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Written Answers to Questions
Official Report (Hansard) Written Answers to Questions Friday 2 April 2010 Volume 50, No WA2 This publication contains the written answers to questions tabled by Members. The content of the responses is as received at the time from the relevant Minister or representative of the Assembly Commission and has not been subject to the official reporting process or changed in any way. Contents Written Answers to Questions Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister .....................................................................163 Department of Agriculture and Rural Development ........................................................................173 Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure ......................................................................................179 Department of Education ............................................................................................................180 Department for Employment and Learning ....................................................................................209 Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment ..........................................................................216 Department of the Environment ...................................................................................................219 Department of Finance and Personnel .........................................................................................236 Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety ...............................................................239 -
Western Education and Library Board Annual Report 2004/05 Supporting
Western Education and Library Board ANNUAL REPORT 2004/05 Supporting a Learning Community WESTERN EDUCATION & LIBRARY BOARD Western Education and Library Board Annual Report and Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2005 Laid before Parliament by the Western Education and Library Board In accordance with Paragraph 12(2) and 12(4) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000 and Paragraph 41 of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Prescribed Documents) Order 2004 7th December 2006 Laid before the Northern Ireland Assembly under Article 38(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 by the Western Education and Library Board 7th December 2006 Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 7th December 2006 HC32 LONDON: The Stationery Office £18.00 NIA 376/03 CONTENTS Page Introductory Note...................................................................................................2 1. The Board; Its Mission, Values, Structure and Membership..........................3 2. Corporate Matters .......................................................................................10 3. Curriculum Advisory and Support Service...................................................13 4. Special Education .......................................................................................16 5. Youth Service..............................................................................................18 6. Library Service ............................................................................................20 -
Committee for Education Minutes of Proceedings 3
Northern Ireland Assembly COMMITTEE FOR EDUCATION Minutes of Proceedings WEDNESDAY 3 March 2021 Video Conference Present by Video Conference: Mr Chris Lyttle MLA (Chairperson) Mr Pat Sheehan MLA (Deputy Chairperson) Mr Maurice Bradley MLA Ms Nicola Brogan MLA Mr Robbie Butler MLA Mr William Humphrey MBE MLA Mr Daniel McCrossan MLA Mr Justin McNulty MLA Mr Robin Newton MBE MLA Apologies: None In Attendance: Ms Aoibhinn Treanor (Assembly Clerk) Mr Mark McQuade (Assistant Clerk) Mr Craig Mealey (Clerical Supervisor) Ms Emma Magee (Clerical Officer) The meeting commenced at 9:04 am in public session. 1. Apologies There were no apologies. 2. Chairperson’s Business 2.1 General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (GTCNI) The Chairperson reminded members that the Committee agreed to arrange oral briefings with the Department of Education and the General Teaching Council NI on its role, legal vires and stakeholder concerns at its meeting on Wednesday 24 March 2021. Agreed: The Committee agreed to be briefed informally by the Northern Ireland Teachers Council (NITC) on their concerns about GTCNI on 9 March 2021. 2.2 Tabled items The Committee noted correspondence from the Department in regard to school restart and exams; covid-19 vulnerable children plan benchmarking, vaccination and pandemic learning; the recruitment arrangements for a chairperson, vice- chairperson and panel member of the imminent New Decade New Approach Review of Education, which are unregulated appointments; and notification of the termination of the Transformation programme; for discussion with the Minister on 10 March. 2.3 Recent announcements The Chairperson informed members of the publication of the Department’s Emotional Health and Wellbeing Framework and of the Teachers’ Pay settlement. -
Class of 2005 Class of 2005
