Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department will take to source the schoolbooks as announced in the new scheme to provide free schoolbooks to all primary school children from September 2023 through local independent suppliers and bookshops; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47804/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Back-to-school costs have always been a burden for families and free books for primary children will be a huge step in helping families. From September 2023 new funding of €47 million will bring total investment in free school books for primary schools to over €50 million.

My Department will be engaging with the education partners on how best to roll out this funding to schools. It should be noted that in general, the decisions on which textbooks, programmes and resources, if any, to use in schools are taken at school level.