Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 713: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will authorise the payment of arrears in relation to the home tuition grant received by parents of children who received tuition from a group (details supplied) in County Dublin in view of the fact that her Department already has fully signed original records of all parents to whom payments should be due in the forms that were submitted to claim the original payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11413/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The rates of pay applicable to home tuition tutors are based on the qualifications of the tutor. Therefore tutors fall into 2 categories for payment purposes i.e. primary and secondary in accordance with the appropriate part time rates of payment. A subdivision within the categories reflects whether the tutor is qualified or unqualified. Early intervention tutors are primary teachers and therefore paid at primary part time payment rates.

My Department can only consider submissions from the original payees i.e. the parents in question, regarding claims for arrears of the home tuition grant.