Debate contribution: Preschool Admissions: Socially Disadvantaged Circumstances Criterion
Debate contribution by Ms Cara Hunter on .
- MLA
- Ms Cara Hunter
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 7 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Ministerial Statement
- Heading
- Preschool Admissions: Socially Disadvantaged Circumstances Criterion
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5669680
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Text
Minister, you will know that roughly one in five children in Northern Ireland live in absolute poverty, and that that will shape their lives and have serious implications for their life chances. We all know that preschool can play a powerful, vital and meaningful role in closing that gap. Knowing that, Minister, why are you pushing forward with removing the only statutory protection for those children without guaranteeing a replacement?
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