David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 349: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 8 April 2008, the provisions in place to ensure that teachers who provide home tuition under the home tuition scheme are paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20610/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy is aware that the home tuition scheme provides a grant to parents 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. The scheme was extended in recent years to facilitate tuition for children awaiting an educational placement and provide early education intervention for pre-school children with autism.

Parents engage a teacher directly and the grant is paid directly to the parent on a quarterly basis in arrears. However, where the teacher is a serving primary teacher and already being paid through the teachers' payroll, my Department, if so advised by the parent, may process the payment directly through the teachers' payroll system.