Written answers

Thursday, 18 October 2012

Department of Education and Skills

School Textbooks

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the total amount spent on the school book grant in 2012 and each year since 1997. [45571/12]

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Since 2010 funding to schools towards the provision of school books has been allocated to all schools on a per capita basis.

The rates for 2012 are as follows:

Primary DEIS - €21

Primary non-DEIS - €11

Post-primary DEIS - €39

Post-primary non-DEIS - €24

Funding for book grants was withdrawn in 2009, except in the case of DEIS schools. Funding was re-instated in 2010 for all schools.

The information requested by the Deputy since 1997 is not available. However, the funding allocated to book grants by the Department since 2006 is detailed below.

2006 - €12,995,966

2007 - €14,257,084

2008 - €14,421,563

2009 - €7,000,000

2010 - €14,671,063

2011 - €14,883,440

2012 - €15,000,000.

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