AUTUMN 2005 AA MagazineMagazine forfor GraduatesGraduates && FriendsFriends ofof Queen’sQueen’s UniversityUniversity BelfastBelfast £1m£1m UnionUnion AppeaAppeall SportSport forfor AAllll ClassClass ofof 20020055 Supported by BlueBlueZoe bellbel Salmonlee The best view of Belfast! As Domestic Bursar at Stranmillis University College, Christine Nesbitt is no stranger to visiting conferences. A Catering Administration graduate of the University of Ulster, Christine has been at Stranmillis for 11 years and was appointed Domestic Bursar in 2001. Christine Nesbitt Christine and her team are who were pleasantly surprised at how topics and visits to historical sites. responsible for the full range of convenient it was to travel to Belfast So to ensure that visitors would get housekeeping and catering services and to the College, it was unanimously the best view of Belfast we provided for conferences, which now agreed that the conference should contacted BVCB. form a regular part of the out-of term come to Northern Ireland for the first business at Stranmillis. Christine time. ‘BVCB have been extremely helpful, explains the importance of bringing providing useful information on city conferences to Belfast and the ‘The AMHEC Conference is one of the tours, hotel room deals, sponsorship support available from BVCB. most prestigious in the third level contacts and local musicians and education sector and Stranmillis staff very valuable promotional booklets ‘My colleague, Norman Halliday, who look forward to welcoming the for every conference delegate. The is Director of Corporate Services at Association’s members to the College assistance has been refreshing, in the College, is a founder member next year. Key business matters that the attitude from BVCB staff has and enthusiastic supporter of the discussed at previous conferences has been ‘what can we do for you’ which Association of Managers in Higher included tuition fees, cost effective gives me great confidence that a Education and Colleges (AMHEC). -
Nicie Annual Report 2015-2016
Annual Report 2015-2016 Contents Section One: NICIE Personnel Chairperson’s Foreword 2 Chief Executive Officer’s Report 3 NICIE Board of Directors 6 NICIE Staff 6 Section Two: NICIE 2015-2016 Growth and Area-based Planning 8 Excellence in Integrated Education 11 Inform, Influence and Promote Integrated Education 12 Section Three: NICIE Standing Committees and Other Forums APTIS Committee Report 18 Teachers’ Committee Report 19 Vice Principals’ Forum 19 Integrated Schools’ Finance Association (ISFA) 20 Special Education Needs Coordinators’ (SENCO) Committee 20 Section Four: Governance and Financial Information Arrangements for Governance in NICIE 22 Treasurer’s Report 23 Schedule to the income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 March 2016 24 Appendices Patrons of NICIE 25 Integrated Schools in Northern Ireland Enrolments 26 Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education 25 College Gardens, Belfast BT9 6BS Tel: 028 9097 2910 Fax: 028 9097 2919 Email: [email protected] www.nicie.org 2 Annual Report 2015/16 Website: NICIE 1 Personnel 3 Annual Report 2015/16 31 Chairperson’s Foreword This has been both a sad and exciting year for NICIE with the retirement of the CEO and the recruitment of a new CEO. I want to pay sincere thanks to Noreen Campbell who did a sterling job of steering NICIE through the past number of years. I want to also welcome Roisin Marshall as the new CEO and wish her every success in her new role. Finally I would like to pay tribute to all NICIE staff for their enthusiastic support through this transition. NICIE managed to stay within budget this past year Positive Partnerships for Integration has been piloted despite the drastic cut in the budget last year and that in a few partnerships between schools. -
Download 27 June Agenda
ARDS AND NORTH DOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL 21 June 2018 Dear Sir/Madam You are hereby invited to attend a meeting of the Ards and North Down Borough Council which will be held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, The Castle, Bangor on Wednesday, 27 June 2018 commencing at 7.00pm. Yours faithfully Stephen Reid Chief Executive Ards and North Down Borough Council A G E N D A 1. Prayer 2. Apologies 3. Declarations of Interest 4. Mayor’s Business 5. Mayor and Deputy Mayor Engagements for the Month (To be tabled) 6. Minutes of Meeting of Council dated 30 May 2018 (Copy attached) 7. Minutes of Annual Meeting dated 6 June 2018 (Copy attached) 8. Minutes of Committees (Copies attached) 8.1 Minutes of Newtownards Town Steering Group dated 11 June 2018 8.2 Planning Committee dated 12 June 2018 8.3 Environment Committee dated 13 June 2018 8.4 Regeneration and Development Committee dated 14 June 2018 8.5 Corporate Services Committee dated 19 June 2018 8.6 Community and Wellbeing Committee dated 20 June 2018 8.6.1. Matters Arising – Item 26 Nominations to Community Development Grants Working Group 8.6.2. Matters Arising – Item 34 Northern Community Leisure Trust – Quarter 4 Report (Copy attached) 9 Request for Deputation 9.1 Motor Cycle Action Group UK 10. Consultations 10.1 Consultation on NILGOSC’s Vision, Mission, Strategic Aims and Values (Copy correspondence attached) 10.2 Consultation on the Future of the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Copy correspondence attached) 10.3. Consultation on Addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland’s Past (Copy correspondence attached) 11. -
