Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Select Committee on Education and Skills
Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 — Education (Revised)
Vote 45 — Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised)
Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
My last question is on the number of students with direct access to National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS. The number of children who accessed NEPS services through schools decreased from 8,561 in 2018, which was pre-Covid, to 7,392 in 2019. What was the reason for this decline? What are the figures for 2020? In the event that the trend continued in 2020 and the number of students with access to NEPS services declined, what plans are in place to meet the shortfall in 2021?
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