Educational Disadvantage

134. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the publishing of the new DEIS strategy; and outline the planned process for implementing the DEIS Plus scheme. [9918/26]

150. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when we can expect to see the introduction of the DEIS Plus scheme; the details of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11008/26]

160. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on her Department’s engagement with a school (details supplied); if progress has been made in the allocation of additional supports and resources for the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11074/26]

196. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the development and planned rollout of the new DEIS Plus scheme, commencing in September 2026; the way in which schools will be identified; the supports that will be provided; and the way in which the scheme will target students with the highest risk of educational disadvantage. [11016/26]

595. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the DEIS review; when the review will conclude; the way in which schools outside of DEIS can engage in the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9848/26]

62. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 12 November 2025, if the new DEIS strategy has been published; the options now available to a school (details supplied) in order for the school’s application to be allocated DEIS band 1 status to be re-considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6724/26]

482. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale for the current exclusion of schools designated as DEIS after 2022 from the Junior Certificate School Programme digital library service; her plans to end the exclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5659/26]

486. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the proportion of DEIS schools without high-speed broadband as identified in the digital strategy for schools progress report. [5686/26]

574. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 628 of 4 November 2025, if the new DEIS plan has been published; and if she will review the decision to exclude a school (details supplied) from the DEIS Band 1 programme; to provide clear details of the process that resulted in the school’s exclusion; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

362. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to give an update on the rolling out of DEIS+ as of January 2026 considering the funding announcement in Budget 2026; the way in which schools will be chosen for the rolling out of DEIS+; what will it include; the benefits students, parents, teachers and school leaders will see from its implementation; and if she will make a state…

363. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when additional schools will be included in the DEIS Programme at primary and secondary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3302/26]

454. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria currently used to determine DEIS status for primary schools; if she will review the eligibility of a school (details supplied) for DEIS designation, given that over 85% of pupils do not speak English at home, the school’s enrolment of 44 nationalities, and its high levels of transience linked to the local hospitalit…

455. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that no primary school in the Killarney area currently has DEIS status, despite significant levels of socio-economic need among families, many of whom are employed in minimum-wage hospitality work; if she will examine this anomaly, with a view to expanding DEIS supports to Killarney schools; and if she will make …

465. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when it is proposed to include more schools in the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73612/25]

450. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of the eligibility criteria for inclusion in the new DEIS Plus programme; if the principal criteria to be applied will be the Pobal Deprivation Index and other small area data sets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71674/25]

451. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be included in the new DEIS Plus programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71675/25]

512. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the key measures taken to tackle educational disadvantage during 2025; her priorities for same in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72470/25]

177. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the roll out and funding of the proposed DEIS+ scheme, as of December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70182/25]

149. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason that no DEIS Band 1 school in Galway was included in CASWS funding for 2026; if there are any other funding opportunities this year for DEIS schools to make upgrades to improve energy efficiency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68422/25]

172. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria for determining which schools will be designated for the DEIS Plus plan; whether two significantly disadvantaged schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66398/25]

424. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider reclassifying the DEIS status of a school (details supplied) from DEIS Band 2 to DEIS Band 1, given the increased educational and social need of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65936/25]

425. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth when schools can apply for reclassification of their DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65937/25]

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]