Question Results

Tuesday 06 October 2026


 
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1 AQO 4053/22-27 Mr Andy Allen MBE
(UUP - East Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on steps being taken to reduce delays in securing appropriate school placements and support for children with special educational needs.

To be answered on 06/10/2026
2 AQO 4054/22-27 Mr Maurice Bradley
(DUP - East Londonderry)
To ask the Minister of Education to outline any steps he is taking to ensure that children with disabilities and special educational needs in East Londonderry have suitable and reliable home-to-school transport, including sufficient wheelchair-accessible provision.

To be answered on 06/10/2026
3 AQO 4055/22-27 Mr Peter Martin
(DUP - North Down)
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on his Department's action in relation to Benedict's Law and Owen's Law, including providing allergy-related guidance for schools.

To be answered on 06/10/2026
4 AQO 4056/22-27 Mr Brian Kingston
(DUP - North Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Education for his response to the recently published Programme for International Student Assessment 2025: National Report for Northern Ireland.

To be answered on 06/10/2026
5 AQO 4057/22-27 Mr Gerry Kelly
(SF - North Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on capital investment in the youth sector in North Belfast.

To be answered on 06/10/2026
6 AQO 4058/22-27 Mrs Pam Cameron
(DUP - South Antrim)
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on the consultation on the Review of Temporary Variation Policy and how his proposals can give parents greater choice when a school has capacity to admit their child.

To be answered on 06/10/2026
7 AQO 4059/22-27 Ms Kate Nicholl
(APNI - South Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Education when he will repeal the relevant section of Part V of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 to ensure penultimate age children do not continue to be inappropriately placed in statutory nurseries.

To be answered on 06/10/2026
8 AQO 4060/22-27 Ms Connie Egan
(APNI - North Down)
To ask the Minister of Education to outline any assessment made of the number of appeals of a statement of special educational needs that have been conceded by the Education Authority before a tribunal hearing.

To be answered on 06/10/2026
9 AQO 4061/22-27 Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on the rebuild of Bangor Central Integrated Primary School.

To be answered on 06/10/2026
10 AQO 4062/22-27 Miss Nicola Brogan
(SF - West Tyrone)
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on car parking at St Conor’s Primary School, Omagh.

To be answered on 06/10/2026
11 AQO 4063/22-27 Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on the design phase of the new Bunscoil An Traonaigh, Lisnaskea.

To be answered on 06/10/2026
12 AQO 4064/22-27 Mr Danny Baker
(SF - West Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Education to outline his intentions regarding the Minor Works Programme list.

To be answered on 06/10/2026
13 AQO 4065/22-27 Mr Mark Durkan
(SDLP - Foyle)
To ask the Minister of Education to outline his Department's plans for expanding the provision of Irish-medium education at post-primary level.

To be answered on 06/10/2026
14 AQO 4066/22-27 Mr Patsy McGlone
(SDLP - Mid Ulster)
To ask the Minister of Education to outline any mechanisms used to test the recommendations of the Strategic Review of the Northern Ireland Curriculum against alternative approaches before determining the direction of TransformED.

To be answered on 06/10/2026
15 AQO 4067/22-27 Ms Kellie Armstrong
(APNI - Strangford)
To ask the Minister of Education to outline any action he has taken to reach an agreement with teachers to prevent industrial action short of strike.

To be answered on 06/10/2026

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