Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I did not say that. The moneys will come during the 2024-25 school year but the date has not been determined yet. I cannot provide a specific date in 2024 for the payment but it will come in due course.

On the question on books being sent to schools, I acknowledge that everybody is very supportive of the scheme. We noted that ebooks can be used. We do not have the capacity to do everything in terms of providing the books free of charge to the schools. We have begun the process. There will be opportunities down the line to do things differently in terms of digital devices and all of that but we had to start where we could start. We are where we are but that is not to say that going forward things will be different.