Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45293/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Funding of €1 million has been approved from the Dormant Accounts Educational Disadvantage Programme for a scheme to assist 100 disadvantaged schools to progress towards achieving Digital School Status. The Digital Schools Award is an initiative which recognises excellence in a school's approach to integrating information and communications technology in its learning and teaching. Having regard to the funding of €1 million being available, the 100 schools identified with the highest concentration of disadvantage have been targeted to benefit from this particular scheme. Applications were invited from the 100 Primary Urban Band 1 DEIS schools serving the most disadvantaged communities. As the school in question is not within the scope of the scheme, its application for inclusion within the scheme cannot be considered. The possibility of extending the scheme in the future to other DEIS schools will be considered in the light of future available resources.