Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year costs to recruit 30 additional educational psychologist for the National Educational Psychologist Service. [28966/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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My Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary schools. This involves direct support in the event of a critical incident, access to national and regional support and development work to build school capacity to support students, access to a NEPS psychologist for responses to queries arising, and access to individual pupil casework where there is need via a NEPS psychologist.

The estimated average full year salary costs to recruit 30 additional psychologists for the National Educational Psychologist Service is €2,995,852. This figures include employer PRSI costs. This figure does not include non-pay costs associated with the employment of an educational psychologist.