Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On the issue of suicide within secondary education specifically, has any research been done showing that if there were such counselling services in place a teenager would talk to the counsellor even when they do not have the confidence to talk to parents, teachers or peers in the school? I ask on the basis that the counsellor is on campus and the teenager is comfortable talking to them and chatting to them. Would that prevent suicide?