Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Anjelica Foley:
The provision of guidance counselling in schools varies, as my colleagues pointed out previously. Guidance counsellors have different working hours. Not every school has the same capacity for students to be able to talk to their guidance counsellors about their mental health because the role of guidance counsellors is primarily to offer students guidance they need and they simply do not have time. It is difficult to get an appointment with a guidance counsellor. I know that from my own experience as a student. That lack needs to be addressed.
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