Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 April 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Joseph Duffy:

In Jigsaw, we are only beginning to work in the area so I would not feel confident to comment on that in an overall sense. Some of my colleagues may be better able to comment. What is important is moving to a whole-of-campus view and thinking about this as everybody's responsibility and not only that of the counselling service. What often happens, particularly with respect to mental health, is that people getting very scared and when confronted with someone who has a mental health problem, they refer them elsewhere because they feel they cannot do anything. It is important to send out the message that everybody has a role and everyone can do something. They do not have to do everything but these matters are not just the responsibility of the counselling service.

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