Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 September 2020
485. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if an issue (details supplied) with regard to home tutor hours for children with special needs will be addressed; and if the directive will be re-examined. [21160/20]
View answerFunding for the provision of Home Tuition was continued during the Covid-19 emergency restrictions where tuition was delivered by distance learning.
Where Home Tuition could not continue via distance learning, Parents were given the option to apply to the Department to bank the hours sanctioned for the period and use them to provide tuition once in-home tuition has resumed.
Approximately 200 Parents took this option. Arrangements are now in place to allow these Parents to arrange use the banked tuition hours at any time until the end of August 2021.
This provides Parents with the flexibility to arrange tuition in the evenings or at weekends and during school holidays, including over the course of next summer.
