Letters to the Editor: School libraries need backing

Education Minister Norma Foley said that providing a librarian in each school would cost €212m. Picture: iStock

Responding to a Parliamentary Question this week on the cost of restoring the school libraries fund, Education Minister Norma Foley quoted an extraordinarily prohibitive figure, and cited a curious list of expenses.

The minister declared that providing a librarian in each school would cost an estimated €212m, citing “physical space, fixtures and fittings, IT facilities, librarian assistants, stock (physical and digital), national co-ordinator, professional development etc”.