Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the difference in funding, each school (details supplied) in Dublin 1, 7, and 9 will receive under the DEIS programme in 2009, compared to 2007 and 2008 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43876/08]

Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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All of the schools referred to by the Deputy are included in the DEIS programme and will continue to be following Budget 2009.

DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion, is being rolled out on a phased basis over the period 2005-10, and focuses on addressing the educational needs of children and young people from disadvantaged communities, from pre-school through second-level education (3 to 18 years).

The action plan provides for a standardised system for identifying levels of disadvantage and a new integrated School Support Programme (SSP). It brings together, and builds upon, a number of existing interventions in schools with a concentrated level of disadvantage. There are 876 schools in DEIS. These comprise 673 primary schools and 203 second-level schools.

DEIS provides various supports for both primary and post primary schools which include additional financial supports which take account of schools' levels of disadvantage and enrolments.

In respect of the 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 school years, grants amounting to €11.8 million and €13.6 million have issued to the 873 primary and second level schools included in the DEIS programme.

For the current school year, 2008/2009, grants amounting to €10.5 million have issued to the 673 primary schools in the programme and arrangements are currently being made to issue in the region of €3.5 million to the 203 second level schools identified for inclusion in the programme.

The Deputy should be aware that it is not the practice of my Department to publish the resources provided to individual schools without the consent of the schools in question.