Debate contribution: Nurseries: Penultimate-age Children

Debate contribution by Ms Kate Nicholl on 6 October 2026.

MLA: Ms Kate Nicholl
Party at the time: Alliance Party
Date: 6 October 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Nurseries: Penultimate-age Children
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5776934

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I apologise. I think that I was thrown by the Minister's identifying himself as a "social justice" advocate. That is good news to hear, because our view is very much that putting two-year-olds in nursery settings is not the right place to spend £5 million of a constrained budget. What will the childcare strategy entail when it comes to providing a fit-for-purpose programme that will allow for child development for two- to three-year-olds?

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 4059/22-27.

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