Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 324: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to ensure that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will be included in the school completion programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4496/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Urban and town primary schools and post primary schools selected to participate in the new integrated school support programme, as part of the new action plan for educational inclusion, delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, will have access to a range of supports, both academic and non-academic, after school and holiday time supports, for young people, based on best practice identified through the school completion programme. The school support programme will replace all of the existing arrangements for targeting schools for participation in initiatives to address disadvantage.

The identification process is being finalised and we anticipate being in a position to issue an invitation to selected schools to participate in the new school support programme shortly.