Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of premises used by the National Education Psychological Service throughout the State; the cost of acquisition, running or refurbishment associated with each of these premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27819/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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At present, National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, staff are based in office premises in a total of 21 locations throughout the country, including six temporary offices. The cost of acquisition and fit-out of offices for NEPS are matters for which the Office of Public Works, OPW, has overall responsibility. The general, non-pay, outturn for NEPS in 2004, met from the 2004 financial provision to my Department, amounted to €2.3 million. This expenditure covered a wide range of running costs relating to NEPS as a national organisation, including the network of offices. Details of all expenditure incurred by NEPS in respect of each of the premises in question are not readily available from my Department's records.