John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can be classified as DEIS band 1. [27394/18]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The identification of schools for receipt of additional resources under the DEIS programme is informed by a scientific data based model which assesses levels of disadvantage in individual schools based on the pupil cohort of the school. It is important to note that any adjustment to the DEIS status of a school, including the school referred to by the Deputy, will be based on the DEIS Identification process.

As the Deputy may be aware, an update of the DEIS Identification process is nearing completion. This will take account of updated school data as provided by schools for the current school year combined with the Pobal HP Index of Deprivation, based on CSO Small Area Population statistics derived from the 2016 National Census. A detailed quality assurance process in respect of this is currently underway and no decisions to extend the DEIS programme will be made until this is complete and the outcome has been considered.