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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disadvantaged Status (16 Apr 2024)
Norma Foley: I do not disagree with the Deputy. It is important for the Department to have an independent assessment of the work of DEIS and then we will have an opportunity to see where we can go forward. The OECD Strength through Diversity: Education for Inclusive Societies project is currently engaged in a review. It has been here, and was here last summer. It is reviewing the entire DEIS area. It...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disadvantaged Status (16 Apr 2024)
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am not in any way suggesting that the Minister does not appreciate the severity of the issues at hand. I have shared stories of my time teaching. The stories of people now on the front line are harrowing. We are losing children because of interventions which could take place and which, as has been acknowledged, would make the difference. It is very upsetting and very emotional to speak...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disadvantaged Status (16 Apr 2024)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the DEIS initiative for schools in areas with the highest deprivation, which is really important. However, I see this even in County Carlow in schools that I am working with now. For example, some of the schools have hot meals but they have no funding for snacks or breakfast. The supports are vital. There is the added struggle for the same students to access the public health...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disadvantaged Status (16 Apr 2024)
Norma Foley: I really believe there is unanimity in the Chamber on the value and importance of DEIS and on the difference that DEIS makes to the life of the student. The DEIS programme has provided a range of supports, such as reduced class sizes, additional resources, school completion and home-school-community liaison officers. Very importantly there are two things. There are schools in DEIS whose...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disadvantaged Status (16 Apr 2024)
Questions Nos. 67 to 75, inclusive, taken with Written Answers.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disadvantaged Status (16 Apr 2024)
Catherine Connolly: We are almost out of time. Deputy Clarke will not have the full time for this question.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disadvantaged Status (16 Apr 2024)
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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disadvantaged Status (16 Apr 2024)
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the proposal to introduce a DEIS plus scheme for the most acutely disadvantaged schools in the country. [16367/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disadvantaged Status (16 Apr 2024)
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Minister will know that I have raised this next matter probably more than any other issue in my capacity as the Labour Party's spokesperson on education. I refer to the need for a new designation of what is called DEIS plus for the most acutely disadvantaged schools. It is an initiative that was started in Dublin 17, in schools in Tallaght and Ballymun. The estimate is that about 100...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disadvantaged Status (16 Apr 2024)
Norma Foley: The DEIS programme is a key policy initiative of the Department to address specifically concentrated areas of educational disadvantage at school level. The Department now spends over €180 million annually providing additional supports to just under 1,200 schools in the DEIS programme. This includes an additional €32 million allocated following the announcement to extend the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disadvantaged Status (16 Apr 2024)
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: When I raised this matter before, the Minister said there would be no OECD review of the DEIS programme until the second quarter of this year. This is why I have been relatively patient in trying to find out if the Minister will listen to what the principals have said. The Minister has said she has met them. The need in these schools is absolutely profound. Making one child out of every...