172. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills notwithstanding the fact that he stated in his reply on 17 June last that teachers, as highly trained individuals and responsible adults operating in a school environment, have the professional capacity or knowledge to deal with a significant number of the issues that arise in their classrooms on a daily basis, his views that counselling as described in his Department guidelines (details supplied) should only be carried out by a qualified guidance counsellor who is currently being professionally supervised by the teacher education section of his Department in this counselling work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28040/14]

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172. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills notwithstanding the fact that he stated in his reply on 17 June last that teachers, as highly trained individuals and responsible adults operating in a school environment, have the professional capacity or knowledge to deal with a significant number of the issues that arise in their classrooms on a daily basis, his views that counselling as described in his Department guidelines (details supplied) should only be carried out by a qualified guidance counsellor who is currently being professionally supervised by the teacher education section of his Department in this counselling work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28040/14]

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