Michael D'Arcy (Fine Gael)

The Minister has stated he will not identify the schools in question but that "a key priority for the Department is to prioritise and target resources in schools with the most concentrated levels of educational disadvantage." He has clearly decided to abandon those schools which should have DEIS status and have met the criteria for it. That is wrong. I will be moving an all-party motion on identifying these schools and I hope other parties will support me on this.