PQ 291
291. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cumulative value of ICT grant funding that has been spent on annual or multi-year software licences, subscriptions and cloud services since the commencement of the Digital Strategy for Schools 2015–2020; whether the Department regards this expenditure as constituting a recurring revenue stream for the commercial suppliers concerned; and if she will commission or publish an analysis of the proportion of total ICT grant expenditure that has accrued to private educational technology companies over the lifetime of the current and previous strategies. [75130/26]
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22 October 2026
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22 October 2026 · Departmental Funding
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written
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Carol Nolan
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Education, Digitalisation
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22 October 2026
Summary
291. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cumulative value of ICT grant funding that has been spent on annual or multi-year software licences, subscriptions and cloud services since the commencement of the Digital Strategy for Schools 2015–2020; whether the Department regards this expenditure as constituting a recurring revenue stream for the commercial suppliers concerned; and if she will commission or publish an analysis of the proportion of total ICT grant expenditure that has accrued to private educational technology companies over the lifetime of the current and previous strategies. [75130/26]
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22 October 2026
Departmental Funding
291. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cumulative value of ICT grant funding that has been spent on annual or multi-year software licences, subscriptions and cloud services since the commencement of the Digital Strategy for Schools 2015–2020; whether the Department regards this expenditure as constituting a recurring revenue stream for the commercial suppliers concerned; and if she will commission or publish an analysis of the proportion of total ICT grant expenditure that has accrued to private educational technology companies over the lifetime of the current and previous strategies. [75130/26]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-10-22/291/
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