Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 February 2005
502 Mr. Curran asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will appoint a home or school or community liaison officer to the south Clondalkin schools completion programme which most if not all SCP school clusters have. [5072/05]
View answerOver 200 second level schools were designated as disadvantaged under an initiative adopted in the mid-1990s and were invited to participate in the home-school-community liaison scheme. These schools, which were selected by reference to a range of socio-economic criteria, are in receipt of additional teaching and funding support. An overall review of educational disadvantage programmes is being finalised by my Department.
The purpose of this review is to build on what has been achieved to date, adopt a more systematic, targeted and integrated approach and strengthen the capacity of the system to meet the educational needs of disadvantaged children and young people. Any decision to expand or extend any of the initiatives aimed at addressing educational disadvantage is being considered in the context of this review, the outcome of which I hope to announce shortly.