Report on the 31 March 2019 Actuarial Valuation
Report on the 31 March 2019 actuarial valuation Local Government Pension Scheme (Northern Ireland) Prepared for Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee as Scheme Manager of LGPS (NI) Prepared by Aon 2019 30 March 2020 At a glance Past Service Position Shorthand There was a surplus of £836.9M relative to the liabilities. The funding level was 112%. Funding level: the value of assets held by the Fund divided by the liabilities. Funding target (liabilities): the level of assets determined by the Committee as being appropriate to meet member benefits, assuming the Fund continues indefinitely. Future service rate: the employer share of the cost of benefits being earned in future, expressed as a percentage of pensionable pay. The figure quoted is a weighted average of all employers' future service rates. Pensionable Pay: as defined in the Regulations in Employer Contributions relation to post-2015 membership. % of 2019 valuation 2016 valuation Recovery period: the period over which any surplus or Pensionable Pay shortfall is eliminated. Future service rate 20.7% 19.3% Past service rate: the adjustment to the future service Past service rate (4.3)% 1.7% rate, expressed as a % of pensionable pay, needed to Allowance for possible cost 3.2%* n/a restore the funding level of the Fund as a whole to 100% over the recovery period, if the membership is broadly of McCloud / Cost Cap stable and pay increases and other assumptions are as Total rate 19.6% 21.0% assumed. This adjustment is negative when the Fund is in Recovery period 20 years from 1 April 2020 20 years from 1 April 2017 surplus. -
Annual Report 2016/2017
ANNUAL REPORT 2016/2017 NORTHERN IRELAND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICERS’ SUPERANNUATION COMMITTEE T N O E V M I R R A D M If you have any views and comments on This annual report can be made available in a this report, or any questions on any of wide range of alternative formats. Requests for the services provided, please contact us alternative formats should be made to the Finance in writing; by telephone; fax; email; or by Manager at the above address. In addition to the visiting our office in person as follows: Annual Report, NILGOSC can provide documents and correspondence in alternative formats, including NILGOSC audio and large print versions for people with sight Templeton House problems. Documents can also be provided in 411 Holywood Road minority languages for those whose first language Belfast BT4 2LP is not English. If you would prefer an alternative method of communication please let us know. Telephone: 0345 3197 320 Fax: 0345 3197 321 Email: [email protected] Typetalk: 18001 0345 3197 320 (for people using a textphone) Website: www.nilgosc.org.uk 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/2017 NORTHERN IRELAND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICERS’ SUPERANNUATION COMMITTEE NILGOSC Annual Report and Accounts For the Year Ended 31 March 2017 Laid before the Northern Ireland Assembly under Regulation 63(8) of the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 by the Department for Communities on 5 September 2017 3 CONTENTS 1 4 3 2 5 1 FOREWORD 02 4 ACCOUNTS 71 Fund Account 72 2 PERFORMANCE REPORT 03 Net Assets Statement 73 Overview 04 Statement -
The Graduate 2015
THE GRADUATE 2015 The magazine for graduates and friends of Queen’s University Belfast FEATURES Meet Thomas J Moran, Queen’s new Chancellor EVENTS Find out about Queen’s world record bridge building REGULAR Read what your former classmates have been getting up to PLUS All the news and updates from the campus and around the world 2 WELCOME TO THE CONTENTS News 2015 EDITION OF 04 News — The latest from around campus 04 32 Students — Laura Graham is Student of the Year THE GRADUATE 38 Class Notes — Your news and books 44 Obituaries Your University is changing. Though Features much will still be very familiar, the 09 Profile — Meet Thomas J Moran, Queen’s campus, funding and staffing are new Chancellor undergoing major transformations. 12 Campaign — Catch up on the University’s For example, our cover star, Thomas £140m fundraising campaign 09 J Moran, was installed this summer as 16 Opinion — A testing time for higher education 22 Business — Knowledge Transfer Partnership Queen’s new Chancellor (pp09-11). at 40! 26 Education — The Graduate School, where An uneven UK funding playing field and local And learn how the Queen’s experience impacts futures are made government’s disinvestment has resulted in on the lives of our students by reading recollections 34 International — Look east; focus on Malaysia swingeing education cuts. Pro-Vice-Chancellor, shared by our Malaysian alumni (pp34-37). Professor Tony Gallagher, shares his views on the Events Future plans rely heavily on the support of future of Higher Education (pp16-18) and what graduates like you. Catch up on the latest 19 Convocation — Your invitation to the the changes will mean for local students. -
Learning 2016
