Educational Disadvantage

1127. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, primary and secondary schools, respectively, that require students to have an iPad for learning instead of traditional textbooks. [42504/25]

1128. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of non-Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, primary and secondary schools, respectively, that require students to have an iPad for learning instead of traditional textbooks. [42505/25]

1234. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that a school will be included in a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43644/25]

1250. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the establishment of a new DEIS Plus scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43781/25]

1276. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth how she is addressing teacher shortages in DEIS secondary schools in Ballymun and Finglas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44007/25]

1296. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of DEIS primary and post primary schools currently in the State, in tabular form. [44212/25]

1297. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing an additional school completion project to cover the remaining DEIS schools without one, in tabular form. [44213/25]

1298. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing an additional guidance counsellor in a DEIS post primary school. [44214/25]

1299. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing an additional guidance counsellor in a post primary school. [44215/25]

1301. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of DEIS schools that currently do not have a HSCL officer or do not have sufficient HSCL officers. [44217/25]

98. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria for schools to qualify for DEIS status; the progress of a DEIS+ model; when this will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40132/25]

111. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth when schools will be added to the DEIS list; and when the next list of additional schools to the DEIS programme will be announced (details supplied). [36846/25]

126. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason two secondary schools in Tipperary town have no resources under the DEIS programme (details supplied) given they serve the same families as five DEIS schools in the area. [36847/25]

266. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of students participating in the HEAR/DARE programme for 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38262/25]

419. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently review the DEIS categorisation thresholds and ensure that DEIS rural schools are no longer punished for geography rather than need (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37550/25]

438. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of implementing the DEIS plus programme from September 2025. [37757/25]

86. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will urgently review and allow the retention of two teachers in a DEIS school (details supplied) in County Kerry as their removal will mean class sizes of over 40 pupils which is unacceptable, and will the Minister make; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33140/25]

87. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 472 of 8 April 2025, why the enrolment threshold for an administrative principal is 136 pupils in Dublin, while in Kerry it is 169; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33144/25]

104. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth how schools in DEIS and other schools at a disadvantage are equipped to provide the full range of leaving certificate courses for students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30609/25]

107. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when additional primary and second level schools will be included in the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31250/25]

110. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional home school liaison officers and educational welfare officers her Department will provide to schools across the State for the 2025-26 academic year; the number of unfilled posts currently; the funding and recruitment processes she intends to provide to fill new and existing vacancies; and if she will ma…

147. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process by which a school can appeal refusal of its application for DEIS status. [31312/25]

167. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the plans for DEIS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30554/25]

693. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be given DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30647/25]

1645. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the new, targeted measures that have been introduced since the publication of the 2023 Funding the Future – Options Paper on the Cost of Higher Education to directly reduce the financial burden of graduate entry medicine tuition fees for socio-economically disadvantaged students; and if h…