Written Answers Nos. 117-134
117. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the steps he plans to take in 2017 to prevent the loss of trade to Irish retailers as consumers cross the Border into the United Kingdom to purchase goods which are excisable. [17407/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraRelative price levels between Ireland and Northern Ireland for excisable products are an important factor in determining budgetary policy every year. These price levels are monitored on a regular basis. The most recent data from Revenue on indicative price levels for excisable products (alcohol, tobacco and mineral oil products) is outlined below. This is based on a cross border price comparison carried out in November 2016, updated for the € / £ exchange rate as of 20 March 2017: (Exchange rate UK£1 = €0.86796)
Alcohol
|
Product |
Price in the State (€) |
Price in N.I. (€) |
Difference (€) |
|
Can Lager |
2.05 |
1.71 |
0.34 |
|
Bottle of Wine (Chardonnay) |
10.35 |
8.25 |
2.10 |
|
Bottle of Whiskey |
24.89 |
21.46 |
3.43 |
|
Bottle of Vodka |
20.00 |
14.70 |
5.30 |
Tobacco products
|
Product |
Price in the State (€) |
Price in N.I. (€) |
Difference (€) |
|
20 cigarettes |
11.30 |
11.41 |
0.11 |
|
Roll your own tobacco (RYO) 25g pack |
12.40 |
11.01 |
1.39 |
Mineral Oil Products:
|
Light oils - unleaded petrol |
3c/litre lower in the South |
|
Light oils auto diesel |
14c/litre lower in the South |
|
Home heating Kerosene |
15c/litre higher in the South |
|
Home heating Diesel |
5c/litre higher in the South |
Price differences between the South and North are determined by (i) VAT and excise rates in both jurisdictions, (ii) exchange rates, and (iii) the pricing strategies of retailers. I and my officials will continue to monitor price levels in order to avoid the emergence of differentials that would give rise to cross border diversion of trade and consumer spending in excisable products.
118. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the corresponding increase in road tax required to fund a reduction in current VRT rates by 50%. [17408/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am informed by Revenue that a 50% reduction in the current VRT rates based on the registrations for 2016 would result in an estimated loss of revenue of €380m.
I am informed by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government that motor tax receipts for 2016 were €1,052m. Theoretically, it could be projected that a 36.1% increase on these receipts would equate to €380m.
119. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the amount of VRT and VAT forgone by the decline in new private car sales in the first quarter of 2017 over 2016. [17409/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am informed by Revenue that an estimated €60m would have been collected for the Exchequer if sales of new cars in the first quarter of 2017 had matched the level seen in the same period in 2016. However, the Deputy should also note than an additional €26.4m in VRT has been received in respect of increased registrations in used cars in the same period.
120. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 per annum in tabular form. [17433/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn response to the Deputy's question, I have included in tabular form, the requested information in relation to external consultant reports commissioned by my Department since March 2011.
|
Commission date |
External Consultant Report |
Name |
Cost |
Published /Expected Publication date |
|
2017 |
SME Lending Survey October 2016 - March 2017 |
Behaviour & Attitudes |
N/A - Survey ongoing |
To be published May 2017** |
|
2016 |
SME Lending Survey April 2016 - September 2016 |
Behaviour & Attitudes |
€64,575.00 |
Published December 2016** |
|
2016 |
Structure of the Banking Sector in Ireland in a Post-Crisis Era |
Seamus Coffey |
€543.28 |
Not published. Policy research paper. |
|
2016 |
Review of Corporate Tax Code |
Seamus Coffey |
Review ongoing |
Review Ongoing |
|
2016 |
SME Lending Survey October 2015 - March 2016 |
Red C |
€58,979.00 |
Published June 2016** |
|
2015 |
SME Lending Survey November 2014 - April 2015 |
Red C Research & Marketing Ltd |
€58,978.50 |
Published - April 2015** |
|
2015 |
Review of Local Property Tax |
Dr Don Thornhill |
Nil |
Published - October 2015 |
|
2015 |
Tax breaks and the residential property market |
ESRI |
€30,677.43 |
Published - October 2015 |
|
2015 |
Spillover analysis of the effects of the Irish tax system on the economies of developing countries |
IBFD |
€94,678.00 |
Published - October 2015 |
|
2015 |
Review of marine taxation |
Indecon |
€106,887.00 |
Published - October 2015 |
|
2015 |
SME Lending Survey May 2015 - October 2015 |
Red C |
€58,979.00 |
Published September 2015** |
|
2015 |
Assessment of special regeneration areas for the Living City Initiative |
John Martin |
€2,500.00 |
Not published. Used as input to the decisions made on the special regeneration areas. The details of these areas were published when the Living City Initiative was launched. |
