Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 5 October 2021
Joint Committee On Health
Mental Health Services: Samaritans Ireland
Mr. Niall Mulligan:
I was interested in the question asked on the data and the age profile. We conducted a survey recently on how well known Samaritans is across Ireland. It is the first time we have ever done it. We were pleasantly surprised that we were very well known among the general population. We expected to see a dip in a younger age group and higher percentages in the higher age group. In fact, it was consistent. It was anywhere between 85% and 90% from the 16 to 25 age group right up to those aged 65 years and over. Whether that translates into people calling us, we do not know but we are better known among the younger age groups than we thought. It is good for us to know that.
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