Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 June 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed)
Professor James O'Higgins Norman:
It is both. The audit is with regard to the document itself as a guiding document for how schools would tackle bullying and cyberbullying. As I also said, we recommend further fieldwork with principals to try to understand why schools would find it difficult to implement the action plan and procedures. There is a need for field work with schools as well as auditing the overall national document.