I had previously allocated a 5% increase in funding for the school completion programme, and in September I announced that the remaining balance of over €6 million would be committed to an attendance campaign support grant for all schools, with a higher allocation target at DEIS schools, recognising the more concentrated level of disadvantage in these schools. We see the benefit of it but we also know two things; there are children who are at risk of educational disadvantage who are attending schools that are not DEIS schools, and there are children attending DEIS schools that are looking for models, as outlined by the Deputy, such as a DEIS plus.

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