Dr. Joseph Duffy:

I wish to reinforce some earlier points. If we look at the evidence of young people who are at the highest risk of developing mental health difficulties, they are students from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds, those with a disability, those from the LGBTQI community and those who are ethnic minorities. Some targeted funding, such as through the SUSI grant, would potentially make the most difference. The other issue we have not talked about yet is the drop-out rate. We know from the My World Survey that there is a significant difference in terms of those young people's mental health in the university sector versus the IT sector. We should be looking to support them and looking from a more equitable base.