Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 29 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion

Photo of Paul KehoePaul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Unfortunately, some students, male and female, do not have the family supports to go home to discuss that and have the confidence to do it. It is an issue in all schools, all boys, all girls or co-ed. Girls talk more openly with their friends. Suicide rates are higher in males than in females. It is unfortunate that it happens. Do the witnesses have any ideas to encourage males to be more expressive of their views and struggles to friends, teachers or whoever?

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