Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the home tuition in respect of a person (details supplied); when it will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8722/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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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 home tuition as an interim measure for children awaiting an educational placement.

I understand that an application for home tuition for the child concerned, for the current school term, has been approved, and that home tuition is currently available to the child, as he has yet to secure an appropriate school placement.