Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will certainly do that and thank the Minister.

My final question is for the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. As a former school teacher up to February, I believe this suggestion would be really worthwhile. We do not want to overburden teachers and they are burdened at the moment. It is quite difficult for them. It would be no harm between now and Christmas for each teacher in each classroom in the country to conduct a lesson geared around the mental health of children or teenagers in their classroom. It would be worthwhile to collate that work. Some schools already do this on an ad hocbasis. Schools should not be compelled to do it but it should be encouraged. I ask the Minister of State to engage with the Minister, Deputy Foley, on the carrying out of a little health check on the children and teenagers of our country to see how they are faring. I am quite concerned for many of them. Some children carry anxiety at the best of times and Covid certainly has augmented that for far too many of them.