Debate contribution: School Transport Costs

Debate contribution by Mr Stewart Dickson on 2 February 2026.

MLA: Mr Stewart Dickson
Party at the time: Alliance Party
Date: 2 February 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: School Transport Costs
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5356660

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Minister, thank you for your answer. Will you tell the House what practical steps you intend to take to ensure that specialist placements for pupils and students are available in the areas in which they require them in order to keep children and young people in their local communities and as close to home as possible?

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

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 1992/22-27.

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