Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 566: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application for disadvantage status by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when a decision will be made in regard to the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8921/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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There are over 200 second level schools which have been designated disadvantaged under an initiative adopted in the mid-1990s. These schools which were selected by reference to a range of socioeconomic criteria are in receipt of additional teaching and funding support.

An overall review of educational disadvantage programmes is being finalised by my Department. The purpose of this review is to build on what has been achieved to date, adopt a more systematic, targeted and integrated approach and strengthen the capacity of the system to meet the educational needs of disadvantaged children and young people.

My priorities for tackling educational disadvantage in the context of the final report of the review process will include putting in place an improved system for identifying and reviewing levels of disadvantage and targeting supports accordingly.