Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 375: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of national schools in the country that is part of Delivering Equality in Schools by school patronage in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18768/10]

Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 376: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of national schools in the country that are part of home school liaison scheme by school patronage in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18769/10]

Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 377: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of national schools in the country that are designated disadvantage by school patronage in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18770/10]

Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 378: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of national schools in the country that are in the disadvantage area scheme by school patronage in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18771/10]

Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 379: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of national schools in the country that are in the giving the children an even break scheme by school patronage in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18772/10]

Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 375 to 379, inclusive, together.

DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), the action plan for educational inclusion was launched by the Minister for Education and Science in 2005. The DEIS action plan has replaced the range of pre-existing programmes in place in my Department to combat educational disadvantage in schools with concentrated levels of disadvantage. At present there are 678 primary schools included in the School Support Programme under DEIS.

The programmes replaced by DEIS include Giving Children an Even Break (GCEB), the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (DAS) and Breaking the Cycle (BTC). While the inclusion of a school in DEIS is indicative of a significant level of disadvantage in that school, DEIS does not provide for a formal designation of disadvantage.

Officials in my Department are currently updating the register of Patrons provided for under Section 8 of the Education Act and are verifying the Register details directly with all school Patrons.

The document below sets out, in tabular form, details of primary schools in the country by patronage, that have been identified for inclusion under the DEIS action plan as per the current information held in my Departmentâ€TMs register of Patrons. All of these schools participate in either the Home School Community Liaison Scheme (for urban schools) or the Rural Coordinator Scheme (for rural schools).