Schools say €9m phone pouch funding could be spent on 'more biting' issues

A student uses their cell phone after unlocking the pouch that secures it from use during the school day. Picture: Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

Schools have said the €9m set aside for mobile phone pouches in Budget 2025 would have been better spent on the “more significant and biting” problems they face.

The decision to allocate the funding was described as a ‘a scandalous waste of public money’ in the Dáil yesterday.