79. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 13 May 2021, the engagement she has had in the 2020-2021 academic year with representatives of DEIS schools who, while the schools were closed due to Covid-19 restrictions, incurred considerable costs due to the necessity to regularly post hard-copy educational materials to students who had little or no access to online learning; the analysis her Department has carried out to-date into providing compensation to these schools for the posts costs incurred; the plans that are in place to prevent similar costs being borne by schools, in the case of any future school closures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35290/21]

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79. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 13 May 2021, the engagement she has had in the 2020-2021 academic year with representatives of DEIS schools who, while the schools were closed due to Covid-19 restrictions, incurred considerable costs due to the necessity to regularly post hard-copy educational materials to students who had little or no access to online learning; the analysis her Department has carried out to-date into providing compensation to these schools for the posts costs incurred; the plans that are in place to prevent similar costs being borne by schools, in the case of any future school closures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35290/21]

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