Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 376: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a home school liaison officer will be appointed to a school (details supplied) in County Laois. [17278/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I will soon be publishing a new action plan for tackling disadvantage in education. The new action plan will involve better identification of levels of disadvantage in our schools, as well as a single integrated programme of supports for schools with concentrated levels of disadvantage which will bring together ten existing schemes and initiatives, including the home-school-community liaison scheme.

A survey to assess levels of disadvantage in primary schools is being carried out with the assistance of the educational research centre and this will assist my Department in identifying the primary schools to be targeted for support under the action plan. The new action plan will be implemented on a phased basis, starting in the next school year.