/05/2016	West Belfast	Nationalist, Re-elected
13/03/2017	West Belfast	Nationalist, Re-elected
13/05/2022	West Belfast	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
03/02/2025 - Present	Committee Deputy Chair	Assembly and Executive Review Committee
24/05/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy and Committee for Education
06/02/2024 - Present	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee for Education
12/02/2024 - 03/02/2025	Committee Member	Assembly and Executive Review Committee
03/02/2022 - 10/02/2022	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Health and the Committee for Education
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
01/02/2021 - 28/03/2022	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee for Education
01/02/2021 - 01/02/2021	Committee Member	Committee for Education
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
16/03/2020 - 01/02/2021	Committee Member	Committee for Health
20/01/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for The Executive Office
20/01/2020 - 16/03/2020	Committee Member	Committee for Justice
20/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for Health
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for Justice
31/05/2016 - 20/06/2016	Committee Member	Committee on Procedures
12/05/2015 - 30/03/2016	Committee Deputy Chair	Ad Hoc Committee on the Public Services Ombudsperson Bill
10/09/2012 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Committee for Education
23/05/2011 - 10/09/2012	Committee Member	Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
16/05/2011 - 30/03/2016	Committee Deputy Chair	Assembly and Executive Review Committee
14/12/2010 - 25/03/2011	Committee Member	Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
14/12/2010 - 25/03/2011	Committee Member	Assembly and Executive Review Committee

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
07/12/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Women's Health
15/09/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Cancer
11/05/2017 - 15/09/2020	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on Cancer
09/05/2017 - 13/10/2021	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Congenital Heart Disease
28/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Housing
19/09/2012 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on International Development

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

7 Questions, Page 1 of 1

Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

Ref No	Member	Question	Tabled	Status
AQW 51171/22-27	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Education to detail any options presented to him by officials regarding the allocation of the £6 million received following the December 2025 Monitoring Round.	07/09/2026	To be answered by 22/09/2026
AQW 51170/22-27	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Education to detail the date on which he decided to allocate £5 million of the £6 million received following the December 2025 Monitoring Round to projects other than Iontaobhas na Gaelscolaíochta.	07/09/2026	To be answered by 22/09/2026
AQW 51169/22-27	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Education whether any assessment was undertaken of the impact allocating only £1 million to Iontaobhas na Gaelscolaíochta would have on the delivery of Irish-medium accommodation projects.	07/09/2026	To be answered by 22/09/2026
AQW 51168/22-27	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Education whether any consideration was given to allocating the full £6 million of funding to Iontaobhas na Gaelscolaíochta.	07/09/2026	To be answered by 22/09/2026
AQW 51167/22-27	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) any projects which received the £5 million that had been earmarked for Irish Medium Education; and (ii) any reason why each was considered a higher priority than funding sought for Irish-medium accommodation and facilities.	07/09/2026	To be answered by 22/09/2026
AQO 3899/22-27	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the Minister for the Economy for an update on the Aisling Bursaries.	03/09/2026	To be answered on 14/09/2026
AQO 3854/22-27	Mr Pat Sheehan (SF - West Belfast)	To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on work being undertaken within their Department to promote racial equality, tackle racial disparities and promote positive race relations.	01/09/2026	To be answered on 07/09/2026

Plenary Business

Plenary Item Title	Item	Tabled As	Tabled Date	Plenary Date
Consideration Stage: Irish-medium Education (Workforce Plan) Bill (NIA Bill 28/22-27)	Motion	MLA - West Belfast	01/09/2026	15/09/2026

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