Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 March 2017
376. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the response to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 1 March 2017 and indicate whether the research document referred to in that question was considered by his Department in producing the criteria upon which applications for DEIS would be evaluated (details supplied). [13905/17]
View answerThe Deputy will be aware from my reply of the 1st March of the key data sources considered and used in the new identification process. This is based on objective data sourced from the CSO and from the Department's POD and PPOD database, and not on research provided by schools or other bodies. Unlike previous rounds of DEIS allocation, this allocation on this occasion did not depend on applications from schools or information gathered by other bodies, but purely on objective data. As such, the research document referred to was not an input into the decision-making process. However, the Department is aware of the document and its findings.
Further information on the development of the new identification model is contained in the report of the DEIS Review Process which can be found on my Department's website at http://www.education.ie/en/Schools-Colleges/Services/DEIS-Delivering-Equality-of-Opportunity-in-Schools-/DEIS-Review-Report.pdf.
