Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of providing home tuition to students at both primary and secondary level; if he will give a breakdown of the figures for the past five years; the categories of students that are being catered for by the provision of home tuition and the number of teachers involved. [1701/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The Deputy will be aware that my Department's 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 preschool children with autism. A separate home tuition scheme provides for children who are unable to attend school for reasons other than medical condition or special education needs. This later scheme includes cases where a child is currently without a school place or the offer of a school place and where the child's parent/guardian wish to enrol their child in a school recognised by the Department of Education and Skills.

The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the annual costing of providing home tuition under both schemes to students both at primary and post primary level for the past five years is as follows: Year 2007: € 5,952,256 Year 2008: € 8,910,150 Year 2009: € 9,307,294 Year 2010: € 9,787,058 Year 2011: €10,348,098

The number of tutors who delivered tuition in the 2010/2011 school year was 1,490. Information regarding the number of tutors who delivered tuition in the previous years is not readily available in my Department.