Written answers

Thursday, 2 July 2009

Department of Education and Science

Psychological Service

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which psychological assessment is available to all schools in County Kildare; they way this compares with the rest of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27053/09]

Photo of Batt O'KeeffeBatt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware all primary and post-primary schools have access to psychological assessments either directly through the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) or through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA). Schools that do not currently have NEPS psychologists assigned to them may avail of the SCPA, whereby the school can have an assessment carried out by a member of the panel of private psychologists approved and paid for by NEPS.

I can inform the Deputy that during the academic year just ended some 95.4% of Kildare Primary and Post-Primary Schools had a NEPS psychologist assigned to them. These schools represent over 98% of pupils in the county. Nationally 74.3% of schools and 85% of pupils had access to a NEPS psychologist is the same period.

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