Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It does. I will talk to Ms Stockham and Professor Downes another time about the partnership model, but one of the biggest barriers we have is that we lack a skilled workforce. We can say this looks like a good model that could work in a community but fall short because we lack those who can implement it, whether they are counsellors or other clinical practitioners. Ms Stockham said the NHS is developing a new and skilled workforce-----

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