Dr. Joseph Duffy:

I thank the Deputy for his question. It is about looking at the appropriate knowledge base and providing the students with the knowledge about their own mental health, and the mental health and support of others. It is about including this as part of knowledge raising at first and then skills development. Seeing it as something that is really important is also part of it: for example, if students are doing an English degree, that they would all have access to a particular module. That would be very helpful in terms of people understanding and having a knowledge about themselves, knowledge of language, and being able to see whether those skills are transferable. It also reduces the stigma and helps people to understand where supports are available, what supports they can have themselves, what level and range of supports are available, and what is the threshold for those supports.