99. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the schools in Drogheda which were excluded from the DEIS plus scheme with an opportunity to discuss the significant concerns they have regarding the impact of this decision and their important feedback on the appeals process. [40627/26]
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176. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the avenues now available to Drogheda schools who were excluded from the DEIS plus scheme to pursue this designation (details supplied). [40626/26]
93. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of concerns regarding the DEIS plus appeals process in which the process established has no facility for schools that were excluded from the scheme to submit additional important information regarding specific challenges in their school communities; and if she will address these concerns. [40513/26]
637. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether direct engagement has taken place with the principals of seven DEIS primary schools in Drogheda (details supplied) following their public call to the Minister and the Government to urgently review and correct the decision made to exclude these schools from the DEIS plus scheme. [40162/26]
97. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to explain the rationale for Drogheda, the largest town in the country, being overlooked for investment under the new DEIS plus scheme despite meeting the criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29041/26]
428. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the date for the publishing of the proposed new DEIS Plan; and when her Department intend to communicate with school principals at existing DEIS schools in County Louth regarding the proposed DEIS plus part of this plan. [65943/25]
429. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the form of collaboration that took place with principals of existing DEIS schools in County Louth regarding the development of the proposed DEIS plus scheme. [65944/25]
430. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the form of engagement or collaboration that took place with home school community liaison workers, school completion programme workers, and children and young people from schools in County Louth in line with her stated intention to "form a student-centred design approach" for the proposed DEIS plus scheme. [65945/25]
431. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional people the proposed DEIS Plus plan will support in County Louth. [65946/25]
432. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which the funding announced in Budget 2026 for the introduction of the DEIS Plus scheme will be allocated to schools in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65947/25]
433. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans in place to ensure that proposed DEIS Plus funding and resources are made available to schools in County Louth before the end of the current academic school year allowing schools sufficient time to plan and prepare ahead of the proposed September 2026 rollout; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65948/25]