Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 1266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused home tuition, in view of the fact that they were approved two hours in 2005 and they are currently in their junior certificate year. [28594/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The home tuition scheme is designed to provide compensatory instruction for pupils with medical ailments which cause major disruption to their attendance at school on a continuing basis. Home tuition may also be sanctioned where a child cannot attend school at all or is absent for a significant proportion of the school year due to illness.

An application for a home tuition grant for the pupil in question in respect of the 2006/07 school year was considered by my Department. The application was not granted as the pupil had a satisfactory attendance record during the 2005/06 school year. The matter may be re-considered in light of any unsatisfactory attendance during the current school year.