asked the Minister for Education if he will evolve a scheme whereby the children of necessitous parents may be provided with free schoolbooks in such a manner as to avoid unnecessary embarrassment or humiliation.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Free Schoolbooks.
I am not aware that the scheme which has been in operation since 1939 for the provision of free books to necessitous children attending national schools causes unnecessary embarrassment or humiliation to parents, and I do not consider that any alteration in the present scheme is necessary.