Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have primarily been focusing on secondary schools, although I could stand corrected on that. I hope that starting in primary school would not just involve continuous professional development for our teachers to provide them with the necessary skills or allow them to build on what they already had through their own experiences, but also empower children so that, when they reached their teenage years when there may be a greater prevalence of bullying in our school system, they would be better able to cope with it.

It would certainly be helpful in the process. I appreciate the responses and the contributions of our witnesses.