Written answers
Friday, 16 September 2016
Department of Education and Skills
School Textbooks Rental Scheme
Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated each year since 2006 to the school book rental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26209/16]
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides funding to schools to support the operation of school book rental schemes.
The most recent figures available at primary level indicate that 95% of primary schools operate a book rental scheme.
The most recent figures available at second level indicate that 65% of second level schools operate book rental schemes.
The table following gives a breakdown of funding provided by my Department for the operation of school book rental schemes to primary schools for the period from 2006 to 2016 and for post-primary schools for the period from 2009 to 2016. The breakdown for book grant funding at post-primary level is not readily available for the period 2006 to 2008.
Post Primary Schools Book Grant
Year | Total Standard Book Grant Paid |
---|---|
2009 | €3,195,671 |
2010 | €7,801,046 |
2011 | €7,968,084 |
2012 | €8,085,243 |
2013 | €8,273,229 |
2014 | €8,410,203 |
2015 | €8,610,096 |
2016 | €8,747,325 |
Year | Amount Standard Book Grant Paid | Seed Capital for Books | Total for Books paid |
---|---|---|---|
2006 | €5,493,959 | - | €5,493,959 |
2007 | €6,324,253 | - | €6,324,253 |
2008 | €6,466,426 | - | €6,466,426 |
2009 | €3,810,000 | - | €3,810,000 |
2010 | €6,870,617 | - | €6,870,617 |
2011 | €6,906,112 | - | €6,906,112 |
2012 | €6,980,684 | - | €6,980,684 |
2013 | €7,090,319 | - | €7,090,319 |
2014 | €7,198,663 | €4,996,160 | €12,194,823 |
2015 | €7,295,476 | €5,489,790 | €12,785,266 |
2016 | €7,394,194 | €5,281,730 | €12,675,924 |
Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and percentage of schools per county that avail of funding to provide a school book rental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26210/16]
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides funding to schools to support the operation of school book rental schemes.
The most recent figures available at primary level indicate that 95% of primary schools operate a book rental scheme.
The most recent figures available at second level indicate that 65% of second level schools operate book rental schemes.
The following table provides a breakdown of the number and percentage of primary and post-primary schools per county that provide a School Book Rental Scheme.
Schools by County that have Book Rental Scheme
Primary Schools
County | Schools with book rental | % of schools within county with Book Rental |
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Carlow | 44 | 100% |
Cavan | 72 | 95% |
Clare | 108 | 95% |
Cork | 341 | 95% |
Donegal | 166 | 94% |
Dublin | 441 | 89% |
Galway | 224 | 94% |
Kerry | 127 | 94% |
Kildare | 99 | 94% |
Kilkenny | 74 | 95% |
Laois | 63 | 94% |
Leitrim | 38 | 100% |
Limerick | 135 | 94% |
Longford | 37 | 97% |
Louth | 73 | 97% |
Mayo | 161 | 96% |
Meath | 108 | 92% |
Monaghan | 60 | 97% |
Offaly | 65 | 96% |
Roscommon | 86 | 93% |
Sligo | 66 | 96% |
Tipperary | 150 | 94% |
Waterford | 74 | 96% |
Westmeath | 73 | 95% |
Wexford | 102 | 96% |
Wicklow | 82 | 95% |
County | Schoolswith book rental | % of schools within county with Book Rental |
---|---|---|
Carlow | 10 | 91% |
Cavan | 9 | 75% |
Clare | 11 | 61% |
Cork | 53 | 60% |
Donegal | 20 | 74% |
Dublin | 71 | 37% |
Galway | 42 | 67% |
Kerry | 21 | 81% |
Kildare | 11 | 41% |
Kilkenny | 8 | 50% |
Laois | 6 | 67% |
Leitrim | 7 | 100% |
Limerick | 13 | 48% |
Longford | 7 | 78% |
Louth | 12 | 63% |
Mayo | 18 | 67% |
Meath | 17 | 77% |
Monaghan | 11 | 85% |
Offaly | 10 | 91% |
Roscommon | 3 | 38% |
Sligo | 9 | 64% |
Tipperary | 23 | 74% |
Waterford | 7 | 39% |
Westmeath | 12 | 80% |
Wexford | 13 | 59% |
Wicklow | 12 | 52% |
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