asked the Minister for Education the amount of finance allocated over the last five years for the purchase of school books for children of medical card holders in the following schools: (a) the Christian Brother Schools (b) the Presentation Convent (c) the Ursuline Convent and (d) the vocational school, in Thurles, County Tipperary.
Written Answers. - School Books.
104.
For the purposes of the scheme of Aid Towards the Cost of School-books for Necessitous Pupils a necessitous pupil is defined as a child from a home where genuine hardship exists because of unemployment, prolonged illness of a parent, large family with inadequate means, a one-parent family, or other circumstances which would mean a similar degree of domestic financial hardship. Information regarding the possession of a medical card for parents-guardians of pupils is not sought by my Department in relation to the operation of the scheme.
The amounts allocated to the second-level schools in Thurles referred to were as follows for the last five years:
|
1988-89 |
1987-88 |
1986-87 |
1985-86 |
1984-85 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Christian Brothers |
1,750 |
1,750 |
1,550 |
1,750 |
1,413 |
|
Presentation Convent |
2,400 |
2,400 |
2,400 |
2,200 |
2,100 |
|
Ursuline Convent |
1,350 |
1,300 |
1,200 |
1,000 |
720 |
|
Vocational School |
2,193 |
2,486 |
2,497 |
2,127 |
1,819 |
Questions Nos. 105 to 119, inclusive, withdrawn.