Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will certainly take these issues back. As I said, the correspondence I received stated the Department is making every effort to try to address the issue of the training fees support for educational psychologists. It is an anomaly that needs to be rectified. It is critical for parity of the professions.

As the Senator quite rightly said, we need those supports right across the range of services for children and young people in our schools now more than ever. They are fantastic services. They offer a great range of supports to teachers, especially around critical incidents but also in general in the overall emotional well-being of the school environment.

I will take up the issue the Senator raised separately about the behavioural therapists with the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. I will bring both of these issues back to both Ministers of State on the Senator's behalf.