Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 6 July 2021

Joint Committee On Health

Impacts of Covid-19 on Youth Mental Health and Psychological Services: Discussion

Photo of Neasa HouriganNeasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That is exactly the sort of question that would have to be addressed by this office, so that is probably germane to that.

If I have time, I have a quick question for Beat. I wanted to follow up with it because the work it is doing is really interesting. I am interested in the methodology of the project that was undertaken because it has come up in other committees and with other issues. I refer to reaching out to people online during Covid, particularly through social media. There is a bit of fear around TikTok and that Beat has gone onto that medium and conquered it a bit is very interesting. On the methodology, did it find there were pitfalls to engaging with people through social media? Also was there an issue with self-selecting in the particular group who engaged with that? I ask because some people do not have access to digital technology or even access to a space where they can engage with that technology in private. That is a big issue where domestic violence is concerned, for example, in that often women do not have a room where they can go to make a call. I imagine there are plenty of teenagers out there who do not have a private space where they can interact with something around mental health. Similarly, was there a barrier to young people with disabilities engaging with that kind of a study through online media or social media? Is that something Beat factored in?

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