Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In the draft response I received, there was no reference to Scoil Na Naomh Uilig but I will bring it back to the Minister's office. The school will have the appeals mechanism there.

I emphasise that the DEIS programme focuses on targeting additional resources towards schools with the highest concentration of students at risk of educational disadvantage. The Department is committed to ensuring all schools are treated equally and fairly in the manner they are assessed for inclusion in the DEIS programme. There will be an appeals process to allow schools to seek a review, including Scoil Na Naomh Uilig. We will work with them to navigate that process. The Department will publish the details of the process on its website shortly. We look forward to seeing that for any schools which believe the model did not adequately reflect their circumstances. It is important they have that process.