Aisling Dolan (Fine Gael)
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This is a topic that is close to my heart. I am a member of the Joint Sub-Committee on Mental Health and I am aware of the importance of the issue. I believe it will blow up in terms of mental health and well-being, particularly given everything we have had to endure over the past year both for our students and our teaching staff.

Cyberbullying and homophobic bullying have been mentioned. It is about the tools we need to support the teaching staff, students and parents. What form should that training take? Could it be online? Could it involve role play? How does that work in a school setting? What would be the most useful for teachers, school board members and parents? How do we strengthen career guidance teachers in terms of mediation, particularly at post-primary level? What are the ways the witnesses feel would be useful to connect?