Declan Breathnach (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for verification of school textbook content prior to being certified as suitable or accurate in detail by his Department or the National Competitiveness Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39934/18]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Education and Skills does not endorse any particular product or publication, including textbooks. The decisions on which textbooks and other resources to use in primary and post-primary schools are taken at school level. The decision on which text most appropriately covers the curriculum rests within the school itself.

Textbooks are commissioned and published by educational publishers, and schools select their books from those available from a number of publishers.