Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Friday, 10 July 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I suggest that it is an important question and I would greatly appreciate if you could come back to me with an answer on it.
Mental health supports were raised, and I thank Ms Tansey for highlighting the work being done. Much emotional support will be needed by different children going back to school, which may, in the early days, take priority over complicated long division or whatever to settle children back in. Are you working with the colleges of education to provide any additional psychotherapy or play therapy supports for teachers as they cope with an increased emotional burden among the children coming back into their care?
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