Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2022 to recruit 25 additional educational psychologists in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38194/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I can inform the Deputy that the average direct pay and non-pay cost per annum of employing an Educational Psychologist in my Department's NEPS service is €75,000 per annum. The estimated annual additional cost, therefore, of employing 25 psychologists would be €1.875m. It should be noted, however, that should an extensive recruitment exercise be envisaged, in the first instance, a comprehensive plan to increase the numbers of appropriately qualified graduates would be required.