Written answers

Tuesday, 21 April 2015

Department of Education and Skills

Educational Disadvantage

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of her decision to formally review the operation of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme, if any schools due to have legacy posts suppressed in September 2015 will now retain these posts; if her Department will review its decision to suppress legacy scheme posts in other schools in previous academic years where the school had a post suppressed due to the school becoming eligible for an additional mainstream teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15301/15]

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The recently published ESRI Report "Learning from the Evaluation of DEIS", which was commissioned by my Department, provides an opportunity to commence an assessment of the DEIS programme. A consultation process with education partners has been commenced to inform the development of appropriate measures to continue to support those at risk of poor educational outcomes. An interdepartmental Working Group is being established to ensure a joined-up approach to delivery of services in DEIS as well as a Technical Group to develop a revised identification process for schools. This work will take place over the course of the next school year.

While this wider analysis of the DEIS Programme is underway and pending the final outcome of the process, I have paused the offsetting of pre-DEIS legacy posts in DEIS schools for the 2015/16 school year. The schools concerned have been notified accordingly.This decision relates only to those schools who currently have legacy posts that were to be subsumed into mainstream posts in the next school year.

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