AQW 50473/22-27

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 03/07/2026
Answered On Date: 08/07/2026
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any steps his Department will take to ensure that children with disabilities have equal access to education and opportunity, in line with issues highlighted in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report entitled, Disability and poverty in Northern Ireland.

Answer:

Access to education is a statutory right for all children of compulsory school age, including those with disabilities and/ or special educational needs (SEN) as set out in the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 and the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.