Exclusion of Tipp schools from DEIS funding

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The Education Minister has been accused of misleading a number of Tipperary schools about their qualification for vital funding.

The exclusion of 5 schools in Tipperary town from the DEIS programme for disadvantaged schools has been described as baffling.

They are among over 250 across the country which weren’t included in the Department of Educations scheme.

Deputy Jackie Cahill says the Minister cherry picked some of the schools