Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 March 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Suicide in Ireland: Discussion

12:40 pm

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank everyone for their contributions. I apologise for missing some of the contributions but I have read them.
I raise the issue of suicide among males between the age of 15 and 30. Is there one area the witnesses believe we should prioritise in terms of trying to reduce suicide in that age group? There is a range of actions we should be taking, some of which, in fairness, are being done, but is there any one area we should priorities to try to make an impact on reducing the suicide rate in that age category? Between 2005 and 2010, the population in the 20 to 24 age group was 28.5% per100,000. The highest number of suicides is in that age group. How can we bring about a change to reduce the number of suicides in that group?

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