Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 551: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reinstate home tuition for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [20376/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I can confirm that the pupil in question is enrolled in a mainstream primary school and has been sanctioned five hours resource teaching together with the added support of a special needs assistant.

My Department considers that school-based education provision is the most appropriate intervention for all children, including those with special educational needs. In this context, my Department wrote to the pupil's parents confirming its intention to discontinue the practice of providing a home tuition grant for pupils who are also in full-time education. As the pupil is in full-time education, the matter of the continuance of home tuition no longer arises.