John Lyons (Dublin North West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

If I might reply to that, I suppose it is not about looking out for one's area or anything like that. No matter what geographical area a person is unemployed in, the DEIS model is merely a really good analogy. Are the resources allocated appropriately to the levels of deprivation in particular areas and, if not, can we look towards doing that? If, for example, I am teaching in a school where there are children who are not even able to read and write and I am supposed to compete on outcomes at the same level with another school, I am merely asking if the Department of Social Protection could possibly think about it a little more and maybe come back with some sort of allocation of resources based on criteria identified to match the needs of the black spot that the area may be, irrespective of the part of the country it is in.