Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Ryan referred to questionnaires being be sent to post-primary schools. I welcome that they will seek information other than that which indicates whether they have book rental schemes. If I understood what Mr. Ryan stated, the questionnaire will seek to establish whether their schemes apply to both the junior and leaving certificate cycles. It will be necessary to dig a little deeper than that in order to establish how many subjects will be covered. For obvious reasons, a larger number of subjects are covered at post-primary level than is the case at primary level. A school might indicate that it has a book rental scheme for the junior cycle but this may only relate to one subject out of a possible eight, nine or ten. In view of the forthcoming changes to the junior cycle, it is important that we obtain exact data.