Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed)

Mr. Jim Ryan:

I want to briefly respond to what the Deputy mentioned earlier. We work with the Department of Education and Skills, which is the most important thing we can do to protect children's mental health, because it has to be done in an appropriate manner and the schools are a key element of that. Dr. Niazi has responded to the Deputy's point on dual diagnosis earlier but we take on board the fact that there is a need to do more.