Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for those additional remarks. The HSE working group comprises principal psychologists, service managers and human resource professionals. They concluded that educational psychologists would be able to operate solely in the area in which they have expertise. They agreed the same for counselling psychologists but stated clinical psychologists could work with client groups across the health service. Since the publication of the report, the Department has put in place the necessary training and educational measures for clinical psychologists to implement the policy in A Vision for Change. All the decisions that have been taken were in the context of the implementation of the current programme for Government.

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