Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

Every school that participated in the survey was informed in writing that no school would lose any current resources for 2006-07. The schools were also informed that beyond that they would receive resources in line with the level of socio-economic disadvantage in each school.

Rural schools are not compared with urban schools as there is separate category for the rural schools. There is a big difference between rural and urban disadvantage. Where there is a greater concentration of poverty and educational disadvantage in urban areas, then there is a greater level of disadvantage in the schools. That will be targeted in this project.

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