Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 322: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of primary schools in Cork city and county that have national educational psychological service cover. [4509/06]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 323: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of second level schools in Cork city and county that have national educational psychological service cover. [4510/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 322 and 323 together.

All schools in Cork city and county have access to psychological assessments, either directly through the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, or through the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments, SCPA, full details of which are available on my Department's website. The latest figures indicate that 49% of primary schools and 73% of post-primary schools in Cork city and county enjoy a dedicated NEPS service at present. In addition, NEPS provides a service to every school and school community in Cork city and county in the event of a critical incident regardless of whether the school already has a dedicated service from a NEPS psychologist. For all schools, NEPS processes applications for reasonable accommodations in certificate examinations and responds to queries on individual children from other sections of my Department and from the specialist agencies.