Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 October 2021

Joint Committee On Health

Mental Health Services: Samaritans Ireland

Mr. Rory Fitzgerald:

The world is improving when it comes to attitudes to mental health. The key is educating our young people and working in schools and third-level colleges. This is the generation of young people who will change all this. We do outreach in schools and in some third-level colleges as well. There are still people who have a fear of admitting to having a mental health issue. That is particularly the case in the workplace because that can be viewed very negatively. Therefore, it behoves us all as a society to continue to get the message out in this regard. If someone were to break his or her leg, he or she would go and get that injury fixed. If someone has a mental health issue, however, that can be looked at differently. The situation is improving, though.

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