Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

DEIS plan 2017 provides that if we are to have the maximum possible impact on providing opportunities for students most at risk of disadvantage, then our extra resources must be targeted as closely as possible at those students with the greatest level of need. It also provides for the development of a resource allocation model which aims to move away from the quite rigid and inflexible system for the identification of schools and resource allocation that has operated previously. In future, the intention is that the range and level of supports provided to schools will better match the identified educational need within their pupil cohorts. As someone with 31 years experience in education, I believe this is the right approach.

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