Debate contribution: Preschool Places

Debate contribution by Mr John Stewart on 27 April 2026.

MLA: Mr John Stewart
Party at the time: Ulster Unionist Party
Date: 27 April 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Preschool Places
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5508553

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I thank the Minister for that comprehensive answer. Minister, will lessons be learned by officials who are advising parents? Parents who received no offers for their first preference might, because it is the same council area, be offered a place in Ballymena when that family lives in Carrickfergus. Can any offers that are made be truly local and not 45 or 50 minutes away? That is not much for those parents to ask.

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 2283/22-27.

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