Education and Training Boards

Thursday, 15 December 2022

Questions (270)

Darren O'Rourke

Question:

270. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of guidance counsellors directly employed by the Louth-Meath Education and Training Board in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [62922/22]

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Minister of State at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

From enquiries made of Louth Meath Education and Training Board, the whole time equivalent number of guidance counsellors employed by the ETB is set out in the following table. Guidance counsellors in the adult guidance service who are involved in the management of staff, the promotion of outreach, the supervision of quality standards, the evaluation of the service, and guidance and counselling, are Adult Education Guidance Co-ordinators.

	2020 wtes	2021 wtes	2022 wtes
Guidance Counsellors- In 3 large FET /PLC Colleges	4.4	4.4	5.4
Adult Education Guidance Coordinators/ Counsellors	3	3	3
	2019/20 wtes	2020/21 wtes	2021/22 wtes
Guidance Counsellors in 18 post primary schools	27.5	27.7	31