Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Social, Personal and Health Education Curriculum: Discussion with Comhairle na nÓg

2:40 pm

Mr. Conn McCarrick:

I find the blame culture in society very interesting. Scapegoating someone will not solve the problem. The problems will still exist. The media should focus on prevention instead of glorifying events. Even though these cases were tragic the media glorified them. It was interesting that the recent coverage did not include the perspective of young people and, as Ms Donnelly stated, helpline details were not included. We have a blame culture and no one wants to take responsibility. It is always somebody else's fault. Helplines exist as do places such as Jigsaw and reachout.com and this is very positive.

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