Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the number of home tuition hours to a child (details supplied) that is due to sit their junior certificate in 2020 will be increased. [4615/20]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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The purpose of the Home Tuition Grant Scheme is to provide a compensatory educational service for children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend school.

Under the medical strand of the scheme, grant aid is based on a range of between 2 and a maximum of 7 hours tuition per week for junior certificate students with the allocation determined by the level of attendance in the previous school year.

The Scheme provides for an appeal process regarding decisions made in the allocation of Home Tuition support.

In relation to the student referred to by the Deputy, grant support for 2 hours tuition a week was sanctioned based on the information provided in the initial application.

This decision was subsequently appealed by the parents of the student with reference to further relevant information.

My Department determined this appeal on 11th February 2020 and informed the applicant that the home tuition support was increased to the maximum level of 7 hours tuition per week.