Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 January 2013
84. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the quota of educational assessments under the scapa scheme applied in each primary and post primary school in east Cork in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2059/13]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware all primary and post primary schools have access to psychological assessments either directly through the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) or through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA). Schools that do not currently have NEPS psychologists assigned to them may avail of the SCPA, whereby the school can have an assessment carried out by a member of the panel of private psychologists approved by NEPS, and NEPS will pay the psychologist the fees for this assessment directly. Under the SCPA an allocation of assessments is made annually to schools commensurate with 2% of its pupil enrolment and it is in the first instance the responsibility of the school Principal to identify and prioritise pupils for assessment under the process.
