Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The joint committee was only established in June last year, which is less than one year ago. It is rare that we will invite a private company to appear because issues of fairness arise as we cannot cater for everyone. The purpose of this meeting, therefore, is to identify what we can learn from different private sector organisations involved in the education sector. This is being done with a view to identifying the bigger issues, rather than promoting their respective businesses. The purpose of these meetings is to examine issues related to e-books and so forth, after which we will compile a report that will address some of the issues raised. What size is the Schoolbag company? How many staff does it employ and with what percentage of schools does it engage?