Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that funding towards the cost of ABA tuition currently being made by her Department will continue in the new school term of September 2007 for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [18203/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy will be aware that the home tuition scheme which provides funding to facilitate the provision of education at home for children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend school was extended in recent years to facilitate tuition for children awaiting an educational placement and children with autism requiring early educational intervention.

The child in question is in receipt of funding under the scheme for the current school year. I have requested that the family is sent an application form in respect of home tuition to cover the next school year. In the meantime, if they have not done so already, the parents/guardians of the child should contact the local Special Educational Needs Officer of the National Council for Special Education to ensure that planning may commence for their child's future educational needs. The contact details for all SENOs are available on www.ncse.ie.