Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 June 2014
210. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in Dublin North-East and Dublin North-Central that are availing of the book rental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24167/14]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is not readily available on a constituency by constituency basis.In Budget 2013 funding of €5million for three years was provided to support the establishment of book rental schemes in primary schools that did not operate such schemes. DEIS schools will receive €150 per child and non-DEIS schools will receive €100 per child in seed capital over the next two years to establish book rental schemes. This will cost approximately €6.7m. I indicated that following allocation of the initial round of funding, I would re-examine the scheme to see if I could allocate funding to primary schools that already had such schemes. I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the balance of the funding, some €8.3m, will be divided among all primary schools that currently operate book rental schemes in 2015 and 2016. These schools are expected to receive €18 per pupil or €20 per pupil in DEIS schools over those two years.
Every primary school will now benefit from the School Book Rental Scheme.
