Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason his Department has decided to cease the practice of allowing parents with autistic children from availing of the services of one of the five Joinx pre-schools which were funded through the home tuition grants scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the improvements associated with the children's time in Jonix; if he will reverse the decision forthwith. [46110/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has not taken the decision suggested by the Deputy in respect of the home tuition scheme.

I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is continuing to work with the service provider in question in the context of a proposal which they submitted in relation to home tuition payment arrangements.