Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 May 2022
369. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the breakdown of the Deis funding that is available to voluntary versus second-level schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25931/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraDEIS - 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 approximately €170million on supports for schools under the DEIS programme in 2022. In the region of €16.2 million was provided to primary and post primary schools in the form of a DEIS grant for the 2021/22 school year. The purpose of this DEIS specific funding is to support the objectives of the DEIS programme, including retention, attendance, literacy and numeracy.
DEIS supports are targeted at supporting the educational outcomes of those pupils most at risk of educational disadvantage, and are not intended to cover the day to day costs of the school as is the case with capitation funding.
The DEIS programme provides a suite of supports to specifically support educational disadvantage. Such supports, including DEIS grant funding, are applied equitably across all DEIS post-primary schools, irrespective of the patronage or governance model for a given school.
