Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----we have offered €81 million to the schools and that is a significant provision for schools, because €21 million of it will ensure there will be support and it will bring it up to a permanent restoration of funding for all primary and post-primary schools from September 2024. The Deputy referenced schools that have particular issues around disadvantage. More than €180 million is being made available through the DEIS programme to our schools and one in four of our students are benefitting from the DEIS supports in our schools. Equally so, just to acknowledge, where any school has an individual issue we have a financial services support unit in the Department. We invite schools to engage with the unit on a one-to-one basis and we will work through any specific or individual issues a school might have.

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