Debate contribution: Employability Support: People with Disabilities

Debate contribution by Mr Peter McReynolds on 10 March 2026.

MLA: Mr Peter McReynolds
Party at the time: Alliance Party
Date: 10 March 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Employability Support: People with Disabilities
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5436424

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I thank the Minister for his response. Minister, Advice NI has recommended that children from families in receipt of universal credit should be automatically enrolled for free school meals to ensure that no eligible family misses out.
Were data-sharing arrangements to make auto-enrolment possible discussed at those meetings with the Department of Education? Could that fit into the Executive's anti-poverty strategy?

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 3264/22-27.

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