Irish Teacher: DEIS programme cannot solve educational disadvantage on its own

Is government policy blocking educational equality?

'Children can get lost in the system unless an individual staff member uses their initiative.'

Equality is something Ireland has championed since independence, yet our latest budget sees no change to the DEIS system, Ireland’s answer to disadvantage in education.

Dr Brian Fleming has written extensively on the topic, most recently in his 2022 paper overviewing 100 years of state policy, in collaboration with fellow education experts Dr Judith Harford and Dr Áine Hyland.