Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychologists that will be employed to work with specialist behaviour classes at second level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5021/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I can inform the Deputy that four psychologists from the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) have been assigned to the National Behavioural Support Service since its establishment in 2006. The four will be replaced in the NEPS complement. NBSS will work in schools at 3 Levels. They will work with whole staff, on customised work with individual and small groups of children and teachers and where they exist, with behaviour support classrooms.

Applications have been sought and received in regard to select participating schools and are being processed at the moment and NBSS will be writing to the schools towards the end of next week.