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]
Topics / Educational Disadvantage
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsEducational Disadvantage
161 questions from 59 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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157 written, 4 oral
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| July 2026 | 7 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 4 |
| October 2026 | 6 |
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142. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list the schools with Deis status in Dublin 8, 10 and 12 which applied and were refused Deis plus status; the reason they were refused; and the additional steps that will be taken to address the underlying issues for those schools. [40808/26]
165. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the publication of the new DEIS Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40344/26]
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]
178. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the appeals process for schools that failed to receive categorisation as Deis Plus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40804/26]
90. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will remediate the reduction in teaching resources allocated to a DEIS plus school (details supplied) given the significant need in the area and the tiny reduction in enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40487/26]
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]
96. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a primary school (details supplied) has not been designated DEIS given the school is a feeder school to the DEIS post primary in the locality, and is part of the school completion programme; if her Department accepts the school is operating as a DEIS school due to the high level of social, emotional and behavioural need, without any extra r…
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]
83. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35457/26]
644. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth regarding the recently announced extension of HSCL provision, the criteria and data metrics that formed the basis of the decision to include or exclude schools in the extension of the scheme. [35251/26]
26. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth given the criteria that has been published for DEIS Plus, the reasoning schools (details supplied) did not qualify for this new scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29136/26]
40. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process for a school to appeal a negative decision in relation to applications for DEIS status. [28419/26]
58. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports to be made available to DEIS PLUS schools. [29162/26]
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]
100. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the criteria for the allocation of DEIS + status, if another round of DEIS+ allocations will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28031/26]
102. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has reviewed DEIS eligibility for schools in Mayo experiencing disadvantage but not currently included in the programme; the reasons for their exclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29063/26]
112. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans she has to overhaul the criteria used to determine DEIS status for primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27398/26]
114. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to the Parliamentary Question No. 1345 of 14 April 2026, in reference to the criteria for DEIS Plus, the numerical threshold in each of the categories that enable schools to qualify for DEIS Plus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29135/26]
478. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional schools in Meath west will receive DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27899/26]
479. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria that was used to determine DEIS Plus status; if the results will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27900/26]
480. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth the additional supports schools with DEIS status such as a school (details supplied) can expect in the coming years under new DEIS Strategy; and when these supports will be made available [27901/26]
500. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if all schools under the DEIS Plus scheme will have access to the Junior Certificate school programme for students at risk of leaving school without formal qualifications, given that schools under the scheme have now been identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28317/26]
1531. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has investigated the possibility of extending DEIS/DEIS Plus supports to special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27164/26]
1532. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria being used to identify and include schools in DEIS/DEIS Plus; if the criteria is circulated to schools prior to final assessment process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27166/26]