Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when home tuition will commence in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12906/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Home Tuition support may be provided, on application, as a temporary interim measure, for pupils who do not have a school placement or are unable to secure a school place. Nine hours per week of Home Tuition support has been sanctioned and is currently being provided in respect of the child concerned. The National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) is the statutory agency which can assist parents who are experiencing difficulty in securing a school place for their child and I am advised that there is ongoing contact between the family, officials at my Department, and the NEWB in this regard.