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Education funding in Northern Ireland inquiry

Inquiry by the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, 1 August 2018 to 17 July 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 10 October 2018: Sharon O’ Connor, Chairperson, Education Authority, John Collings, Director of Education, Education Authority, Joyce Bill, Director of Finance & ICT, Education Authority
  • 31 October 2018: Deirdre Gillespie, Principal, St Mary's Grammar School and President, Association of School and College Leaders NI, Dr Graham Gault, Principal, Maghaberry Primary School and Secretary, Strategic Primary Principals Forum, Jo McColgan, Principal, Ashfield Boys’ High School, Nigel Frith, Principal, Drumragh Integrated College
  • 5 December 2018: Gerry Campbell, Chief Executive, Council for Catholic Maintained Schools, Tony McCusker, Chair, Finance and Personnel Committee, Council for Catholic Maintained Schools, Barry Mulholland, Chief Executive, Controlled Schools Support Council, Heather Murray, Board Member, Controlled Schools Support Council and Principal, Millington Primary SchoolNuala O’Neill, Chief Executive, Governing Bodies Association, Sir Gerry Loughran, Vice Chairman, Governing Bodies Association, Roisin Marshall, Chief Executive Officer, Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education, Diane McDowell, NICIE Representative, Department for Education Local Management of Schools Funding Committee and Bursar, Hazelwood Integrated Primary School
  • 9 January 2019: Geri Cameron, President, National Association of Head Teachers, NI, Justin McCamphill, Senior Northern Ireland Official, National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers, Gerry Murphy, Northern Secretary, Irish National Teachers Organisation
  • 27 February 2019: Sir Robert Salisbury, Chair of the 2013 Independent Review of the Common Funding Scheme, Koulla Yiasouma, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
  • 13 March 2019: Derek Baker, Permanent Secretary, Department of Education (NI), Fiona Hepper, Deputy Secretary for Education Policy and Children’s Services, Department of Education (NI), Gary Fair, Director of Finance, Department of Education (NI)