Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Aisling DolanAisling Dolan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I agree. The inspectorate stated that there would be a new report in January 2022 and that there would be a lot more included on that matter. It referred to five successful indicators for schools. Hopefully there will be more information on how schools are preforming against each of those indicators.

I sit on the Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Mental Health and this is the first year the committee has been in place. There is a dedicated committee for mental health and for education, as well as a few other areas. In his recommendations, Hugh spoke about the importance of having a student advisory committee in the Department of Education to advise on mental health and well-being. He also asked for a well-being day in his recommendations. I liked the idea of that well-being day. There is an anti-bullying week in November. The first UNESCO international day against bullying was held last November. Would it be good to have a well-being day during that week in November?

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