Longford Westmeath TD Sorcha Clarke is detailing the cost pressures of school.
Free education is a "myth" and education is instead becoming an "unrealistic cost" according to a mildands TD.
It comes as a recent survey indicates that 66% of parents say the cost of sending their children back to school is a financial burden.
Calls are being made to extend the Free Book Scheme to include secondary schools.
Longford Westmeath Sinn Féin TD Sorcha Clarke says the government can and should be doing more:
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