Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
Question:429. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the total number of educational psychologists working in schools; and the total annual cost of same. [28037/22]
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Questions (429, 430, 431)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
Question:430. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated first and full-year costs of hiring one additional educational psychologist. [28038/22]
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Darren O'Rourke
Question:431. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost in 2023 of recruiting 20 additional full-time psychologists for the National Educational Psychological Service. [28075/22]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 429, 430 and 431 together.
I can inform the Deputy that the number of NEPS psychologists employed currently stands at 225 whole-time equivalents across the NEPS regions and the annual pay cost of the 225 psychologists is the region of €20m. The average direct pay and non-pay cost per annum of employing one main grade Educational Psychologist in the NEPS service is €76,000 per annum. The estimated annual additional cost, therefore, of employing 20 main grade psychologists would be approximately €1.5m.
Question No. 430 answered with Question No. 429.
Question No. 431 answered with Question No. 429.