Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)

I assure the Deputy the Minister will continue to impress upon the publishers the need to reduce textbook costs overall. As I stated, they committed to the code of practice. It is the Minister's intention they will fully implement that code of practice. My Department will publish guidelines on textbook rental schemes once the period of consultation is complete, and that is expected to happen in the coming months. I agree with the Deputy it is unfair for publishers to continue to place what we all agree is an unnecessary burden on parents who are significantly burdened, and anything we can do to prevent that from happening we most certainly will do.

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