Debate contribution: School Uniforms: Guidelines

Debate contribution by Ms Connie Egan on 18 November 2025.

MLA: Ms Connie Egan
Party at the time: Alliance Party
Date: 18 November 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: School Uniforms: Guidelines
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5244240

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Thank you, Minister. In the guidelines, the definition of "excessive costs" is:
"higher costs than lower income households can reasonably be expected to afford".
What do you think is reasonable for a low-income household to pay for a child's post-primary school uniform?

42 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 2717/22-27.

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