Mr. Hugh Doogan:

The DEIS schools we work with obviously have smaller class sizes for starters, which makes it easier for the teacher to specifically work with a child that may display conditions and symptoms associated with ADHD. The role of the home school community liaison, HSCL, that is attached to DEIS schools is critical in this as well in getting to the parents, who are often very hard to reach. The HSCL can be critical, so that is one of the benefits of the DEIS scheme. I think more schools probably need it. I speak to principals every day and who say they applied for the DEIS scheme and did not get it.