Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 October 2025

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community

Child Protection and Family Support: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Mr. Gerard Brophy:

Regarding CYPSCs' responses over the years, there is a good mobilisation of the services in the area if a tragedy or something happens. Generally, the CYPSCs have adopted a plan for what they will do when that happens. There is a mobilisation of local services to respond. Social workers have participated in specific training about suicide. ASIST is important in that. It is about being able to sit down to have a conversation with somebody to identify what the risk is. That is prevention, but it is about having that knowledge and being able to share it with the other organisations around. We are keenly aware of that, and working with other agencies is particularly important in those situations.

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