Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I have to tell the Deputy that it is one for the Minister for Education but I will give my tuppence worth. Unless there is an exact mirror of children in primary school and post-primary school, it is going to be a different cohort of children. There might be 20% or 50% of the children from primary school going to post-primary school but unless it is a 100% mirror, they are going to be very different. It is the greatest need and the greatest majority that results in the DEIS status. That is the model. The single biggest expansion of DEIS took place in the last couple of years. More work will be done in that area with the model of DEIS Plus being introduced as well.