Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

I do not agree with the Deputy's analysis of what the psychological service is. It is not primarily to provide individual assessments. That is one aspect of what it does. In relation to individual assessments, I can discuss the matter, but I do not consider it to be the primary role. The primary role is to assist schools in working with children and where it is not possible for them to do so, assessments are undertaken by NEPS. The discourse on NEPS has been primarily about the assessment of individual children. That is not an appropriate description of the complexity of its role.