Mary Lou McDonald
Question:421. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of providing free schoolbooks to primary and secondary school children. [38645/13]
View answerWednesday, 18 September 2013
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The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available to my Department, however one estimate from publishers' sources suggests that the Irish school book market is worth approximately €60 million per annum. At present, my Department provided approximately €15m in total to first and second level schools by way of book grants in 2012 and the same level of funding was provided in 2013.