Disadvantaged Status

276. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) is not being included in the DEIS scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68634/25]

286. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application (details supplied) to be included in the DEIS Plus scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68691/25]

293. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if urgent assistance will be provided to a school in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68887/25]

70. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth the planned mechanisms for the distribution of the €48 million allocated to DEIS Plus; to confirm whether the funding and associated interventions will be primarily directed to schools; and if she will ensure that the allocation is not disproportionately channelled through external agencies such as Tusla, TESS, NEPS, the NCSE or the…

71. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a timeline for the rollout of DEIS Plus resources; if she will consider making funding and staffing available to schools before the end of the 2025-2026 academic year to allow for adequate planning, recruitment, and implementation of supports in advance of the September 2026 start date. [57685/25]

72. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to embed multidisciplinary teams including counsellors, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, and psychologists within DEIS Plus schools. [57686/25]

73. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which DEIS Plus funding will support trauma-informed educational practices in schools, including the provision of additional staffing, funding and infrastructure for the development of nurture rooms and dedicated support spaces. [57687/25]

463. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding DEIS Urban Band 1 status for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51565/25]

327. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Department's plans to update the DEIS plus plan before the end of 2025; the timeline for the publication of this document; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50317/25]

110. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will consider expanding eligibility for the DEIS Gaeltachta scholarship scheme to include students from lower socio-economic backgrounds who do not attend DEIS-designated schools; if he will provide details on any reviews or consultations planned to assess equity of access to Gaeltacht summer …

64. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the discrepancy between student/teacher ratio criteria in junior and senior primary schools with DEIS Band 1 status (details supplied); if her office has received correspondence from a school principal that highlights a specific case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21315/25]

867. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education if it is possible for a secondary school to request to be assessed for DEIS status when it is in close proximity to a DEIS primary school and many of the primary school pupils will attend that secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19282/25]

899. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education the status of early starts throughout the country. [19504/25]

900. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education if the early start programme could be a part of the DEIS + plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19505/25]

141. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education her progress to date in the implementation of the DEIS plus scheme as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16853/25]

168. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the appeals process for schools denied DEIS status; the criteria upon which schools may appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17196/25]

179. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education to provide a timeline for the introduction of a DEIS Plus programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17225/25]

202. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education her criteria to define these new additional supports DEIS +. [14635/25]

490. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) have not been granted DEIS status when all other schools in the area have DEIS status, leaving the school in a disadvantaged position; if she will review this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16773/25]

534. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 1 April 2025, the process that was used to determine the DEIS status of a school (details supplied); if there is a mechanism whereby the school can appeal the decision to exclude a school from the DEIS band 1 programme considering all other schools in the catchment area are within that programme; …

229. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) was not previously awarded DEIS status, given that DEIS status was already secured by the town’s two other secondary schools; when DEIS status will be awarded to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16476/25]

402. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) will be included in the new DEIS Plus scheme for schools. [15277/25]

426. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education her views on whether some schools in Nenagh should achieve DEIS status. [15694/25]

435. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will review the decision to exclude a school (details supplied) from the DEIS band 1 programme considering all other schools in the catchment area are within that programme; the process that resulted in this school's exclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15801/25]

488. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education her plans, if any, to consider a school (details supplied) for the DEIS programme, similar to the national school in the same area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3179/25]