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 Martin ConwayMartin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will always acknowledge Deputy Buckley's passion. He is a strong advocate and never gives up. I thank him for that.

Do any members have supplementary questions that they would like to put to our guests? No.

I agree with much of what Deputy Buckley said. Everyone is trying to achieve a common goal. I found the survey to be of particular interest. What was especially insightful was the engagement knitting social media to radio. I have often regarded social media as having circumvented radio to some extent, albeit in a pitiful way. Radio is controlled and managed and can be much more effective than social media. Marrying the two as our guests have tried to do through TikTok and so on is the way to go. Have they built up relationships with other radio outlets, in particular community radio? Community radio stations operate in small communities. They do not have large audiences, but they do phenomenal work supporting people. Has Beat 102-103 reached out to them or are there plans to do so?

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