|
2015 |
The provision of a review of the current Health and Safety Arrangements within the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The final objectives are to update the Health and Safety Management Systems within both Departments in order to build on existing Health and Safety culture and practices within both Departments |
Antaris Consulting |
€16,113.00 |
Not published. Internal Health & Safety report only. While the Department of Finance is the client the service is being provided to both the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. |
|
2015 |
SME Lending Survey November 2014 - April 2015 |
Red C Research & Marketing Ltd |
€58,978.50 |
Published - April 2015** |
|
2014 |
Cost benefit analysis of Irish Agri-taxation measures and international benchmark against other Agri-taxation incentives |
Indecon |
€103,689 |
Published - October 2014 |
|
2014 |
Effective rates of corporation tax in Ireland |
Seamus Coffey |
€4,900.00 |
Published - April 2014 |
|
2014 |
Importance of tax policy in the location choices of multi-nationals |
ESRI |
€30,750.00 |
Published - October 2014 |
|
2014 |
Research Programme on funding for Small, Medium Enterprises |
ESRI |
€122,833.96 |
Published - October 2014 |
|
2014 |
The historical development and international context of the Irish corporate tax system |
Ernst & Young |
€6,150.00 |
Published - October 2014 |
|
2014 |
SME Lending Survey April-October 2014 |
Red C Research & Marketing Limited |
€58,978.50 |
Published - November 2014** |
|
2014 |
SME Lending Survey October-March 2014 |
Red C Research & Marketing Limited |
€58,978.50 |
Published - June 2014** |
|
2014 |
Review of existing facilities management processes |
MKF Property Services |
€28,720.50 |
Published - June 2014 |
|
2014 |
Reviews into Mortgage Servicing |
Citibank Europe plc |
€0.00 |
Cancelled |
|
2013
|
Assistance and Analysis in the Preparation of the Medium-Term Economic Strategy 2014-2020 |
PMCA Economic Consulting |
€49,043.00 |
Not published. It was commissioned to provide evidence-based economic analysis as an input to the MTES. This analysis is reflected in the text of the MTES. |
|
2013 |
Spatial Development Patterns - Implications for the Medium Term Economic Strategy (MTES) |
ESRI |
€4,624 |
Not published. Used as input to MTES and analysis is reflected there |
|
2013 |
Report to Department in respect of a survey of R&D Active Companies 2013 |
Crowe Horwath |
€36,850.80 |
Published |
|
2013 |
Ex ante cost benefit analysis of proposed Living City Initiative |
Indecon |
€28,290.00 |
Published |
|
2013 |
SME Lending Survey October-March 2013 |
Red C Research & Marketing Limited |
€59,593.50 |
Published** |
|
2013 |
SME Lending Survey April-September 2013 |
Red C Research & Marketing Limited |
€58,978.50 |
Published** |
|
2013 |
Remuneration Review of Covered Institutions |
Mercer (Ireland) Limited |
€146,370.00 |
Published |
|
2012 |
External Review of the Compilation of General Government Debt Statistics |
Deloitte & Touche |
€ 61,553.00 |
Published |
|
2012 |
(a) Survey of audio-visual producers (b) Review on international review of audio-visual state supports |
BDO and Amárach |
€64,575.00 |
Published |
|
2012 |
Assessment of Credit Review Office |
Grant Thornton |
€31,807.80 |
Published |
|
2012 |
SME Lending Survey October-March 2012 |
Mazars |
€60,885.00 |
Published** |
|
2012 |
SME Lending Survey April-September 2012 |
Red C Research & Marketing Limited |
€61,438.50 |
Published** |
|
2011 |
SME Lending Survey April-September 2011 |
Mazars |
€52,453.50 |
Published** |
|
2011 |
Acquisition by AIB of EBS Building Society |
Charles River Associates |
€50,000.00 |
Published |
|
2011 |
Mortgage arrears report commissioned to feed into Government strategy |
ARAM International Partners |
€100,000 |
Not published. It informed the deliberations of the Keane Group and fed into the Keane Report on Mortgage Arrears. |
**Reimbursed by AIB & Bank of Ireland
The Deputy may wish to note that the list does not include research outputs under the joint Macro-economy and Taxation research programme between the Department of Finance and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
121. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the status of his Department's efforts to attract financial services businesses here post-Brexit; the role of the Central Bank in that process; if he has considered adapting that role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17443/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraContingency planning for Brexit has been ongoing at all levels of Government well in advance of the UK EU referendum in June 2016. Ireland has a successful track record of competing for, and winning, global foreign direct investment. One of the key pillars of that success is the growth of the International Financial Services (IFS) sector, in particular over the past 30 years. Ireland is now recognised internationally as a leading global centre for internationally traded financial services.
