Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 5 October 2021
Joint Committee On Health
Mental Health Services: Samaritans Ireland
Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
Thank you very much. Of all the groups during Covid-19, it was particularly challenging for older people, who had been asked to cocoon for such a long time. On a similar issue, I see in the documentation that the Samaritans works with prisons and with those who are in prison. I can imagine that was particularly challenging during Covid-19, as access to prisons was less available. Obviously, technology is also constrained in prisons. Would the witnesses like to outline what those challenges were, and what are the next steps in relation to that?
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