Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (Kildare South, Sinn Fein)
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630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first-, whole- and school-year cost of recruiting 15 additional educational psychologists. [29915/25]

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 first year salary cost of recruiting 15 additional educational psychologists is €1,234,289.

NEPS psychologists are employed on a permanent basis and not a school year basis. These figures include employer PRSI costs. It does not include non-pay costs associated with the employment of an educational psychologist.