Committee for Education

Northern Ireland

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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.^[1]

Membership

The membership on 14 September 2015 was:^[2]

Party		Member
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn
	DUP	Jonathan Craig
	DUP	Nelson McCausland
	DUP	Robin Newton
	DUP	Peter Weir (Chairperson)
	Sinn Féin	Chris Hazzard
	Sinn Féin	Maeve McLaughlin
	Sinn Féin	Pat Sheehan
	SDLP	Sean Rogers
	UUP	Sandra Overend (Deputy Chairperson)
	UUP	Danny Kennedy

References

↑ "Committee for Education". Retrieved 18 January 2016.
↑ "Committee for Education - Membership". Northern Ireland Assembly. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

External links

"Committee for Education". Official website

Northern Ireland Assembly

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