Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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We will request those figures. While the extra investment in DEIS is certainly very heartening and welcome, it sometimes seems that students are nearly more disadvantaged if they are not in a DEIS school. There is a roll-out of a number of programmes for DEIS schools, which is very welcome and will certainly help and support the children there, but equally there are children with disadvantage in a number of other schools that do not have DEIS status.

We will move quickly on to subhead A4, which relates to secondary comprehensive and community schools. That is on page 12 of the briefing. Do any members wish to indicate on this matter?