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

Party		Member
	Alliance	Chris Lyttle (Deputy Chairperson)
	DUP	David Hilditch
	DUP	Carla Lockhart
	DUP	Philip Logan
	DUP	Maurice Morrow
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff (Chairperson)
	Sinn Féin	Caitríona Ruane
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Seeley
	SDLP	Colin McGrath
	UUP	Rosemary Barton
	UUP	Sandra Overend

References

↑ "Committee for Education". Retrieved 18 January 2016.

External links

"Committee for Education". Official website

Northern Ireland Assembly

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Constituencies	Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West East Antrim East Londonderry Fermanagh and South Tyrone Foyle Lagan Valley Mid Ulster Newry and Armagh North Antrim North Down South Antrim South Down Strangford Upper Bann West Tyrone

Parties	Current: Alliance Democratic Unionist Green People Before Profit Alliance Sinn Féin Social Democratic and Labour Traditional Unionist Voice Ulster Unionist

Elections	1998 2003 2007 2011 2016

Procedure	Cross-community vote

See also	Good Friday Agreement St Andrews Agreement

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