Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I commend the three speakers, particularly Senator Freeman and Mr. Noble, because many of my constituents deal directly with him and have fantastic things to say about him, so it is good to put a face to the name. I have a very quick question about preventative measures. We are very bad at preventative measures in the general area of mental health and particularly in the area of child mental health. Do the witnesses have an opinion on the introduction of play therapy as part of primary school or access to a play therapist? Many schools who are in the school completion programme have it but most other schools do not. Many people do not even know what play therapy is. I am big advocate of it and I wonder what is the opinion of the witnesses, given that it will not always work but in some cases it might be a preventative measure.