Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 July 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate
9:30 am
Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source
It is a very simple question. If the Department is now using postcodes to identify whether a school should be given DEIS status, how does that identify whether the resident in a postcode owns the property, is a housing assistance payment, HAP, tenant, or in receipt of social welfare? In those cases, the Department's algorithm is not working because I know of a number of schools where DEIS status should absolutely be applied and is not. They have failed in appeals. As Deputy O'Connor said earlier, I suggest our system is badly flawed and our children will suffer greatly because of it. Does Ms Mannion agree with that? Does she believe she is happy with how DEIS status is determined?
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