In March 2015, the Government launched the lFS2020 Strategy, a whole-of-government approach to further driving the growth and development of the IFS sector in Ireland. Implementation of the IFS2020 Strategy and the annual Action Plans is driven by a public sector High Level Implementation Committee (HLIC). The HLIC, meeting on a quarterly basis, is chaired by Minister of State for Financial Services Eoghan Murphy TD. Minister of State Murphy also chairs quarterly meetings of the IFS2020 Joint Committee, comprising of members of the public sector HLIC and senior IFS industry representatives. Brexit is a standing agenda item at these quarterly meetings.
The Government is keen to maximise on opportunities that arise from Brexit where possible. The IFS2020 Strategy, the long-term vision for international financial services, was developed and put in place long before the UK decision to leave the EU. However, it provides a clear framework to maximise any opportunities that might arise from that decision particularly through the annual Action Plans. The annual Action Plans enable a tailored response to deal with these challenges and opportunities as they arise. The IFS2020 Strategy combines long-term strategic thinking with the flexible tools to react to any domestic and international developments occurring over the period.
In January Minister of State Murphy launched the IFS2020 Action Plan for 2017, the Action Plan has two sections, the first is a contextual piece in respect of Brexit, and the second section outlines the 40 specific measures to be actioned under the plan and the lead government departments, agencies or industry bodies who lead on each measure.
Also in January, the second annual European Financial Forum was held in Dublin Castle. The forum, which was hosted by Minister of State Murphy is designed to showcase Ireland's financial services offering to an international audience and highlight the Government's commitment to the development of international financial services in Ireland.
Since his appointment Minister of State Murphy has undertaken a significant number of overseas visits to promote Ireland as a destination for financial services investment and launch the IFS Ireland banner brand.
In respect of the role of the Central Bank of Ireland, the Central Bank does not have a promotional mandate and legally cannot promote Ireland for financial services investment. The clear mandate of the bank is to protect consumers and ensure the financial stability of the state. A key component of a successful and attractive jurisdiction for the location of financial service firms is a strong and independent regulator, with international credibility.
The Central Bank is well resourced to meet the current level of demand and enquiries that are being presented. The Central Bank Commission has recently approved additional complement of 170 staff for 2017 to bring the Central Bank's total staffing to 1,800 full-time equivalents. The 2017 expansion includes dedicated resources of additional staff to address specific Brexit-related new business needs. The Central Bank also plans to assess on a regular basis the need for contingency-based extra Brexit related hiring in response to additional business volumes.
The Central Bank is already engaging with a significant number of firms across all sectors, and is committed to providing a high quality, fair and transparent authorisation process for all applicants. The Central Bank will expect a substantive presence in Ireland.
122. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the total allocated budget per annum for hiring external consultancy firms for his Department's campaign for the relocation of the European Banking Authority; the costs to date; the name of the firms involved to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17444/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy officials have been engaging with relevant stakeholders in order to further progress the goal of relocating the European Banking Authority to Ireland, post the completion of the negotiations between the EU and the United Kingdom. This has included meetings with the European Commission in order to highlight the benefits of relocating the Authority to Ireland. The meetings with the EBA have in addition sought to determine the needs of the Authority and its staff, after they are relocated from London.
Also, Minister Murphy met with Vice President Dombrovskis (Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) in March. The issue of the EBA was raised by the Minister who outlined the benefits of Dublin as a location for the Authority.
I would point out, that the European Commission launched a public consultation on the operations of the European Supervisory Authorities (European Banking Authority, European Securities and Markets Authority and European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority) on the 21st of March. It is expected a legislative proposal from the Commission will follow in due course.
In the consultation the Commission challenges the structure of the European Supervisory Authorities, which currently mirrors the traditional tripartite nature of the financial industry. It has raised the question of whether there are potential benefits from merging the EBA with EIOPA, which is based in Frankfurt.
Due to this uncertainty surrounding the future of the EBA, it is unlikely a final decision on its location will be made in the near future. A decision may only be made once the legislative proposal on reforming the European Supervisory Authorities has been agreed.
As the timeline for a decision is not immediate and will be dependent on the outcome of the Public consultation, I do not consider any need to engage external consultancy firms at this stage to support our bid for the EBA. The resources currently available in my Department are sufficient to manage the process.
123. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that an appeal for the retention of 16 mainstream class teachers by a school (details supplied) is approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17309/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts for the 2017/2018 school year is set out in the Staffing Schedule (Circular 0017/2017) which is available on the Department website. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the 30 September 2016. The staffing schedule also includes an appeals mechanism for schools to submit an appeal under certain criteria to an independent Appeals Board.
The school referred to by the Deputy submitted an application for consideration by the Appeals Board at its April meeting.
The Appeals Board operates independently of the Department and its decision is final.
124. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17153/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe major building project for the school to which the Deputy refers is an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design, which includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Certificate and Disability Access Certificate and the preparation of Tender Documents. All applications for Statutory Approvals have been lodged and the Disability Access Certificate has been secured.
The Department and its design team are currently engaged with the Local Authority regarding the planning application, including dealing with a Request for Further Information.
When all Statutory Approvals are secured the Design Team will finalise the Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design submission which will be submitted to the Department for review. Following receipt and consideration of that report my Department will revert to the school with regard to the further progression of the project at that time.
125. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the Caranua appeals process is in crisis with decisions taking over 12 months to process; and if the part-time appeals officer's role will be included in the terms of reference for the review into the scheme. [17154/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe independent Appeals Officer is appointed under section 21 of the 2012 Act. The Appeals Officer has dealt with 195 cases to date. 2016 saw a significant increase in the number of appeals rising from 89 in 2015 to 165 in 2016. Unfortunately, the increased volume has led to a delay in the processing of appeals. I am conscious of the need to deal with appeals promptly and officials from my Department are exploring a number of options including the appointment of more than one appeals officer. I don't intend to include the appeals officer’s role as part of the review of Caranua.
126. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available through his Department that may assist a person with their third level fees (details supplied); if there is European funding to support this particular person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17164/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the Student grant scheme maintenance grants are available for undergraduate students pursuing approved third level courses in other E.U. Member States including Northern Ireland, where they meet the student grants scheme criteria. Fee grants are not available for those students, other than for exceptional provision in respect of postgraduate course in Northern Ireland.
I understand that a student from another European Union (EU) country studying in Northern Ireland can apply for a student loan to cover the cost of tuition fees. Further information is available on www.studentfinanceni.co.uk.
Tax relief at the standard rate of tax may be claimed in respect of tuition fees paid for approved courses at approved colleges of higher education including approved undergraduate and postgraduate courses in EU Member States and in non-EU countries. Further information on this tax relief is available from the Revenue Commissioners on www.revenue.ie.
In addition the student in question can contact the university's Student Finance Coordinator before they apply for the course if they would like confidential, one-to-one financial advice in relation to supports that may be available.
127. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17169/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Deputy will be aware that I ran a public consultation process from 24th January to 20th March 2017 on the role of religion in the school admission process and possible approaches for making changes.
I believe that it is unfair that preference is given by publicly funded religious schools to children of their own religion who might live some distance away, ahead of children of a different religion or of no religion who live close to the school. I also believe that it is unfair that parents, who might otherwise not do so, feel pressure to baptise their children in order to gain admission to the local school.
I am aware of the concerns of the Protestant and other minority churches and I specifically outlined in the consultation paper of the need to avoid possible pitfalls and unintended consequences, including possible impacts on minority religions and on the wishes of Protestant, Jewish, Islamic and other communities to be able to run schools in accordance with their ethos and admit children from their communities to attend those schools.
Other possible consequences to be avoided include possible breaches of the Constitution, technical and administrative difficulties impacting on the capacity to effectively run the system of over 4,000 schools and the possibility of creating ‘postcode lotteries’, such as other countries have experienced, resulting in pronounced divergence in the quality of schools in more advantaged compared to less advantaged areas.
The 8 week phase of receiving written submissions formed part of the broader 12 week consultation process which will include additional steps, including any follow-up consultation that is required, collation of responses and development of next steps.
My Department has begun the process of examining the submissions and formulating next steps. Clearly I will not make any decisions around next steps until such time as all of the submissions have been examined and considered.
128. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the provision of a new school (details supplied) and the timeline for works. [17177/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraI wish to advise the Deputy that a building project for the school referred to in the details supplied is included in my Department's 6 Year Construction Programme (2016-2021).
My Department is currently engaging with officials in Fingal County Council regarding the development of an educationally zoned site in the area in question. Specific technical issues around the required infrastructure are currently being assessed. When these issues are resolved, my Department will commence the site acquisition process.
129. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive a statement of service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17192/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Pension Unit of my Department is responsible for policy, regulatory, advice and operational functions relating to the pensions of staff within the education sector.
