School Textbooks
Dail Éireann — 2023-02-02
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Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (SF), Cork South-Central

Sinn Féin has been talking about free school books for primary school for many years. It has been in place in the North for approximately 70 years. I certainly welcomed the announcement in the budget that it was to be considered for this September. Schools are beginning to wonder how they get themselves organised. I received a written answer from the Minister recently that put a small bit more meat on the bone of what she had outlined previously. However, schools are still very unsure how this will happen, not to mind bookshops and publishers. Will she shine a bit more light on how this will work? That would be great.

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Sitting date: 2023-02-02