The Minister for Education, Helen McEntee TD, has published a revised guidance document on the Post-primary Schoolbooks Scheme. From September 2025 the scheme will include all students in post-primary schools in the Free Education Scheme in Ireland.
The scheme will:
- provide schoolbooks and core classroom resources to all children and young people enrolled in post-primary schools in the Free Education Scheme.
- eliminate the cost of schoolbooks and classroom resources for their families and will ease the financial burden facing families at back-to-school time.
- will ensure equity of access, where all children and young people enrolled in post-primary schools in the Free Education Scheme can commence the new school year in 2025/26 with the same schoolbooks and classroom resources as other children and young people in their class.
The Department has also published an information leaflet for parents on how the new scheme will operate.
Letter from Minister to parents of students in post-primary schools 202526 EN.pdf
Post-primary Schoolbooks Scheme 2025_26 A guide for Parents Guardians.pdf