Committee for Education
Encyclopedia
The Committee for Education is a Northern Ireland Assembly
committee established to advise, assist and scrutinise the work of the Department of Education
and Minister for Education (currently John O'Dowd
) on matters within his or her responsibility as a Minister. The committee undertakes a scrutiny, policy development and consultation role and plays a key role in the consideration and development of legislation.
Northern Ireland Assembly
The Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive...
committee established to advise, assist and scrutinise the work of the Department of Education
Department of Education (Northern Ireland)
The Department of Education is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive...
and Minister for Education (currently John O'Dowd
John O'Dowd
John O'Dowd MLA is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He served as acting deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from 20 September to 31 October 2011, and is also the current Minister for Education. O'Dowd is a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Upper Bann and a councillor on Craigavon...
) on matters within his or her responsibility as a Minister. The committee undertakes a scrutiny, policy development and consultation role and plays a key role in the consideration and development of legislation.
Membership
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| Trevor Lunn Trevor Lunn Trevor Lunn is an Alliance Party politician in Northern Ireland.He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for Lagan Valley in the 2007 assembly election. Mr. Lunn took over the Alliance candidacy for Lagan Valley from Seamus Close, the long time representative for the area... |
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| Jonathan Craig Jonathan Craig Jonathan Craig MLA is a unionist politician in Northern Ireland. He was elected in 2007 to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Democratic Unionist Party member for Lagan Valley and re-elected at the 2011 election.... |
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| Michelle McIlveen Michelle McIlveen Michelle McIlveen, MLA is a politician from Northern Ireland. She was elected in 2007 to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Democratic Unionist Party member for Strangford.... |
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| Mervyn Storey Mervyn Storey Cllr Mervyn Storey MLA is a Northern Ireland politician and a Democratic Unionist Party MLA for North Antrim.-Biography:Mervyn Storey is a former member of the Fire Authority for Northern Ireland. Storey was elected to Ballymoney council in 2001 and again in 2005. He is a member of the Ballymoney... (Chairperson) |
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| David Hilditch David Hilditch Alderman David Hilditch MLA is a Northern Irish politician for the Democratic Unionist Party . He is an MLA for East Antrim.David Hilditch was born in 1963 in Carrickfergus.... (Deputy Chairperson) |
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| John O'Dowd John O'Dowd John O'Dowd MLA is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He served as acting deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from 20 September to 31 October 2011, and is also the current Minister for Education. O'Dowd is a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Upper Bann and a councillor on Craigavon... |
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| Michelle O'Neill Michelle O'Neill Michelle O'Neill is a Sinn Féin MLA who has represented Mid Ulster in the Northern Ireland Assembly since 2007. O'Neill is also the current Mayor of Dungannon and South Tyrone... |
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| Dominic Bradley Dominic Bradley Dominic Bradley MLA is an Irish politician and currently an Social Democratic and Labour Party Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Newry and Armagh... |
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| Mary Bradley | ||
| Basil McCrea Basil McCrea Basil McCrea MLA is a unionist politician in Northern Ireland. He was elected in 2007 to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Ulster Unionist Party member for Lagan Valley. He unsuccessfully contested the 2005 UK General Election in Lagan Valley for the UUP... |
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| Sir Reg Empey | ||