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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 24 Feb 2000

Vol. 515 No. 2

Written Answers. - Psychological Service.

Richard Bruton

Question:

231 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychological assessments of pupils conducted at primary and secondary levels in each of the past four years by his Department's psychological service. [5663/00]

Casework statistics provided by my Department's psychological service for the past four school years are set out in the following statement. Until the school year 1997-98, only the number of referrals received was recorded, without further analysis. Since that time, data on the numbers of assessments, full and partial, have also been collected.

School year

1995/96

Total no. of referrals (primary)

1,063

Total no. of referrals (post-primary)

1,480

School year

1996/97

Total no. of referrals (primary)

957

Total no. of referrals (post-primary)

1,441

School year

1997/98

Full psychological assessments (primary)

703

Assessments of attainments (primary)

103

Full psychological assessments (post-primary)

859

Assessments of attainments (post-primary)

245

School year

1998/99

Full psychological assessments (primary)

1,571

Assessments of attainments (primary)

778

Full psychological assessments (post-primary)

723

Assessments of attainments (post-primary)

399

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