Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 May 2018
71. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to issues raised in a Topical Issue debate of 22 February 2018 (details supplied), when a decision will be reached on this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23058/18]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, an update of the identification model is currently underway. 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.
Should this exercise reveal that any school, including the school referred to by the Deputy, which did not qualify for DEIS in 2017, meets the criteria applicable to schools with the highest concentration of disadvantage based on the updated information, then additional schools may be included, subject to available resources.
