Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 October 2023
151. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of pupils, who had direct involvement with psychologists of the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) in the school years 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021 and 2019/2020, in tabular form. [45516/23]
View answerMy Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary and special schools.
The NEPS service provides access for all schools to:
• Psychological support in the event of a Critical Incident
• A Casework Service for individual children where there is a need for intensive consultation and assessment via a NEPS psychologist or through the Scheme for the Commissioning of Psychological Assessments (SCPA).
• A school staff Support and Development Service, to build school capability to provide a comprehensive continuum of support in schools and
• Ongoing access to advice and support for schools.
Data on number of pupils, who had direct involvement with psychologists in NEPS or with psychologists through the Scheme for the Commissioning of Psychological Assessments is provided in the attached table.
|
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
|
|
No. Pupils |
No. Pupils |
No. Pupils |
No. Pupils |
|
|
NEPS Casework |
7392 |
8,507 |
7982 |
7211 |
|
SCPA |
966 |
904 |
726 |
790 |
|
Total |
8358 |
9,411 |
8,708 |
8,001 |
