Beverley Flynn (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 615: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be assessed by an educational psychologist. [9324/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The special school attended by the person in question is not yet served by the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS. Local inquiries made by NEPS indicate that the person is awaiting an up-to-date psychological assessment from the Western Care Association. The question of when that assessment can be arranged is a matter for the Western Care Association. However, if necessary, the special school attended by the person may commission an assessment from a private practitioner under the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments. This scheme which is funded by my Department is available to all schools not yet served by NEPS. Particulars of the conditions governing this scheme are available on my Department's website.