Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 958: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the Educational Disadvantage Committee; if there are plans for the committee to reconvene; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1373/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Educational Disadvantage Committee was established in March, 2002 under the Education Act, 1998. Members were appointed to the Committee for a period not exceeding three years. The term of office of the Committee was extended until 30 June 2005 in order to facilitate the completion of the Committee's final report.

The role of the Committee is to advise on policies and strategies to be adopted to identify and correct educational disadvantage.

My Department wrote to the education and social partners seeking their views on the composition and future work of the committee and these are under consideration.