Richard Bruton
Question:30 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science when he expects the full roll-out of NEPS to all schools to be completed. [21726/02]
Vol. 557 No. 3
30 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science when he expects the full roll-out of NEPS to all schools to be completed. [21726/02]
The rate of roll-out of the psychological service to all schools is directly related to the number of psychologists available to provide the service.
The planning group that prepared proposals for the National Educational Psychological Service Agency, NEPS, recommended an overall target number of 200 psychologists, of whom about 180 would be in NEPS and the remainder elsewhere in the educational system. The planning group also recommended that this target should be achieved over a period of five years, beginning during the school year 1999-00. The Government made a decision in early 1999 that these recommendations should be implemented.