Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 October 2021
594. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in County Cork that have DEIS status broken down by DEIS band 1, 2 and so on, rural and by primary and post-primary level in tabular form. [51072/21]
View answerDEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools is the main policy initiative of my Department to address educational disadvantage at school level.
My Department will spend over €150 million on the DEIS Programme in 2021, which includes some €26.07 million for the School Completion Programme.
In the 2021/22 academic year there are 884 schools in the DEIS Programme serving over 186,000 pupils - 687 Primary and 197 Post Primary.
The number of primary and post-primary level schools the County Cork Local Authority area that presently have DEIS status are 27 which are broken down by DEIS band in the table below:
|
DEIS Band |
Number of Schools |
|
DEIS Band 1 |
0 |
|
DEIS Band 2 |
4 |
|
DEIS Rural |
15 |
|
Post Primary |
8 |
The listings for both Primary and Post Primary schools can be found on the following link;
www.gov.ie/en/collection/63363b-data-on-individual-schools/
