Carol Nolan
Question:438. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of restoring the teacher service for Travellers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9246/17]
View answerThursday, 23 February 2017
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As the Deputy may be aware, the Visiting Teachers Service for Travellers was discontinued with effect from September 2011, in line with Department of Education and Skills policy on the phasing out of segregated Traveller provision.
The Department of Education and Skills have advised that the funding costs for the programme in the final full year of the programme in 2010 were €2,716,737.