Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)
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528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 488 of 27 January 2015, where she stated that the home tuition was operated in a consistent and equitable manner, the reason her Department agreed to pay 48 hours at the higher qualified rate to one company per letter dated 3 October 2013, and agreed to pay another company a lower amount of only 20 hours at the higher rate in a letter sent on 23 September 2013 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5879/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that it is, in my view, reasonable to conclude that the Department has maintained a consistent position in relation to the development of group arrangements and direct payment arrangements for home tuition and that the scheme is operated in a consistent and equitable manner.

The rates agreed between my Department and a number of providers in 2013/2014 represents significant value for money. The rate agreed with one provider in 2008 is subject to review and my Department will decide if and when such a review should be undertaken.