Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow to seek home tuition for a child; if her Department or any of its agencies have personnel who could address the problem the family has; if so, if her Department will supply such details to the family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2795/08]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the mechanism available to persons (details supplied) in County Carlow seeking home tuition for their child, that has been granted by her Department, to obtain such a tutor; if her Department or its agencies have listings of such qualified persons; and if so, if the list will be supplied to the family concerned. [2798/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 192 and 193 together.

The Deputy will be aware that 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.

I am pleased to inform the Deputy that, cognisant of the difficulties being experienced by parents in securing home tutors the Programme for Government commits to providing a central database of suitably trained personnel seeking employment as home tutors.

I understand that the family in question has sourced a tutor.