Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education
Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
We often talk about adult mental health awareness in media etc. It often does not permeate down into primary and post-primary education. Do the witnesses feel that we are doing enough to educate the younger people about bullying, be it IT, mobile phones and all of that?
Some of these social media platforms are lethally dangerous. Are we doing enough against the social media companies themselves? Should we be doing more? What should we be doing? Often we talk to those aged 17 and 18 or older, but we have to get to the younger age group as well, like those in fifth and sixth class, and in first, second and third years. What are the witnesses' views on that?
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