Mr. Preston Ó Caoimh:

We know that mental health issues are a huge problem for students. As a guidance counsellor, Mr. Jones will understand this. It is always great to have supports for students within schools. It comes down to demand from schools and what they need, because mental health is so wide ranging. Some people might not be comfortable going to a guidance counsellor in their school, and they might need external help. It would be great if it was expanded but, again, there are not enough guidance counsellors to do this. The money, resources or people are not there to sustain it. We do not even have enough people to sustain what we already have. A lot of stuff is being put out that is amazing on paper but it does not work because the people, funds and resources are not available to support it.