Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 September 2022
927. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the estimated full-year cost of increasing the number of WTE educational psychologists within the National Educational Psychological Service to 250. [43404/22]
View answerI can inform the Deputy that the number of NEPS psychologists employed currently stands at 225 whole-time equivalents across the NEPS regions. The average direct pay and non-pay cost of employing one main grade Educational Psychologist in the NEPS service is €76,000 per annum. Therefore, the estimated full-year cost of increasing the number of WTE educational psychologists within the National Educational Psychological Service to 250 is projected as an additional €1.9 million.
