Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021
989. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education if the DEIS review is close to completion; if so, the outcomes; if the review will benefit schools in the County Louth and east County Meath area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40143/21]
View answerA detailed analysis of school enrolment data and the latest data available from Census 2016, using the HP Deprivation Index, has been carried out by members of the DEIS Technical Group. This group contains representatives of the Department’s Statistics and Social Inclusion Units, the Inspectorate and the Educational Research Centre. My Department has commenced a consultation process with education stakeholder representatives on the refinement of the model, and work is ongoing on further elements of the model. It is envisaged that this will then provide the basis for development of a DEIS resource allocation system to match resources to identified need. Until this work is complete, it is not intended to extend the DEIS programme to any further schools.
