Ms Colette Kavanagh:

It is beginning to become relevant. One of the publishers launched a new English reading scheme - which we have taken on - for which there is no physical textbook. Everything relating to this scheme is done via interactive whiteboards. The point Ms Gorman made is very relevant. The maintenance of computers and interactive whiteboards is giving rise to our biggest cost and we need to fund-raise in order to cover this. The savings made as a result of children not being obliged to have textbooks are being lost as a result of the need to meet maintenance costs.