Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022
1075. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will publish the list of 16 schools that successfully appealed their application for inclusion as DEIS schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40345/22]
View answerSchools were identified for inclusion in the DEIS programme using the refined DEIS identification model. The announcement in March this year benefitted 347 schools in total (310 schools were new to DEIS and 37 existing DEIS schools were identified for reclassification). This was the single largest expansion of the DEIS programme, at a cost of €32 million.
Schools that were not satisfied with the outcome following the application of the DEIS identification model to their school enrolment data have been provided with the opportunity to make an appeal. Circular 0019/2022 outlining the details of the DEIS appeals process, was published on 30th March 2022 by my Department and is available on the gov.ie website.
Schools that wished to make an appeal were afforded the opportunity to do so in line with the process outlined in the Circular. The deadline to submit an appeal was 5pm on Friday 29th April 2022.
By the deadline, appeals were received from 197 schools out of 3832 mainstream primary and post-primary schools in Ireland, indicating that just under 95% of schools were satisfied with the initial outcome.
Following the appeals process, 16 schools will benefit:
- 11 primary schools and 1 post-primary school have been identified for inclusion in the DEIS programme; and
- 4 schools have been identified for reclassification to DEIS Urban Band 1.
Details of these schools, together with all schools that will benefit from additional supports in the DEIS programme, from September are available on the gov.ie website at: gov.ie - List of Schools into DEIS (www.gov.ie)
