AQW 21330/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education whether she plans to hold an investigation into the actions of the Education Authority in not securing land at the former Castle Gardens Primary School site, Newtownards, resulting in the erection of an illegal and unsafe bonfire during the months of May, June and July 2021.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 2 July 2021
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 2 July 2021
- Answer due by
- 21 July 2021
- Answered
- 23 July 202121 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The gate of the site was secured with a new lock following the bonfire last year. The bonfire builders broke this lock and entered the site without the EA’s permission or knowledge at some point in the preceding weeks. I do not feel that any further investigation is required at this time.