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)

Professor Barbara Dooley:

Just to add, the counsellors are one piece of this but all our institutions have other support networks across the system to identify a student who may be struggling and to see how to step in. Again, that is a resource issue, so we are back to funding and how we adequately resource. We know globally that the number one reason for lost economic output is due to mental health difficulties. If we are able actually to do something to support students at a time of need so that they can potentially contribute to society afterwards, that is a game not just for the institutions and people working with them, but also for society. We have an imperative to invest properly in this.

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