Psychological Service.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 January 2005

Wednesday, 26 January 2005

Questions (1166)

Emmet Stagg

Question:

1230 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of national schools in the State which have access to educational psychologists; and the percentage in County Kildare which have access to educational psychologists. [1883/05]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Science (Ms Hanafin)

The percentage of national schools in the State with access to the psychological service provided by the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, is 53%, representing 63% of pupils in the sector. In County Kildare. The percentage of national schools with access to NEPS is 40%-52% of pupils.

Those schools that do not have access to the NEPS service are entitled to avail of the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments. All schools, therefore, have some access to psychologists.