Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

The home tuition grant is, after all, an education tuition grant so we feel quite strongly that it is important the people delivering this service are appropriately qualified. This is why, following consultation with people, it was said to be fairly broad in respect of qualifications. It would not be possible to start taking on people just because families were used to them, difficult though that may be. In the best interests of the education of the child, it is important that they have some form of formal training or qualification.

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