Committee for Education

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.

Membership

The membership on 14 September 2015 was:

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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

External links

• "Committee for Education". Official website