The purchase of laptops for Leaving Certificate students who need them will be a priority. Around €7 million has been allocated to second-level schools and €3 million to primary schools.

The funding will be used to purchase devices that will be owned by schools and loaned to students. All schools, with the exception of fee-charging schools, will receive a proportion of the funding based on enrolment numbers and disadvantaged schools will receive 10% more.

The funding, which has been redirected from a schools' IT strategy announced earlier in the year, is worth between €17,000-€19,000 for a typical large

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