Northern Ireland Assembly
Education Service

Supporting young people’s understanding of the Northern Ireland Assembly and democracy.

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The Primary and 8-10 sections of this website are available in Irish

Primary

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  • How a Law is Made activity screenshot
    Laws are rules to protect people and help a country or region to run smoothly...
  • Who are your MLAs?
    MLAs are who work for us at the Northern Ireland Assembly in Belfast...
  • How do we Elect MLAs?
    The people of Northern Ireland elect 90 MLAs to the Northern Ireland Assembly...
  • The Assembly Story
    Things that happened in the past affect how we live today. From 1969 to 1994, Northern Ireland went through...

Years 8-10

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  • The Work of an MLA
    One of the major roles of an MLA, or Member of the Legislative Assembly, is to work on new laws, or legislation...
  • Who are your MLAs?
    Which constituency do you live in and who are your MLAs? The people of Northern Ireland elect MLAs to...
  • Why do we have an Assembly?
    The Assembly was set up after the Belfast Agreement was reached on...
  • How do we Elect MLAs?
    In an election, we choose the people we want to make decisions on our behalf. Although we live in a democracy...

Years 11-12

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  • How do we Elect MLAs?
    There are different ways to choose your elected representatives in a democracy, In Westminster elections, Voters put an X...
  • Who are your MLAs?
    Who represents you in the Northern Ireland Assembly? The people of Northern Ireland elect MLAs to represent them ...
  • Quiz Graphic
    Take part in our quiz to see if you could be a future MLA!...
  • Inside Parliament Buildings activity screenshot
    The role of an MLA is just one of the careers available inside Parliament Buildings. Other jobs are essential to make government run smoothly...

Post 16

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  • Quiz Graphic
    Take part in our quiz to see if you could be a future MLA!...
  • Why do we have an Assembly?
    On 2 December 1999, the UK Parliament devolved powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly for the first time...
  • How do we Elect MLAs?
    The Northern Ireland Assembly consists of 90 MLAs representing 18 constituencies. There are elections every five years....
  • Snapshots of History activity screenshot
    After powers were devolved to the Assembly, things did not run smoothly and a number of further agreements were required...

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