Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time that the appeals process for DEIS allocation can take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27380/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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From next September the DEIS programme will be extended to an additional 310 schools. 37 schools will also benefit from additional supports following reclassification. Schools were identified for inclusion in the programme through the refined DEIS identification model which is an objective, statistics based model. Schools were not required to apply for inclusion in the DEIS programme and the model has been applied fairly and equally to all schools.

My Department is committed to ensuring that all schools are treated equally and fairly in the manner in which they have been identified for inclusion in the DEIS programme and all appeals which were submitted to my Department are currently being processed.

When all appeals have been processed, schools will be informed in writing of the outcome of the appeal. It is my Department’s intention that schools will be provided with the outcome in the coming weeks to allow schools time to plan for the 2022/23 school year.