Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a re-evaluation of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme for schools; if those schools who did not qualify in the original criteria a decade ago will be able to apply again; if she will provide details of the application process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15608/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The recently published ESRI report on "Learning from the Evaluation of DEIS" which was commissioned by my Department, draws together the learning to date from the implementation of DEIS and identifies some of the challenges for future policy in this area.

I see this Report as a starting point for a new discussion on the future of DEIS. To this end, I have commenced a consultation process with education partners to inform the development of appropriate future measures to combat educational disadvantage.An inter-Departmental group will consider the roles of relevant Government Departments in delivering DEIS and a Technical Group will consider appropriate eligibility criteria for a revised identification process for schools. Pending the outcome of this work, which will be completed during the next school year, I do not propose to expand the Programme.