The highest priority within this work, is given to processing retirement benefits (lump sum payments and fortnightly pensions) for teachers and non-teaching staff who are scheduled to retire and to spouses/children of deceased members.
In addition each year the Pension Unit provide pension statements to more than 2,000 members and again priority is afforded to those who indicate that they intend to retire in the coming school year.
Officials in Pensions Unit of my Department have confirmed that a statement of teaching service will shortly issue directly to the person to whom the Deputy refers.
130. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocation for higher education authority institutions for 2017. [17221/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe total recurrent budget allocation for 2017 for the higher education institutions under the designation of the Higher Education Authority (HEA), which includes all of the Universities and Institutes of Technology, is €978.533 million.
My Department allocates the recurrent funding to the HEA for direct disbursement to the HEA designated higher education institutions. The HEA allocates this funding to the institutions and the internal disbursement of funding is then a matter for the individual institution. The institutions, as autonomous bodies, are responsible for their own day to day affairs, including the allocation of all of its income (both public and private).
131. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the anticipated individual cost of introducing each of the new apprenticeships schemes to be introduced in 2017. [17222/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraSOLAS and the Higher Education Authority are compiling the information sought here. I have arranged for it to be sent to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
132. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application by a school (details supplied) for major capital works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17260/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraI wish to advise the Deputy that the school in question has submitted an application to my Department for capital funding for additional school accommodation. The application will be considered and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority as soon as the assessment process has been completed.
133. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make publicly accessible the dataset with the index variables used to assess schools for DEIS status; and if so, when this will be made publicly accessible. [17269/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe key data sources used in the DEIS identification process are the DES Primary Online Database (POD) and the Post-Primary Online Database (PPOD) containing school data provided directly by schools to the Department and CSO Small Area data from the National Census of Population 2011 as represented in the Pobal HP Index.
The HP Index, which is a method of measuring the relative affluence or disadvantage of a particular geographical small area, as defined by the CSO, uses information relating to each of these small areas to provide a measure of their relative affluence or disadvantage. The Index involves three dimensions of affluence/disadvantage: Demographic Profile (which includes age; education; population increase), Social Class Composition (which includes education level; employment sector; mean number of persons per room) and Labour Market Situation (which includes percentage of unskilled workers; unemployment profile; one parent family profile).
This data is combined with pupil data, anonymised and aggregated to small area level to provide information on the relative level of concentrated disadvantage present in the student cohort of individual schools. This data is applied uniformly across all schools in the country. The use of this centrally held data means that schools are not required to submit an application for inclusion in the programme.
The Pobal HP Index for Small Areas, including the scoring for individual Small Areas, is available on the Pobal website www.pobal.ie.
Personal information returned by schools to the Department on the POD and PPOD systems includes details of students' addresses etc. and is confidential. Therefore I am not in a position to make those datasets available.
Further information on the development of the identification process can be found in Chapter 3 of the DEIS Review which is available on the Department’s website at www.education.ie/en/Schools-Colleges/Services/DEIS-Delivering-Equality-of-Opportunity-in-Schools-/.
Further information on the identification model will be made available to schools shortly. Information provided will include details of how the datasets are used to determine a schools level of disadvantage and the importance of up to date POD and PPOD information.
134. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools with existing DEIS status that were assessed as not meeting the deprivation criteria in the latest DEIS assessment but did not lose their DEIS status. [17270/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe key data sources used in the DEIS Identification process are DES Primary Online Database (POD) and Post-Primary Online (PPOD) Databases as populated by schools and the CSO Small Area of Population (SAP) data from the National Census of Population 2011 as represented by the Pobal HP Deprivation Index (HP Index). Variables used in the compilation of the HP Index include those related to demographic growth, dependency ratios, education levels, single parent rate, overcrowding, social class, occupation and unemployment rates. This data is combined with pupil data, anonymised and aggregated to small area, to provide information on the relative level of concentrated disadvantage present in the pupil cohort of individual schools.
It is important to note that this initial assessment of all schools has been used to extend DEIS supports to those schools with the highest concentrations of disadvantage as detailed in the list of schools published on 13th February. This represents a first step in the application of the new DEIS Identification process and we are moving to support pupils in those schools with effect from September 2017.
We must be conscious that there are ongoing changes in demographics which may be more marked in some areas than others. Populations in some areas have changed considerably since the list of the current schools included within DEIS were evaluated. The new model may reveal that some schools currently included in DEIS have a level of disadvantage within their school population much lower than that in some schools not included within DEIS. If this turns out to be the case, then we must consider whether it is fair that those schools continue receiving these additional resources, using resources that may be more fairly allocated to the schools with greater levels of disadvantage.
