Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 527: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be designated as a disadvantaged school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3161/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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A key element of delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, the new action plan for educational inclusion is the putting in place of a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage in our primary and second level schools for the purposes of qualifying for resources, both human and financial, according to the degree of disadvantage experienced. This standardised system will replace all of the existing arrangements for targeting schools for participation in initiatives to address disadvantage.

The identification process is currently being finalised and we anticipate being in a position to issue an invitation to selected schools to participate in a new integrated school support programme shortly. Existing schemes and programmes will be integrated into the school support programme on a phased basis over the implementation period.