Learning Issue 201627 Spring/Summer News from the Integrated Education Movement in Northern Ireland Celebrating integration INSIDE THIS ISSUE More growth in integrated places! International Integrated Education Week has been marked around NI with projects celebrating Review of integrated this year’s theme of harmony. Many integrated primary schools began the week with a education launched performance in the Peace Proms on 28 February, a concert which unites children of all Election opportunity backgrounds and sectors singing and playing at the SSE Arena in Belfast. to demand On Thursday 03 March pupils from integrated schools joined together at Parliament Buildings, education reform Stormont, for a drama and dance workshop exploring the theme of harmony. The gathering was opened by Robert Magee and Siun Carden of the Integrated Education Alumni Association Survey shows support for NICIE CEO, Roisin Marshall said common schools system “Integrated Education Week provides an excellent opportunity for us to highlight the distinct ethos and contribution of Integrated Education to Northern Ireland and beyond. We have seen an excellent range of events which have offered plenty of opportunity for reflection, discussion and celebration throughout the week.” IIEW drew to a close with a celebration at Portadown Integrated Primary School on 04 March, where the Excellence in Integrated Education Award (EIEA) was presented to Glencraig Integrated Primary School. The EIEA recognises the hard work of schools which infuse management, governance, teaching and learning with an outstanding integrated ethos. Our address is now: A-Team for integration gathers in London Forestview, Purdy’s Lane, Belfast BT8 7AR Baroness May Blood, IEF Campaign Chair met with long- +44 (0)28 9069 4099 standing supporters Liam Neeson and John Fitzpatrick at the e: [email protected] House of Lords in London recently to discuss ideas to further our campaign. -
DP 482 Lagan College-1.Pdf
COPY OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL SUBMISSION Cover Note DP No. 482 School Lagan College Proposal To increase Lagan College’s enrolment number from 1200 to 1300 phased over two years from September 2017, or as soon as possible thereafter, with the school’s admission number remaining at 200. Minister’s Decision *Approve Development Proposal 482. Date of Decision 14 February 2017 Minister’s Comments As above* Additional notes n/a Information redacted Some information and personal data may have been removed in line with the principles of the Freedom of Information and Data Protection Act. Key Details .... redaction * refers to less than five cases where data is considered sensitive # means figure has been suppressed to prevent disclosure of sensitive information under rules of disclosure 1 From: Lorraine Finlay Area Planning Policy Team Date: 13 February 2017 To: PETER WEIR MLA Copy distribution below DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL NO 482 – LAGAN COLLEGE/INCREASE ENROLMENT Issue: Development Proposal No 482 published 24 November 2016 by the Education Authority on behalf of the Board of Governors of Lagan College to increase the school’s enrolment from 1200 to 1300 (with admissions remaining at 200 places) from September 2017 or as soon as possible thereafter. Timescale: Urgent. The proposed implementation date for this proposal is September 2017. Financial/Resourc Capital Cost: Nil. Lagan College’s new building e Implications: was designed and built to accommodate a sixth form of over 340 places. Funding Requirements: A high-level funding estimate for the implementation of this proposal using 2016-17 Post-Primary Formula Funding values, is £234k (full year 2018-19) and £136k (in-year 2017-18). -
College Curriculum Policy
SAINT FANCHEA’S COLLEGE CURRICULUM POLICY The Senior Leadership Team recognises the need to take a strategic approach to curriculum development across the college which staffing, resources, and pupil abilities into consideration. On entry to Saint Fanchea’s College, pupils are organised into three class groups and all classes are taught the full range of subjects which conforms to the requirements of The Education (Curriculum Minimum Content) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007. The curriculum offered to our pupils aims to: (i) promote the spiritual, emotional, moral, cultural, intellectual and physical development of our pupils (ii) prepare our pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities, and experiences of life by equipping them with appropriate knowledge, understanding and skills. AIMS OF SAINT FANCHEA’S COLLEGE Saint Fanchea’s College promotes high achievement and learning for life by working with students to: • develop a positive self image • achieve their full potential as individuals • have an enjoyment of learning both now and for life • strive for high moral standards in keeping with the Christian values of the college • be a responsible member of the college and wider community We believe that each pupil will succeed through experiencing quality in: • a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum • a stimulating teaching and learning environment relevant to all pupils • a positive pastoral learning environment • an enriching programme of extra-curricular activities and visits • partnerships between pupils, parents, college staff and outside agencies ORGANISATION OF THE CURRICULUM At Key Stage 3 (Years 8 to 10), the curriculum is common to all pupils and all class groupings are of mixed ability. There is extra help for pupils experiencing difficulties in English and also for pupils with English as an additional language.