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# DEIS

Last year
2023
Providing school meals during holiday period may pose ‘logistical complications’, Varadkar says
All time
DEIS and non-DEIS schools compare favourably but report highlights inequalities
€1m pilot scheme for schoolbooks for disadvantaged primary school pupils announced
50 students from Deis schools to be offered scholarships to attend the Gaeltacht
City kids are worse at reading (and their maths skills don't quite add up either)
Funding of €15m to provide school book rental schemes for 400 schools
Rate of obesity among Irish children stabilising - except at disadvantaged schools
Here’s What Happened Today: Monday
Reading and maths grades continue to improve in DEIS schools — report
Highest number of students ever completing second level education
New scholarship fund for students from disadvantaged areas
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
Ruairí Quinn reverses 235 legacy post cuts from DEIS primary schools
The Daily Fix: Thursday
Quinn announces review of cuts to DEIS teacher numbers