Vol. 489 No. 6
771 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science where each of the 15 psychologists recently recruited to the primary school psychological service will actually live; the schools which each of them will service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9333/98]
The 15 psychologists appointed recently to improve psychological services to primary schools will take up duty over the next few months. This current expansion of my Department's psychological service will almost double the number of primary schools having access to the help of an educational psychologist.
The allocation of schools to the new psychologists has not yet been finalised. However, the selection of the schools who will benefit from this expanded pyschological service is being carefully considered by officials of my Department, including the primary inspectorate who are in contact with schools on a regular basis and are therefore aware of the needs of individual schools.
