Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the case of a child (details supplied) who has received no supports to date will be examined. [43369/18]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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My Department understands that the Educational Welfare Service (EWS) of the Child and Family Agency (Tusla) has been liaising with the mother of the child referred to by the Deputy with the aim of ensuring that the child returns to school as soon as possible.

The EWS is the statutory body that can provide assistance to parents of children seeking to secure a school place. As an interim measure, the EWS is also supporting the parent to make an application for home tuition support. The home tuition scheme operated by my Department provides funding for tuition support to children who are temporarily without a school place.

In addition, under Section 29 of the Education Act, 1998 a parent of a student can make an appeal to the Secretary General of my Department where a school board of management has decided to permanently exclude a student or decided to refuse to enrol a student.