Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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977. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include all DEIS band one schools when reducing class size numbers for all class levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18801/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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On the 1st March 2021, I announced a package of measures to tackle educational disadvantage. This announcement provided for a one point improvement to the staffing schedule for all Urban Band 1 schools. This included a reduction in the staffing schedule from 22:1 to 21:1 for Urban Band 1 vertical schools and 20:1 to 19:1 for Urban Band 1 junior schools, which was in addition to previously announced one-point reduction for Senior Urban Band 1 schools from 24:1 to 23:1.

DEIS remains this Department’s main policy to tackle educational disadvantage. My Department will spend over €150 million on the programme this year.