In 2009-10, the Public Accounts Committee recommended that the Department of Education (DE) commission research to identify which parents were not taking up the opportunity of pre-school education and the reasons for their nonparticipation. In response, DE Early Years Team and Statistics and Research Team conducted a survey of those parents and the results were reported in April 2011. It was decided to update the research in 2012, given the introduction of the two-staged application process and the Programme for Government 2011-15 commitment to ensure that at least one year of pre-school education is available to every family that wants it. The research will be updated annually to obtain feedback from parents and identify any potential improvements to the admissions process. (author abstract)