Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a home school tuition application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35742/10]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy will be aware that the home tuition scheme provides funding to parents to provide 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 a suitable educational placement and also to provide early educational intervention for pre-school children with autism.

The application referred to by the Deputy has been refused as a school placement is available for the child in question.