Ms Anne Tansey:

I do not have those figures on how many parents are accessing private psychological services.

However, as we said earlier, accessing NEPS for a diagnosis is not a prerequisite to a child receiving support within the school setting or of the school availing of the support services provided by the Department of Education. As a colleague mentioned earlier, we have a system in place now whereby supports for schools and to support children within schools are front-loaded and pre-allocated based on the school's profile. The allocation of that support is not dependent on a NEPS diagnosis but the service is available to support schools in providing that continuum of support.