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Sharp Drop In Number Of Home Tuition Grants Paid In Kildare.

Monday, 12 July 2021 07:30

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkett

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That fall is mirrored all over Ireland, and may be attributable to Covid 19 restrictions.

There was a sharp drop in the number of home tuition grants paid in Kildare last year.

The Minister of State at the Dept. of Education, Josepha Madigan, says "Home Tuition Grant Schemes provide funding towards the provision of a compensatory educational service for children who, for a number of specific reasons, are unable to attend school. By its nature, it is intended to be a short term intervention."

111 such grants were paid to parents in the county in 2019, to facilitate in-home learning for their children.

Last year, that fell to 63.

That fall is mirrored all over Ireland, and may be attributable to Covid 19 restrictions.

The Dept. says "Home Tutors are engaged by the parents/guardian of the child who is to receive tuition. Home tutors do not have a contractual relationship with the Department of Education and Skills."

County	2018	2019	2020
Carlow	40	28	17
Cavan	17	24	19
Clare	90	81	46
Cork	286	272	226
Donegal	41	57	45
Dublin	366	397	286
Galway	121	119	52
Kerry	75	50	40
Kildare	100	111	63
Kilkenny	48	33	27
Laoighis	47	58	28
Leitrim	17	16	13
Limerick	147	127	93
Longford	30	28	28
Louth	58	43	23
Mayo	50	46	30
Meath	111	112	79
Monaghan	19	14	14
Offaly	54	53	38
Roscommon	45	43	42
Sligo	17	21	9
Tipperary	84	72	53
Waterford	42	23	37
Westmeath	58	43	41
Wexford	51	63	37
Wicklow	88	72	39

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