Meath TD Calls for Minister to Establish Fund to Support Damilies With Costs as 1 in 4 Secondary Schools Move to Digital Devices - 12/08/2025
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Education and Youth, Darren O'Rourke TD, has called on the government to intervene and support families facing the cost of mandatory digital devices in so-called 'iPad schools', after new data reveals that almost 1 in 4 secondary schools require parents to purchase these devices.The Department of Education confirmed to Deputy O'Rourke that from the 2024/25 school year, a new question was included in their School Data Collection Survey asking post-primary schools: “Are parents of children in your school asked to purchase or provide digital devices?. All schools…
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