Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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852. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarity will be provided regarding the role of guidance counselling in colleges of further education in the context of the establishment of a National Policy Group for Lifelong Guidance (details supplied). [19732/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Education has established a National Policy Group to develop a coherent long term strategic framework for lifelong guidance as recommended in the Indecon report on Career Guidance Tools and Information.  The group comprises the relevant Departments i.e.; Department of Education; Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science;  Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Department of Social Protection and Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, all of whom are identified in the report as having a specific remit in relation to guidance.

The role of the Guidance Counsellor in colleges of Further Education is a matter for the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.