AQW 21137/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any barriers that exist to the full implementation of the actions identified by the Expert Panel on Educational Underachievement, in line with the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission's Annual Statement.
Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 22 January 2025
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 22 January 2025
- Answer due by
- 6 February 2025
- Answered
- 27 January 20255 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
With reference to the recommendation contained in the NIHRC’s Annual Statement, I can confirm that my Department is ensuring that ‘…every effort is made to use all resources at its disposal to implement the Expert Panel’s findings.’
Funding uncertainty during 2023/24 and 2024/25 for education continues to impact on the extent to which the 47 actions for change identified within the report can be delivered. However there have been some positive signs of progress and details are published in A Fair Start Progress Report 6.
The barriers to full implementation of the 47 actions are financial and not due to a lack of commitment from my Department.