Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide parents of autistic children in receipt of Department funded home tuition with a list of suitably qualified teachers in their locality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4760/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The home tuition scheme provides funding to parents to provide education at home for children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend school. The scheme was extended in recent years to facilitate tuition for children awaiting a suitable educational placement and also to provide early educational intervention for pre-school children with autism. My Department has no current plans to compile a data base of tuition providers with acceptable qualifications. However, I will be keeping the operation of this scheme under review.