PQ 1143
1143. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has undertaken, or intends to undertake, a review of the eligibility criteria for the post-primary schoolbooks scheme to examine whether support could be extended to students attending fee-paying post-primary schools; whether her Department has assessed the impact of the current eligibility criteria on families whose children attend fee-paying schools that do not participate in the free education scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55195/26]
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1143. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has undertaken, or intends to undertake, a review of the eligibility criteria for the post-primary schoolbooks scheme to examine whether support could be extended to students attending fee-paying post-primary schools; whether her Department has assessed the impact of the current eligibility criteria on families whose children attend fee-paying schools that do not participate in the free education scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55195/26]
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