Written answers
Tuesday, 2 July 2024
Department of Education and Skills
Home Schooling
Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children, by county, who availed of the home tuition grant scheme 2023-2024 special education component; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27874/24]
Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, 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, are unable to attend school.
The different categories of Home Tuition under the special education component are as follows:
- Mental Health - Students enrolled in schools with school phobia and/or associated depression/anxiety.
- Medical - Students enrolled in schools with a significant medical condition.
- Early Intervention - 2.5yr -3yr - Children aged between 2 ½ and 3 years of age with an ASD diagnosis.
- 3+ - Children aged 3 or more years of age who are availing of the early intervention supports available to pupils before they commence in primary school.
- SEN school aged no placement - Children with Special Educational Needs seeking a school placement. Many of these students are sanctioned Home Tuition on a shortterm basis while awaiting for special schools/classes to open or to assist with transition to school placement.
County | Mental Health | Medical | Early Intervention - 2.5yr -3yr | 3+ | SEN school aged no placement | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carlow | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
Cavan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
Clare | 12 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 36 |
Cork | 71 | 25 | 10 | 95 | 19 | 220 |
Donegal | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 26 |
Dublin North | 31 | 15 | 6 | 145 | 42 | 239 |
Dublin South | 37 | 14 | 6 | 171 | 38 | 266 |
Galway | 17 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 63 |
Kerry | 25 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 42 |
Kildare | 20 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 7 | 70 |
Kilkenny | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
Laois | 8 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 20 |
Leitrim | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Limerick | 16 | 14 | 9 | 50 | 0 | 89 |
Longford | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Louth | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
Mayo | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
Meath | 26 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 73 |
Monaghan | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
Offaly | 23 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 32 |
Roscommon | 2 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 29 |
Sligo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Tipperary | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 28 |
Waterford | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
Westmeath | 12 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 44 |
Wexford | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 29 |
Wicklow | 14 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 28 |
Total | 397 | 178 | 65 | 682 | 135* | 1457 |
* These include children who are at least 6 years old and are seeking a school placement or are/were transitioning to a school setting. Of the 135 who were sanctioned, many will have found places or transitioned to places during the school year. Separately, 68 of the 135 children are remaining in a group based setting for this school year before they transition. The Department works closely with the NCSE on each of these cases.
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