Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has made any formal contact with publishers on a matter (details supplied) or have the publishers made contact with him with a view to discussing this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15556/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The Deputy is aware that I have undertaken to meet book publishers and parents' representatives to discuss the cost of school books and to explore any role that my Department can play in alleviating pressure on parents from the high cost of school books and the frequency of new editions.

I intend to arrange this at the earliest opportunity.

In the meantime, I continue to urge schools to use the funding provided by my Department to establish book rental schemes as the most effective means of lowering the cost of books for all students.