asked the Minister for Education the present per capita grant under the free book scheme to pupils of (a) vocational, (b) secondary and (c) comprehensive and community schools.

Dublin South-East): The scheme of financial assistance towards the purchase of school text-books in second-level schools is not determined on a per capita basis.

The average grant per pupil on rolls in the different categories of schools in 1981-82 is calculated to have been as follows:—