Psychological Service.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 October 2008

Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Questions (529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554)

Brian Hayes

Question:

623 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Carlow that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36040/08]

Brian Hayes

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624 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Cavan that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36041/08]

Brian Hayes

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625 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Clare that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36042/08]

Brian Hayes

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626 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Cork that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36043/08]

Brian Hayes

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627 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Donegal that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36044/08]

Brian Hayes

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628 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Dublin that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36045/08]

Brian Hayes

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629 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Galway that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36046/08]

Brian Hayes

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630 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Kerry that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36047/08]

Brian Hayes

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631 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Kildare that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36048/08]

Brian Hayes

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632 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Kilkenny that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36049/08]

Brian Hayes

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633 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Laois that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36050/08]

Brian Hayes

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634 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Leitrim that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36051/08]

Brian Hayes

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635 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Limerick that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36052/08]

Brian Hayes

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636 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Longford that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36053/08]

Brian Hayes

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637 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Louth that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36054/08]

Brian Hayes

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638 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Mayo that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36055/08]

Brian Hayes

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639 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Meath that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36056/08]

Brian Hayes

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640 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Monaghan that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36057/08]

Brian Hayes

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641 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Offaly that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36058/08]

Brian Hayes

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642 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Roscommon that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36059/08]

Brian Hayes

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643 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Sligo that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36060/08]

Brian Hayes

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644 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Tipperary that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36061/08]

Brian Hayes

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645 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Waterford that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36062/08]

Brian Hayes

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646 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Westmeath that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36063/08]

Brian Hayes

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647 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Wexford that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36064/08]

Brian Hayes

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648 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Wicklow that are in receipt of a service from the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of schools that are covered by the scheme for commissioning assessments; the number of assessments commissioned by each school in the county under the scheme for commissioning assessments in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36065/08]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Science (Deputy Batt O’Keeffe)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 623 to 648, inclusive, together.

The Deputy will be aware that all primary and post-primary schools have access to psychological assessments, directly through my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) or through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments, which is administered and paid for by NEPS. For the Deputy's information, the first table that follows this reply sets out the number of primary schools, by county, to which a NEPS psychologist was assigned, or which had access to the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments, in the past academic year. Since the beginning of June, and predominantly since 1 September 2008, some 21 psychologists have been appointed to the NEPS service. Each has been appointed to a specific NEPS office and will, following the requisite period of induction and work-shadowing, be assigned a full complement of schools. It is intended that NEPS will assess the effect of the assignment of these new staff, in the context of national coverage, at the end of the first term of 2008-09, at which time an up-to-date county by county breakdown will be forwarded to the Deputy. The second table that follows this reply also contains a breakdown of the number of assessments commissioned by primary schools under the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments in each county for 2006 and 2007.

2007-08 Breakdown by County of NEPS Service to Primary Schools

County	Total Schools	No.of Schools with NEPs Psychologist	No. with SCPA
Carlow	42	11	31
Cavan	78	39	39
Clare	119	55	64
Cork	365	167	198
Donegal	178	58	120
Dublin	476	355	121
Galway	240	166	74
Kerry	142	58	84
Kildare	103	79	24
Kilkenny	78	15	63
Laois	70	20	50
Leitrim	41	18	23
Limerick	148	78	70
Longford	39	12	27
Louth	74	36	38
Mayo	178	119	59
Meath	111	73	38
Monaghan	64	37	27
Offaly	65	32	33
Roscommon	95	90	5
Sligo	68	22	46
Tipperary	164	64	100
Waterford	77	36	41
Westmeath	78	14	64
Wexford	106	70	36
Wicklow	85	64	21
	3,284	1,788	1,496

Number of Assessments Commissioned under Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments

County	No. Assessments 2006	No. Assessments 2007
Carlow	51	72
Cavan	69	63
Clare	87	104
Cork	374	429
Donegal	227	240
Dublin	650	551
Galway	103	134
Kerry	124	167
Kildare	200	213
Kilkenny	122	101
Laois	45	128
Leitrim	28	27
Limerick	305	225
Longford	42	58
Louth	80	127
Mayo	71	76
Meath	132	108
Monaghan	21	51
Offaly	23	107
Roscommon	45	58
Sligo	54	54
Tipperary	172	189
Waterford	83	80
Westmeath	105	149
Wexford	144	61
Wicklow	88	76
	3,445	3,648