Northern Ireland Assembly debates
Monday, 23 April 2012

• Northern Ireland Assembly (0 speeches)
  The Assembly met at 12.00 noon (Mr Speaker in the Chair). Members observed two minutes’ silence.
• Assembly Business (4 speeches)
  : On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I ask for your guidance on Standing Order 20A, as it affects today’s proceedings. It deals with questions for urgent oral answer. I sought to table such a...
• Assembly Business (0 speeches)
  • Statutory Committee Membership (1 speech)
    : As with similar motions, the motions on Statutory Committee membership will be treated as business motions. Therefore, there will be no debate. Resolved: That Mr Tom Elliott replace Mr Basil...
• Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
  • Preschool Nursery Provision (67 speeches)
    : The Business Committee has agreed to allow up to one hour and 30 minutes for this debate. The proposer will have 10 minutes to propose the motion and 10 minutes to make a winding-up speech. All...
• Multiagency Support Teams (28 speeches)
  : The Business Committee has agreed to allow up to one hour and 30 minutes for the debate. The proposer of the motion will have 10 minutes in which to propose and 10 minutes in which to make a...
• Oral Answers to Questions (0 speeches)
• Education (0 speeches)
  • Schools: Mid Ulster (9 speeches)
    1. asked the Minister of Education what capital build plans are being considered for schools in the Mid Ulster constituency.    (AQO 1749/11-15)
• Educational Welfare Officers (12 speeches)
  2. asked the Minister of Education what importance he places on the role of educational welfare officers.         (AQO 1750/11-15)
• Schools: Budgets (8 speeches)
  3. asked the Minister of Education what steps are being taken to devolve more of the central departmental budget to the control of schools.    (AQO 1751/11-15)
• DE: Budget (10 speeches)
  4. asked the Minister of Education for his assessment of the Department’s effectiveness in utilising its full budget allocation.   (AQO 1752/11-15)
• Education: Chief Executive Posts (8 speeches)
  5. asked the Minister of Education why the posts of chief executive designate of the Education and Skills Authority, interim chief executive of the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and...
• Teacher Education (5 speeches)
  6. asked the Minister of Education for an update on the review of teacher education. (AQO 1754/11-15)
• Education: Area Planning (5 speeches)
  7. asked the Minister of Education for an update, including timelines, on area-based planning. (AQO 1755/11-15)
• Employment and Learning (1 speech)
  : Question 2 has been withdrawn and requires a written answer. Question 3 has been transferred to the Minister of Finance and Personnel.
• Tourism and Hospitality (13 speeches)
  1. asked the Minister for Employment and Learning what action his Department is taking to ensure that there is an adequate supply of people qualified to work in the tourism and hospitality...
• Essential Skills (12 speeches)
  4. asked the Minister for Employment and Learning to outline any plans to encourage more adults to join essential skills classes in further education...
• Youth Unemployment: Rural Areas (10 speeches)
  6. asked the Minister for Employment and Learning what action his Department is taking to tackle youth unemployment in rural areas.   (AQO 1769/11-15)
• College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise: Tuition Fees (7 speeches)
  7. asked the Minister for Employment and Learning what discussions he has had with the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in relation to her decision to increase tuition fees for...
• Apprenticeships: High-tech Industries (8 speeches)
  8. asked the Minister for Employment and Learning whether he has plans any to introduce a scheme along the lines of the former supported graduate apprenticeships to help leading-edge high-tech...
• Queen’s University Belfast and Stranmillis University College: Merger (4 speeches)
  9. asked the Minister for Employment and Learning for an update on the proposed merger between Stranmillis University College and Queen’s University Belfast.     ...
• Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
  • Multiagency Support Teams (8 speeches)
    Debate resumed on motion: That this Assembly notes the success of the multiagency support teams and equivalent bodies in detecting and addressing problems which children may experience in the...